oral histories (literary genre)
Found in 426 Collections and/or Records:
Mount St. Helens oral history interviews and written recollections
Oral history interviews and written recollections gathered by the Oregon Historical Society after the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, as part of a project to preserve memories of the mountain before it erupted. Participants in the project include lodge owners and employees, timber workers, and a fire lookout; visitors to lodges and youth camps near the mountain; mountaineers, hikers, and skiers; and a geologist who studied Mount St. Helens.
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.
Oral history interview with Ollie F. Osborn
Oral history interview with Ollie F. Osborn conducted by Harriet Baskas in September 1981 as part of a series of interviews used in the radio program “Don’t Fence Me In, the Cowgirls of Eastern Oregon.” Osborn was a cowgirl and rodeo participant in Eastern Oregon from 1913 to 1932.