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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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  • Bogle, Kathelyn. September 10, 1974
  • Bogle, Kathelyn; Bogle, Richard W.; African Americans--Oregon--Portland; Oral History--United States; Pioneers--Oregon
  • TAPE 1, SIDE B; 0 - 5 minutes: She tells the story of her husband's grandfather Richard W. Bogle who came to the Northwest in 1835 or so. Ran away from Jamaica at age twelve to New York. Wagon train West. Story of the Waldo family. 5 - 6 minutes:...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Flowers sisters, Mabel and Myrtle, September, 1974
  • Flowers, Mabel; Flowers, Myrtle; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon--Portland
  • SIDE A; 0 - 4: Interview with an older woman about going to Jamaica for sugarcane. Talks about her mother and her marriage to a Portuguese man who was killed. 4 - 10: Her father owned an oyster house in Astoria. His name was Roscoe Lee Dixon....
  • Black Oral History Collection

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