Abstract

Oral history interview with Luther S. Cressman conducted by Rick Harmon on July 31, 1987. Cressman, who helped to found of the University of Oregon Department of Anthropology and served as its longtime chair, talks about the background of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and talks about archaeological digs he participated in.

Abstract

Oral history interview with William G. East conducted by Rick Harmon from November 8-15, 1984, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. East was a judge on the Oregon Circuit Court and the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rick Harmon conducted by Jim Strassmaier on October 17 and November 14, 2001. Harmon discusses his work as an editor in the UCLA oral history program, as the oral historian at the Oregon Historical Society, and as the editor of Oregon Historical Quarterly.

Abstract Oral history interview with Becky Johnson conducted by Rick Harmon and Jim Strassmaier from June 25, 1986, to March 31, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Johnson, who was the wife of Oregon State Representative Samuel S. Johnson, discusses her family background; her experiences during the Depression, Prohibition, and in college; her experiences serving with the WAVES during World War II; her husband and his work in the timber industry and as an Oregon legislator;...

Abstract

Oral history interview with John F. Kilkenny conducted by Rick Harmon from June 12 to October 3, 1984, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Kilkenny was a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hans A. Linde conducted by Rick Harmon and Michael O’Rourke from January 15, 2002, to February 3, 2004, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Linde discusses his career as a professor of law at the University of Oregon and several other institutions, and his service as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1977 to 1990.

Abstract

Oral history interview with Clyde Rice conducted by Rick Harmon from January 22 to March 13, 1985. Rice was an author from Portland, Oregon, and he discusses his novel "A Heaven in the Eye," as well as his family background and early life, his marriages, and his father's flavor extract business.

Abstract

Oral history interview with brothers Nicholas Schneider and Edmund Schneider conducted by Rick Harmon from April 18-25, 1985. The Schneiders discuss life in Portland in the early 20th century, their father's involvement with the Albers Brothers Milling Company, and their U.S. Army service during World War I.