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Air pilots -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Ann M. Bohrer

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9361
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ann M. Bohrer conducted by Patricia Keith on May 12, 1980. Bohrer discusses her experiences as a woman aviator in Portland, Oregon, in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1980 May 12

Oral history interview with Billie F. Dutcher

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9127
Abstract

Oral history interview with Billie F. Dutcher, conducted by Patricia Keith on May 29, 1980. Dutcher discusses her participation in the final Powder Puff Derby, a race for women pilots, held in 1977.

Dates: 1980 May 29

Oral history interview with Nona L. Goard

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9129
Abstract

Oral history interview with Nona L. Goard, conducted by Charles Digregorio on November 5, 1976. Goard discusses her experiences as a wing walker, parachute jumper, and stunt flier in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1926 to 1932.

Dates: 1976 November 5

Oral history interview with Leah Hing and Ruth Chinn

 Collection
Identifier: SR 3567
Abstract

Oral history interview with sisters Leah Hing and Ruth Chinn, conducted by Jane Leung Larson in two sessions, on April 9 and April 26, 1999. Hing and Chinn discuss their family background and early life on a hop farm in Tualatin, Oregon. Hing also talks about playing in a band whose members were all Chinese American women, and about learning to fly with pilot Tex Rankin in Portland during the 1930s.

Dates: 1999 April 9-26

Oral history interview with Leah Hing

 Collection
Identifier: SR 3568
Abstract

Oral history interview with Leah Hing, conducted by Judy Yung on April 18, 1982, as part of the Chinese Women of America Research Project. Hing looks at photographs of the Chinese community in Portland, Oregon, taken in the early 20th century and discusses them, and talks about her family background and early life on a hop farm in Tualatin, Oregon.

Dates: 1982 April 18

History of aviation in Oregon (1889-1930)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2652
Abstract

Typescript paper regarding the history of aviation in Oregon, with notes, research, bibliography, and interviews and information on early pilots: Ed Ball, Danny Grecco and Jimmie Rinehart.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with Harold W. Shangle

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9131
Abstract

Oral history interview with Harold W. Shangle, conducted by Patrick Harris on February 22, 1980. Shangle discusses learning to fly airplanes and working as an airplane mechanic at the Swan Island Airport in Portland from 1928 to 1933.

Dates: 1980 February 22

Oral history interview with Dwight M. Smith

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9132
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dwight M. Smith, conducted by Charles Digregorio on March 12, 1976. Smith discusses the antique car he owned, a 1912 Hudson Model 33; and his experiences as a freelance pilot during the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1976 March 12