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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....
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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....

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