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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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  • Knott, William. April 2, 1974
  • Knott, William; Oral history--United States; United States--Montana--Great Falls; African Americans--Montana--Great Falls
  • SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes: His parents came by train from Memphis in 1892. Family background. Early Great Falls--sporting girls and cow punchers. Father first worked as a janitor. 5 - 7 minutes: Not many Negroes in Great Falls. Black barbershops...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • King, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph. June 7, 1973
  • King, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Twin Falls
  • SIDE A 0 - 3 minutes: He came to Twin Falls at the age of 24 from Oklahoma City. Working on the railroad. 3 - 8 minutes: She was born in Memphis, he in Louisiana. They keep up contacts with relatives. No black churches in town. Blacks have lived...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Luster, Rev.and Mrs. Greenwood. July 18, 1973
  • Luster, Rev. & Mrs. Greenwood; Oral history--United States; United States--Oregon--Hermiston; African American churches; African Americans--Oregon--Hermiston; Churches--Oregon
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: He went to work at Hanford in 1942 from Louisiana. Other work. Travelled around and settled in Hermiston in 1949. Wife did housework and worked for telephone company. 5 - 9 minutes: She came to the Northwest from Arkansas in...
  • 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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  • Frye, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald. August 21, 1972
  • Frye, Mr. & Mrs. Reginald; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Yakima; African Americans--History--Migrations--20th century; Pioneers--Washington (state); African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: She talks about how much of her history has been lost. Discussion about blacks who lost their black identities when they came West. 5 - 9 minutes: Blacks in Yakima. Family background. Homesteading. He thinks most blacks came...
  • 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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  • White, C.A. July 18, 1973
  • White, C.A.; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon - Portland
  • SIDE A; 0 - 3: He came to Portland in 1947 from Texas. He did a lot of odd jobs at first. Family background. 3 - 5: Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Portland. Other black churches. Black social clubs and organizations. 5 - 8: Vanport, a black community...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Claude. June 5, 1973
  • Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Claude; Oral History--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise; Churches--Idaho; African Americans--Employment; Family
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: She has been in Boise since 1909. Born in Pueblo, Colorado. He came to Idaho in 1923. Family backgrounds. How his family came out west from Missouri. 5 - 11 minutes: How her folks came out west from Georgia and Tennessee. Her...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • James, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin. September 26, 1972
  • James, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Yakima; African Americans--Employment--Washington (state); African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A; 0 - 4: Father worked for railroad in Virginia. Came to Washington in 1898. Family background. Father's stories about a Confederate soldier. 4 - 9: Education for blacks. His first job as a coal miner. Strikes. He worked in the mines from...
  • Black Oral History Collection

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