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  • 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...
  • 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. 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....
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Dunning, Verron. August 24, 1972
  • Dunning, Verron; Oral history--United States; African Americans; Pioneers--Washington (state); Washington (state)--History--Anecdotes
  • SIDE A; 0 - 3 minutes: Talks about George Washington, a local pioneer. He was raised by a black woman in Michigan. Other blacks in Centralia; Stacy Kunos. 3 - 5 minutes: Talks about William Bryan and his wife who were early pioneers. Other blacks...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • White, C.A. July 18, 1973
  • White, C.A.; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon - Portland
  • SIDE A; 0 - 3: He came to Portland in 1947 from Texas. He did a lot of odd jobs at first. Family background. 3 - 5: Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Portland. Other black churches. Black social clubs and organizations. 5 - 8: Vanport, a black community...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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:...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Strong, Mrs. Henry. July 22, 1972
  • Strong, Mrs. Henry; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Roslyn
  • SIDE A; 0 - 3: How she came to move to Roslyn. Reverend Brown's church. Other churches. Visiting relatives back East. 3 - 6: Mr. Shepardston got black people to come to work in the mines. Many blacks moved away from Roslyn. Well-known blacks in...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • DeWittig, Mrs. Thelma. January 18, 1973
  • DeWittig, Thelma; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Education; African American teachers
  • SIDE A; 0 - 4: She came to Seattle from Texas in 1947 to do graduate work at University of Washington. She was an only child. Schooling in Texas. Family background. Talks about her teaching in Texas. 4 - 7: The black church in Seattle. Communists...
  • 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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  • 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:...
  • 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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  • Knott, William. April 2, 1974
  • Knott, William; Oral history--United States; United States--Montana--Great Falls; African Americans--Montana--Great Falls
  • SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes: His parents came by train from Memphis in 1892. Family background. Early Great Falls--sporting girls and cow punchers. Father first worked as a janitor. 5 - 7 minutes: Not many Negroes in Great Falls. Black barbershops...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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...
  • 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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  • Moss, Sandy. December 2, 1972
  • Moss, Sandy; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A: 0-4 His father was a stonemason who came to Seattle from Kansas. They were originally from North Carolina. Black churches. 4-7 Holiday celebrations shared by whites and blacks in the early 1900's. Blacks more or less lived alongside whites....
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • 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...
  • Black Oral History Collection

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