Oral Histories
Found in 768 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with John H. Steelquist
Oral history interview with John H. Steelquist conducted by Deborah M. Frosaker on December 8, 1977. Steelquist discusses the medical work of his maternal great-grandmother, Catherine Davis, and the pharmaceutical career of his maternal grandfather, Melancthon Marshall Davis, in 19th- and 20th-century Oregon.
Oral history interview with Lori Stegmann
Oral history interview with Lori Stegmann conducted by Sankar Raman and Alia Burck on September 7, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Stegmann was born in South Korea and adopted by an American family through the Oregon-based aoption agency Holt International. She was a Republican politician and served on the Gresham City Council from 2010 to 2016. She was elected as a Multnomah County commissioner in 2016, and she changed her party affiliation to Democratic in 2018.
Oral history interview with Mervyn Stephenson
Oral history interview with Mervyn Stephenson conducted by Linda S. Dodds on July 7, 1982. Stephenson discusses building roads and bridges while working for the Oregon State Highway Department from 1919 to 1957.
Oral history interview with Henry C. C. Stevens
Oral history interview with Henry C. C. Stevens conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 5, 1976. Stevens discusses his early life in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, and his education at Portland Academy.
Oral history interview with Nancy E. Stevens
Oral history interview with Nancy E. Stevens conducted by Dale Archibald, Susan Horton, and Robert Keeler at Blue Lake Regional Park in Fairview, Oregon, on January 29, 1981. Stevens' family once lived on land that later became Blue Lake Park.
Oral history interview with Loran L. Stewart
Oral history interview with Loran L. Stewart conducted by Clark Hansen from October 29, 1992, to June 22, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Stewart was an Oregon state representative from 1951 to 1955.
Oral history interview with Caroline P. Stoel
Oral history interview with Caroline P. Stoel conducted by Adair Law from October 30 to December 5, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Stoel was a founding board member of the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society.
Oral history interview with Helen W. Stone
Oral history interview with Helen W. Stone conducted by Deborah M. Frosaker on October 26, 1978. Stone discusses the legal and political career of her father, Oswald West, who served as governor of Oregon.
Oral history interview with Clayton P. Strain
Oral history interview with Clayton P. Strain conducted by Larry C. Skoog on September 30, 1970. Strain discusses the political career of his father, Charles Preston Strain, on the Pendleton City Council, and discusses the history of the Pendleton Round-Up.
Oral history interview with Jesse K. Stranahan
Oral history interview with Jesse K. Stranahan, conducted by Bill Patten in three sessions from January 7 to February 4, 1995, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Stranahan discusses his involvement with the Longshore Supercargoes and Clerks Local 40 and ILWU Local 8, beginning in 1946. He also speaks about strikes by workers on the Portland waterfront during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1970s.