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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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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....
    • Coleman, Reverend and Mrs. Sam. December 8, 1972

    • Coleman, Reverend and Mrs. Sam; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Pasco; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Colorado--Denver; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century;...
    • TAPE 1, SIDE A; 0 - 10: Her family background, From Mississippi and came to Washington in 1916. Her father worked for the railroad. Other blacks in Pasco. Most lived in railroad cars on the east side of town. Then they went to California and...
    • 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...
    • Gayton, Carver. August 7, 1973

    • Gayton, Carver; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Employment--Washington (state); African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
    • SIDE A 0 - 3 minutes Family background. Father born in Seattle, mother from Nashville. Talks about growing up in Seattle. Parents worked for the post office. Other jobs. 3 - 7 minutes Black churches. YMCA and YWCA. Other social activities. Famous...
    • 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...
    • 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....
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Freeman, Lawrence. June 12, 1974

    • Freeman, Lawrence; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Clarkston; African Americans--Montana; Pioneers--Washington (state)
    • TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0-4 Has lived in Clarkston since 1919. Family background. How his parents met and moved to Montana. His father worked with horses. 4-9 There were never many blacks in Montana. Talks about the ranch his family lived on in Montana....
    • Flowers sisters, Mabel and Myrtle, September, 1974

    • Flowers, Mabel; Flowers, Myrtle; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon--Portland
    • SIDE A; 0 - 4: Interview with an older woman about going to Jamaica for sugarcane. Talks about her mother and her marriage to a Portuguese man who was killed. 4 - 10: Her father owned an oyster house in Astoria. His name was Roscoe Lee Dixon....

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