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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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Tanner, Jack. January 20, 1973

    • Tanner, Jack; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Tacoma; African Americans--Politics and government; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
    • TAPE 1, SIDE A; 0 - 5: Parents migrated to Washington from Indiana and Mississippi in the late 1800's. Family background. Problems his grandmother had in Indianapolis. Father a longshoreman. 5 - 8: Black churches in Tacoma. Social life was limited...
    • 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....
    • 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...
    • Terrell, Mr. & Mrs. Warner. June 5, 1973

    • Terrell, Mr. & Mrs. Warner; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise; African American religion
    • SIDE A; 0 - 5: She has been in Boise since 1932. He was born in Boise in 1909, Family background. Her family travelled with Brigham Young to Utah. 5 - 9: Black churches in Boise. She grew up in the Mormon religion, but later became Methodist. Black...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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....
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...

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