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  • Interviewer: Quintard
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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...
    • Lee, James. July 20, 1973

    • Lee, James; Oral history--United States; United States--Oregon--Portland; African Americans--Oregon--Portland
    • SIDE A 0 - 2 minutes: Came to Portland in 1929 from Texas. Family background. He was a railroad worker. 2 - 5 minutes: Black churches in Portland. Black social clubs and organizations. Blacks lived mostly between the river and Broadway. Black...
    • 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....
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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....
    • 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...
    • Rucker, Ollie. July 22, 1972

    • Rucker, Ollie; Oral history--United States; United States--Washington (state)
    • SIDE A; 0 - 3: Family background. Father came to Roslyn as strike-breaker from Virginia. Later moved to mining area in Franklin in King County. Black social clubs. 3 - 8: Doesn't remember any black politicians. Jim Shepardston, an influential...
    • Walker, Thomas and Ophelia. April 4, 1974

    • Walker, Thomas; Walker, Ophelia; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Montana
    • SIDE A; 0 - 3: He came from Texas when he was 13. She's been in Montana since 1923. Family backgrounds. 3 - 6: Black churches in town. Black social clubs. Blacks lived all over town. Schooling. 6 - 9: Well-known blacks from the area. Contact with...
    • 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...
    • 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:...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Duncan, Dr. Walter. April 3, 1974

    • Duncan, Dr. Walter; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Montana--Butte; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
    • SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes: Family background. How his parents came to Butte. His father was a podiatrist. 5 - 7 minutes: Two black churches in Butte until 1928 when many blacks moved away from Butte. 7 - 10 minutes: Black Mason organization. Other black...
    • Henry, Ray. December 8, 1972

    • Henry, Ray; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Pasco; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
    • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: He came to Pasco in 1943 from Kansas. Growth of Pasco. Other black families in town when he arrived. Black churches. 5 - 8 minutes: The East SIDE of town was set aside for Negroes. Most bought their own land. Trailer camps....

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