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    • Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Levi. July 18, 1973

    • Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Levi; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon--Portland; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Employment--Oregon; African Americans--Housing--Oregon--Portland; African American...
    • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: He came to Portland in 1930. She arrived in 1933. Family backgrounds. 5 - 8 minutes: Black Baptist church in Portland. Other black churches. Black Population. Black families. Job opportunities for blacks. 8 - 12 minutes:...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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....
    • Monroe, Ethel. April 5, 1974

    • Monroe, Ethel; Oral history--United States; United States--Montana--Missoula; African Americans--Employment--Montana--Missoula; African Americans--Montana--Missoula
    • SIDE A 0 - 4 minutes: Family background. Father from Tennessee. Parents settled in Missoula around 1919 or so. Black churches in Missoula. Not any black clubs. 4 - 7 minutes: Blacks lived all over town. Many owned their own places-- many whites...
    • Pierce, Flexan. October 30, 1972

    • Pierce, Flexan; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Washington (state)--Spokane
    • SIDE A; 0 - 3: Came from North Carolina by train. Black churches. Other organizations--NAACP. 3 - 6: Emancipation Day. Blacks lived all over town and many owned property. Negro businesses. 6 - 8: Father was very strict. Churchwork quite important....
    • Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. George. November 9, 1972

    • Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. George; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon--Pendleton; Churches--Oregon; African American churches; African Americans--Employment
    • SIDE A; 0 - 3: He tells why he moved to Pendleton. Family background. Black churches in LaGrande and Walla Walla. 4- 9: Establishing a black church in Pendleton in 1949. No black organizations outside of the church except for the NAACP. 9 - 13:...
    • 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...
    • Johnson, Raymond. March 3, 1974

    • Johnson, Raymond; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Montana--Missoula; African Americans--Employment--Montana
    • SIDE A; 0 - 3: His parents were from Minneapolis. He was born here. How his parents met and married. Family background. 3 - 5: Black Methodist church in Missoula. Black population. Jobs blacks worked in. Almost all owned their own property. Black...
    • King, Frank. April 5, 1973

    • King, Frank; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Tensed; African American farmers
    • SIDE A; 0 - 5: Came out west in 1903. They got a homestead in 1910. How they got their homestead. 5 - 8: Real rough the first couple of years. Started with oats and wheat. Custom threshing outfits. How they gradually expanded their area of...
    • 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...
    • Stewart, Mrs. Virgil [Bessie]. June 5, 1973

    • Stewart, [Bessie] Mrs. Virgil; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise
    • SIDE A; 0 - 6: Came to Boise in 1943 from Tennessee. Family background. Story of Wallace Cooky (sp?) , a white contractor who convinced her sister to move out West. 6 - 12: Her brother-in-law was foreman of a ranch in Idaho. Later she and her...
    • Thompson, Bertie Neoma. June 8, 1973

    • Thompson, Bertie Neoma; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Pocatello; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
    • SIDE A; 0 - 4: Came to Pocatello in 1919. Originally from Missouri. Travelled around with her husband, a rodeo rider. Courtship and marriage. 4 - 5: More about her husbad's love to ride horses. Killed in Bozeman in 1939 while riding. 5 - 10: Black...
    • 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...
    • Walker, Thomas and Ophelia. April 4, 1974

    • Walker, Thomas; Walker, Ophelia; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Montana
    • SIDE A; 0 - 3: He came from Texas when he was 13. She's been in Montana since 1923. Family backgrounds. 3 - 6: Black churches in town. Black social clubs. Blacks lived all over town. Schooling. 6 - 9: Well-known blacks from the area. Contact with...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Clow, Mrs. James. July 20, 1973

    • Clow, Mrs. James; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon--Portland; African American churches
    • 0-3 She came to Portland in 1936 when she was married, from Richmond, Virginia. Talks about her husband's family from Texas. Courtship and marriage. 3-5 Mount Olivet Baptist Church, the largest black church in Portland. 5-7 Blacks were scattered...
    • Gayton, Virginia. February 5, 1974

    • Gayton, Virginia; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
    • SIDE A: 0-5 Family background. Early life, high school in Spokane. Attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. in the early 20's. Father was a railroad worker. How his parents got married. There were no good jobs for her parents who both had...

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