interviews
Found in 781 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Lynn W. Newbry
Oral history interview with Lynn W. Newbry conducted by Clark Hansen from May 6-7, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Newbry was an Oregon state senator from 1961 to 1974.
Oral history interview with Dominic Vu Nguyen
Oral history interview with Dominic Vu Nguyen conducted by Rachel Ramirez on July 9, 2017, for The Immigrant Story. Nguyen's family fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and later immigrated to the United States. He studied chemical and electrical engineering and became a fitness coach in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Helen Nickum
Oral history interview with Helen Nickum, conducted by Gregory Karnes in seven sessions, from January 25 to April 7, 2011, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Nickum talks about her career as a secretary in Portland, Oregon, and in Washington, D.C.; about her involvement in a sex-discrimination class action lawsuit; and about her work as executive secretary for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757.
Oral history interview with Belise Nishimwe
Oral history interview with Belise Nishimwe conducted by Elanya Yussen on June 10, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Belise discusses her life in the Mutabira refugee camp in Tanzania, her life after immigrating to the United States in the mid-2000s, and her participation in the Poetry Out Loud contest.
Oral history interview with Sherma J. Norris
Oral history interview with Sherma J. Norris conducted by Robert J. Gassner on August 26, 1988, as part of the Portland's Syrian/Lebanese-American Community series. Norris was a Lebanese-American living in Oregon.
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 Warne H. Nunn
Oral history interview with Warne H. Nunn conducted by Jim Strassmaier from October 20 to November 3, 1987, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Nunn was chief of staff to Governor Mark Hatfield.
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 Ambrose A. Oderman
Oral history interview with Ambrose A. Oderman conducted by Jim Strassmaier from April 5-25, 2005. In this interview, Oderman discusses the 1918 flu pandemic; his studies during the Depression; his naval service during World War II; and his work for the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Interior Department.