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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....
    • Pierce, Flexan. October 30, 1972

    • Pierce, Flexan; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Washington (state)--Spokane
    • SIDE A; 0 - 3: Came from North Carolina by train. Black churches. Other organizations--NAACP. 3 - 6: Emancipation Day. Blacks lived all over town and many owned property. Negro businesses. 6 - 8: Father was very strict. Churchwork quite important....
    • 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:...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Thomas, Paul. October 21, 1974

    • Thomas, Paul; Bush, George Washington; Oral history--United States; Pioneers--Washington (state)
    • SIDE A; 0 - 5: Sources for his thesis on George Bush, a black pioneer. How he got interested in black history. 5 - 9: Various theories about George Bush and when he came West. The Bush family got along well with the Indians. 9 - 15: Difficulty in...
    • 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...
    • Duncan, Mrs. Armeta. April 4, 1974

    • Duncan, Armeta; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Montana-- Butte; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Employment--Montana
    • SIDE A; 1 - 4 minutes: Born in Virginia near where Lee surrendered. Story of her aunt being visited by Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. Family background. 4 - 7 minutes: She traveled from Philadelphia with a couple as a servant in 1905. She...
    • 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...
    • 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...

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