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  • Smith, Sam. November 20, 1973
  • Smith, Sam; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Politics and government
  • SIDE A; 0 - 2: Family background. Originally from Louisiana. Permanently settled in Seattle in 1936 after being in the Army. Education. 2 - 6: Black churches, social clubs. Black political clubs he helped to organize. Much contact with relatives....
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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...
  • 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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  • Maney, Mr. and Mrs. Isadore and Mr. Maney's mother. July 20, 1973
  • Maney, Mr. & Mrs. Isadore; Oral history--United States; United States--Oregon--Portland; African Americans--Oregon--Portland
  • SIDE A 0 - 4 minutes: Mr. Maney's mother talks about her family background. Her grandfather moved to Montana. 4 - 8 minutes: Mr. Maney tells how his parents ended up in Portland where he was born. Black churches in Portland. Blacks lived in several...
  • 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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  • Cogwell, Mrs. Margaret. September 29, 1972
  • Cogwell, Margaret; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Olympia; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African American churches--History; Washington (state)--History--Anecdotes
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes; She came from Newton, Kansas in 1910. Family background. How she came to Seattle. She ran a little restaurant on Seneca for a couple of years. 5 - 7 minutes: Moved south of Olympia to Rochester in 1919. They raised...
  • 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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  • 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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  • Chase, Mr. and Mrs. James. November 2, 1972
  • Chase, Mr. and Mrs. James; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (State)--Spokane; African Americans--Employment; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A; 0 - 7 minutes: Family background--her father came from Mississippi to Spokane in 1890. He worked as a printer. Her uncle printed The Citizen. Her grandfather established the Calvary Baptist Church in Spokane. Several of her relatives were...
  • 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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  • 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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