Thomas, Paul. October 21, 1974
Thomas, Paul. October 21, 1974
Rating
Title
Thomas , Paul . October 21 , 1974
Occupation/Interviewee
Historian
Interview Date
1974-10-21
Length of Interview
69 minutes
Subject
Thomas, Paul Bush, George Washington Oral history--United States Pioneers--Washington (state)
Type
Sound
Genre
Interviews
Interview Location
United States--Washington (state)--Seattle
Interviewer
Stephens , Joyce
Abstractor
Knight , Margot H .
Abstract
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 tracing the Bush family tree . Trouble with research on George Bush who was relatively unknown . Bush's personality . 15 - 18 : Examination of the 1850 Census figures . 18 - 23 : Disposition of the Bush family possessions . Relationship of the Bush settlement with the Indians was always good . No diaries of the family . 23 - 30 : Other work George Bush did-guide , trapper . Why the Bush's settled where they did . Couldn't settle in Oregon due to legislation prohibiting blacks from owning property . SIDE B ; 0 - 4 : Simms , the postmaster and Indian agent and his relationship with Bush . Trouble Bush had getting a clear title to his homestead . Laws passed about blacks in 1843 . 4 - 10 : Story about claimjumpers on Bush's place in 1851 or so .
Abstract Date
1979-06-18
Identifier
ct02t46thomas
Collection
Is found in CT 2 , Black Oral History Interviews , 1972-1974 https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ct2.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Language
English
Digitization
Interview cassette tapes were digitized in 2002 as mp3 files , and uploaded in CONTENTdm .
Rights Notes
In copyright. As no permission forms were signed, rights for this interview remain both with the interviewees and Washington State University (as the interviewer conducted them as part of their WSU employment).
Publisher
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries : https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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