oral histories (literary genre)
Found in 379 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Richard G. Montgomery
Oral history interview with Richard G. Montgomery conducted by Charles Digregorio on May 16, 1976. Montgomery discusses his Montgomery and Gill family background and talks about the history of J. K. Gill Company.
Oral history interview with Kenny Moore
Oral history interview with Kenny Moore conducted by Linda S. Dodds on July 9, 1982. Moore discusses his participation in track and field sports in Eugene, Oregon, and his experiences as a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1968 and 1972.
Oral history interview with Edris Morrison
Oral history interview with Edris Morrison conducted by Roberta Watts on January 18, 1978. Morrison discusses the history of live theater in Portland, Oregon, and her involvement with the Portland Civic Theatre.
Oral history interview with Jenny Munezero
Oral history interview with Jenny Munezero conducted by Sankar Raman and Julianna Robidoux on May 2, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Munezero discusses her experiences as a Burundian refugee in Tanzania and in Beaverton, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Helen Y. Murao
Oral history interview with Helen Y. Murao conducted by Linda Doami on August 11, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Murao discusses her early life as a second-generation Japanese American living with white foster families in Portland, Oregon, and her experiences while incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II.
Oral history interview with Abdi Nazemian
Oral history interview with Abdi Nazemian conducted by Sankar Raman and Nancy E. Dollahite on November 8, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Nazemian discusses his experiences as a gay Iranian American, and his career as a screenwriter and author.
Northwest Women's History Project records and interviews
Records of the Northwest Women's History Project, primarily concerning its interviews with women who worked in shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, during World War II, and audio recordings of the interviews. The Northwest Women's History Project was founded in 1978, and in the early 1980s made a presentation based on interviews with women who had been shipyard workers in World War II, titled, "Good Work, Sister!"
Oral history interview with Raymond W. Nyls
Oral history interview with Raymond W. Nyls conducted by Kathleen A. Mitchell from April 4-September 12, 1992. Nyls discusses his family background and early life in Portland, Wauna, Warrenton, and Astoria, Oregon, as well as his service in the Army Air Corps and Air Force and his experiences during the Korean War.
Oral history interview with George Oberg
Oral history interview with George Oberg conducted by Heather Burmeister and Brian Aune on February 18, 2009, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Oberg was the founding president of the Second Foundation, Oregon’s first official gay support organization.
Oral history interview with Donald G. Onthank
Oral history interview with Donald G. Onthank conducted by Dorothy C. Rich and Dick F. LaPore on October 29 and November 12, 1977. Onthank discusses his mountaineering experiences in the Cascade mountains of Oregon and Washington, in the Columbia River Gorge, and on Mount Shasta in California in the early 20th century.