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Oral Histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 756 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Franklin Tokam-Powell

 Collection
Identifier: SR12265
Abstract

Oral history interview with Franklin Tokam-Powell conducted by Rachel Ramirez on April 30, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Tokam-Powell was born in Cameroon. He lived and studied in Ukraine, China, and South Korea before he and his partner, Tristan Powell, moved to the United States, where they married.

Dates: 2017 April 30

Oral history interview with Frederick H. Torp

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Identifier: SR1253
Abstract

Oral history interview with Frederick H. Torp conducted by Brian Booth on December 28, 1998, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Torp was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1998 December 28

Oral history interview with Jim Towey

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Identifier: SR1336
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jim Towey conducted by Jim Strassmaier on June 2, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Towey was an aide to Hatfield.

Dates: 1988 June 2

Oral history interview with Kay N. Toyooka

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Identifier: SR 975
Abstract Oral history interview with Kay N. Toyooka, conducted in Japanese by Yasashi Ichikawa on April 16, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Toyooka discusses his early life in Hiroshima, Japan, his immigration to the United States, and farm life in Oregon in the 1920s and 1930. He speaks about his experiences at the Portland Assembly Center in Portland, Oregon, and the Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho as one of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated...
Dates: 1992 April 16

Oral history interview with Hung V. Tran

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Identifier: SR 3597
Abstract

Oral history interview with Hung V. Tran conducted by Allyson Harper from August 6-28, 1998. Tran discusses his experiences in South Vietnam during and after the Vietnam War, and talks about his career as a pharmacist.

Dates: 1998 August 6-28

Oral history interview with Van Tran

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Identifier: SR 12330
Abstract

Oral history interview with Van Tran conducted by Sankar Raman and Shea Seery in 2019 for The Immigrant Story. Tran discusses her experiences as a young woman during and after the Vietnam War, and talks about operating Phở Lê, a Vietnamese restaurant now located in Vancouver, Washington.

Dates: 2019

Oral history interview with Dick Troon

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Identifier: SR 2884
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dick Troon conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall on April 20, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Troon discusses the history of Troon Vineyard in the Applegate Valley, Oregon, and talks about the wine industry in Oregon.

Dates: 2002 April 20

Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa

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Identifier: SR12292
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa conducted by Sankar Raman and Elizabeth Mehren on July 19, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Tsugawa was born in Hillsboro, Oregon, in 1932, and was incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Jerome County, Idaho, during World War II. He later served in the U.S. Army and became a dentist in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2018 July 19

Oral history interview with Reza Uddin

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Identifier: SR 12331
Abstract

Oral history interview with Reza Uddin conducted by Allison Merkel and Sankar Raman on July 25, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Uddin discusses his experiences as a Rohingya Muslim in Burma and Oregon.

Dates: 2019 July 25

Oral history interview with Sivheng Ung

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Identifier: SR 12332
Abstract

Oral history interview with Sivheng Ung conducted by Elizabeth Mehren and Sankar Raman on March 25, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Ung discusses her experiences in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime.

Dates: 2019 March 25