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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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...

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