An audio recording of an oral history of Liz Ben-Jumbo. Ben-Jumbo grew up in Nigeria and traveled to the U.S. at 23 to go to college in Port Angeles, Washington. While in Port Angeles, she worked at a nursing home. She moved to Seattle to study Psychology at the University of Washington, returned to Nigeria, did service work and met her husband then came again to the U.S., first to attend Mississippi State, then graduated from Ohio State University in 1991 and moved to Portland, Oregon. She talks about her experiences of racial prejudice in the U.S. and her work as an educator on multicultural issues. She also goes by Elizabeth (Joy) Wosley-George, which she explains in the interview is her other last name. The recording stops and starts many times due to an issue with the tape recorder.
An audio recording of an oral history of Liz Ben-Jumbo. Ben-Jumbo grew up in Nigeria and traveled to the U.S. at 23 to go to college in Port Angeles, Washington. While in Port Angeles, she worked at a nursing home. She moved to Seattle to study Psychology at the University of Washington, returned to Nigeria, did service work and met her husband then came again to the U.S., first to attend Mississippi State, then graduated from Ohio State University in 1991 and moved to Portland, Oregon. She talks about her experiences of racial prejudice in the U.S. and her work as an educator on multicultural issues. She also goes by Elizabeth (Joy) Wosley-George, which she explains in the interview is her other last name. The recording stops and starts many times due to an issue with the tape recorder.
An audio recording of an oral history of Phon Mean about fleeing Cambodia with her family at age ten and coming to the United States. She talks about life in Cambodia when she was a child and then about life in the U.S., including school, her first job, and discomfort of being a refugee living in a different culture. Mean also talks about her experience of the refugee camp in Thailand.
An audio recording of an oral history of Jimmy and Carolyn Roach on the Vietnam War. Jimmy Roach and Carolyn Roach both attended Hillsboro high school. Mr. Roach graduated in 1967 and he enlisted in service in 1968. He was in the 25th Infantry, mechanized unit in Vietnam, where he was wounded during his second day in the field. As a result he was transferred to a medical camp team where he provided security. He received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star and spent the remaining 8 months of duty in Italy. The two recall people showed that they supported the war by wearing MIA bracelets.
An audio recording of an oral history of Blaine Whipple on the Vietnam War. The interview begins with Daniel, the interviewer, showing Blaine Whipple a clipping of an editorial he had written to the Hillsboro Argus opposing the war in Vietnam. Mr. Whipple felt there was no reason for the U.S. to be fighting in Vietnam, so he wrote letters to the editor to that effect, made speeches and talked to the newspapers. Mr. Whipple was elected the Democratic National Committeeman of Oregon and helped to organize anti-war protests. There were also pro-war meetings in Hillsboro. Whipple was at the White House with both John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Whipple talks about serving in the Navy for 4 years during the Korean War and about his family, which had a history of being involved in politics, including a relative from New Hampshire who was a leader in the Continental Congress. There is a transcript of this interview.
An audio recording of an oral history of Jim Wagemann on being a child during the Vietnam War. As a child, Jim Wagemann moved from South Dakota to Oregon during the late 1960s-early 1970s. In first grade he attended Fir Grove Elementary and participated in Cub Scouts. Later he would go to Meral Davis, then in the Reedville school district. Throughout this time Mr. Wagemann does not remember much talk of war in school or scouts. Sound cuts out at 1:30 for several seconds. There is a transcript of this interview.
