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  • Chase, Mr. and Mrs. James. November 2, 1972
  • Chase, Mr. and Mrs. James; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (State)--Spokane; African Americans--Employment; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A; 0 - 7 minutes: Family background--her father came from Mississippi to Spokane in 1890. He worked as a printer. Her uncle printed The Citizen. Her grandfather established the Calvary Baptist Church in Spokane. Several of her relatives were...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Banks, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. July 21, 1973
  • Banks, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.; African Americans--Montana--Helena; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Employment--Montana
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0 - 6: Mr. Banks came to Helena in 1917 from Alabama. Father a mechanic. Family background. Why he moved to Montana. Cousin in the calvary at Ft. Harrison, Montana. He planned to attend Carroll College but didn't. 6 - 8: Lived in...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Duncan, Mrs. Armeta. April 4, 1974
  • Duncan, Armeta; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Montana-- Butte; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Employment--Montana
  • SIDE A; 1 - 4 minutes: Born in Virginia near where Lee surrendered. Story of her aunt being visited by Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. Family background. 4 - 7 minutes: She traveled from Philadelphia with a couple as a servant in 1905. She...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Lee, James. July 20, 1973
  • Lee, James; Oral history--United States; United States--Oregon--Portland; African Americans--Oregon--Portland
  • SIDE A 0 - 2 minutes: Came to Portland in 1929 from Texas. Family background. He was a railroad worker. 2 - 5 minutes: Black churches in Portland. Black social clubs and organizations. Blacks lived mostly between the river and Broadway. Black...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Smith, Sam. November 20, 1973
  • Smith, Sam; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Politics and government
  • SIDE A; 0 - 2: Family background. Originally from Louisiana. Permanently settled in Seattle in 1936 after being in the Army. Education. 2 - 6: Black churches, social clubs. Black political clubs he helped to organize. Much contact with relatives....
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Woods, Mr. and Mrs. John. August 5 , 1972
  • Woods, Mr. and Mrs. John; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Yakima
  • SIDE A; 0 - 2: Family backgrounds. Their family was from Missouri. 2 - 5: Attended a white church until 1906 when a black church was established. The Missionary Society. Black social clubs she is involved with. He talks about black fraternal...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Warren, Charles. June 4, 1973
  • Warren, Charles; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise; African Americans--Employment
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5: Has lived in Boise since 1958. His feelings about racism and discrimination in the Northwest. A qualified black has always been able to find work. Changes in Boise. 5 - 12: Originally from Arkansas. Family background. Family moved to...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Freeman, Lawrence. June 12, 1974
  • Freeman, Lawrence; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Clarkston; African Americans--Montana; Pioneers--Washington (state)
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0-4 Has lived in Clarkston since 1919. Family background. How his parents met and moved to Montana. His father worked with horses. 4-9 There were never many blacks in Montana. Talks about the ranch his family lived on in Montana....
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Pitter, Edward. November 19, 1973
  • Pitter, Edward; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A; 0 - 7: Came to Seattle in 1909 from Jamaica. (He is very difficult to understand). Other work he has done in the Northwest. Why he decided to settle in Seattle. 7 - 8: Buildings in Seattle he recalls. 8 - 15: Family background. Born...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Tanner, Jack. January 20, 1973
  • Tanner, Jack; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Tacoma; African Americans--Politics and government; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A; 0 - 5: Parents migrated to Washington from Indiana and Mississippi in the late 1800's. Family background. Problems his grandmother had in Indianapolis. Father a longshoreman. 5 - 8: Black churches in Tacoma. Social life was limited...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Coleman, Reverend and Mrs. Sam. December 8, 1972
  • Coleman, Reverend and Mrs. Sam; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Pasco; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Colorado--Denver; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century;...
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A; 0 - 10: Her family background, From Mississippi and came to Washington in 1916. Her father worked for the railroad. Other blacks in Pasco. Most lived in railroad cars on the east side of town. Then they went to California and...
  • Black Oral History Collection

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