Many paths, many voices: oral histories from the University of Washington special collections
The University of Washington Special Collections began collecting oral histories in the 1960s as part of an effort to document the history and culture of our regional ethnic communities. Forging partnerships with local organizations, oral historians recorded interviews with members of the Scandinavian American, African American, Japanese American, and Jewish communities in Seattle and Washington State.
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Creator
Brown, Megan
Bull, Karina
Chiles, Ruth
Dixon, Aaron
Duffy, Martin
Goodwin, Terenz
Gossett, Larry
Greaves, Gary
Johnson, James W.
Kline, Adam, 1944-
Mehta-Neugebauer, Riddhi
Miller, Christine
Warmflash, Anita
Date of Original
1968/2015
Subject
African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American political activists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Biography
African Americans--Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Employment--United States
African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
African Americans--Washington (State)--Bellevue
African Americans--Washington (State)--Walla Walla
Afro-American Patrolmen's League (Chicago, Ill.)
Baseball players, Black
Bellevue (Wash.)--Race relations
Black Panther Party--History
Black power--United States
Black Student Union (University of Washington)
Bon Marché (Department store)
Central District (Seattle, Wash.)
Chrysler Corporation
Civil Rights Defense Committee
Civil rights--Law and legislation--Mississippi
Civil rights--Washington (State)--Bellevue
Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
People
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996
Bloom, Esther
Bull, Karina
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
Carter, Bunchy
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016
Clark, Mark, 1947-1969
Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998
Cosby, Bill, 1937-
Garfunkle, Genevieve
Garfunkle, Matt
Garfunkle, Sophie
Gregoire, Christine O.
Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969
Harris, Curtis
Hutton, Bobby, 1950-1968
Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Kline, Bertha Shapiro
Kline, John Anthony
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924
Lester, Julius, 1939-2018
Locke, Gary
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
Middaugh, Laura Gene
Mitchell, John N. (John Newton), 1913-1988
Neumann, Esther
Newton, Huey P.
Phillips, Howard
Plumb, Suzanna
Seale, Bobby, 1936-
Shapiro, Morris
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
Uhlman, Wesley C. (Wesley Carl), 1935-
Williams, Albert Wayne
Location
United States, California, Alameda County, Oakland, 37.80437, -122.2708
United States, California, Contra Costa County, Walnut Creek, 37.90631, -122.06496
United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
Medium
oral histories (literary works)
Type
Sound
Description
The University of Washington Special Collections began collecting oral histories in the 1960s as part of an effort to document the history and culture of our regional ethnic communities. Forging partnerships with local organizations, oral historians recorded interviews with members of the Scandinavian American, African American, Japanese American, and Jewish communities in Seattle and Washington State. Later, this effort broadened to document the Northwest arts community and spawned new projects such as the North Cascades History Project. Today, these oral histories represent the bulk of an ever-growing collection and stand as a rich resource for researchers from a variety of fields.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
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