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Waldron recounts what it was like growing up in Silver Lake, Oregon, and the challenges she faced along the way. She grew up with parents of different races, her mother being half Navajo and her father being Caucasian, and at certain points during…

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In this interview, Dawn Figueroa details her journey to Oregon State University and her love for art. She begins her story on the east coast, where she received an undergraduate double degree at Kean University for Fine Arts (Visual Communication),…

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This interview ranges from the generation before to the generation after Nancy Lee Davis. Born in 1935, Nancy grew up in the World War II era with her mother and her two sisters living in Oregon and her father away on Midway Island, working as an…

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In this interview, Helen Berg discusses her career at OSU, issues of gender in the workforce that she has faced throughout her life, and her position as the first female mayor of Corvallis. She starts by talking about her beginnings in Corvallis as a…

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Griggs opens the interview with a description of his early life. He mentions that his grandmother was born into slavery, and so emphasized education for her own children and grandchildren. He spent a lot of time with his grandparents when he was…

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Gamble opens the interview with details about his early life and childhood. His mother was a concert pianist based in Alabama until she began having children. The family moved to Flint, Michigan when Gamble was very young, and he grew up there. He…

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The interview opens with Morita describing his childhood, his school days and then his experiences in the Japanese internment camps during World War II. After high school, Morita began attending Pasadena Senior College but was forced to drop out when…

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The interview opens with Dr. Richard Tubb describing his early life and his parents’ jobs, and talks about how his father’s expectations played into his own interests and career aspirations. Tubb began attending the University of Oklahoma as a…

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The interview opens with the interviewers asking Kent Daniels to identify a few of the most pivotal moments in his life. He selects his freshman English class from high school, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and his time in the Peace…

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Cone opens the interview with a discussion of his childhood on the East Coast. In this, he recalls witnessing a speech by the president of Yale during the Vietnam War in which he publically acknowledged that African Americans were not given fair…