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    • 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...
    • Terrell, Mr. & Mrs. Warner. June 5, 1973

    • Terrell, Mr. & Mrs. Warner; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise; African American religion
    • SIDE A; 0 - 5: She has been in Boise since 1932. He was born in Boise in 1909, Family background. Her family travelled with Brigham Young to Utah. 5 - 9: Black churches in Boise. She grew up in the Mormon religion, but later became Methodist. 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...
    • 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...
    • King, Mr. and Mrs. William. April 5, 1973

    • King, Mr. and Mrs. William; Oral history--United States; United States--Idaho; African Americans--Washington (state) --Spokane; African Americans--Idaho; African American farmers
    • SIDE A 0 - 3 minutes: Stump ranching in northern Idaho. He worked for I.A. Brown. 3 - 9 minutes: Life in North Carolina before they moved West. Family backgrounds. Her father worked in a tobacco plant. Durham, North Carolina. How they came West....
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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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