oral histories (literary genre)
Found in 415 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Anne Johnson
Oral history interview with Anne Johnson conducted by Julianna Robidoux and Monica Salazar for The Immigrant Story. Johnson, who emigrated from Kenya, discusses starting a tea and chocolate business in the Portland, Oregon, area.
Oral history interview with Becky Johnson
Oral history interview with Becky Johnson
Oral history interview with Becky Johnson conducted by Linda S. Dodds on November 19, 1981. Johnson discusses her career as a teacher in Ohio and Michigan, and her work as a recruiter of women for the U.S. Navy in Portland, Oregon, during World War II.
Oral history interview with Julia E. Johnson
Oral history interview with Julia E. Johnson, conducted by Deborah M. Olson in five sessions, from July 20 to November 11, 1987. Johnson discusses her early life in Jacksonville, Oregon; the operations of the Opp mine, which was owned and operated by her father, John Wesley Opp; teaching at Grant High School in Portland from 1926 to 1944; her involvement with the Girl Scouts of America; and her involvement with the Republican Party of Oregon.
Oral history interview with Peter T. Johnson
Oral history interview with Peter T. Johnson conducted by Michael O'Rourke from March 1 to September 9, 2002, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Johnson served as administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration from 1981 to 1986.
Oral history interview with Sam Johnson
Oral history interview with Sam Johnson conducted by Linda S. Dodds from July 2, 1980, to June 25, 1981. Johnson discusses his career in the timber industry in California and Oregon; his service as a state legislator in Oregon from 1964 to 1978; and his service as mayor of Redmond, Oregon, from 1978 to the time of the interview.
Oral history interview with Robert E. Jones
Oral history interview with Robert E. Jones conducted by Clark Hansen from September 12 to October 14, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Jones served as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon. He also represented Washington County in the Oregon House during the 1963 legislative session.
Oral history interview with Corky T. Kawasaki
Oral history interview with J. Keith Kennedy
Oral history interview with J. Keith Kennedy conducted by Jim Strassmaier on June 8, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Kennedy was staff director for the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Oral history interview with Stuart R. Kerr
Oral history interview with Stuart R. Kerr conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 14, 1977. Kerr discusses the history of his family's fruit conservation business, Kerr Fruit Concentrates Inc.