One of three reel-to-reel audio tapes of Man and the Land Symposium proceedings. Symposium included talks by Dr. J.V. Miller, President of Pacific University; Wendell Wyatt, U.S. Representative; Walter Reif, Professor of Philosophy at Pacific University; Gary Evans, Assistant Professor of English at Pacific University; Jan Larson Shield; Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Pacific University; Les AuCoin, Majority Leader, Oregon State House of Representatives; Robert L. Benson, Washington County Historical Society; and Francis J. O'Connor, Project Construction Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation. Additional participants are listed on Schedule of Events attached to Tapes 1 and 2.
One of three reel-to-reel audio tapes of Man and the Land Symposium proceedings. Symposium included talks by Dr. J.V. Miller, President of Pacific University; Wendell Wyatt, U.S. Representative; Walter Reif, Professor of Philosophy at Pacific University; Gary Evans, Assistant Professor of English at Pacific University; Jan Larson Shield; Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Pacific University; Les AuCoin, Majority Leader, Oregon State House of Representatives; Robert L. Benson, Washington County Historical Society; and Francis J. O'Connor, Project Construction Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation. Additional participants are listed on Schedule of Events attached to Tapes 1 and 2.
An audio recording on cassette tape of an oral history of Jim Weber on the subject of Pacific University track in the 1970s. Interview collected by Jase Wambold in May, 2005.
A video recording of an oral history of Helen Riverman Mason who grew up during the Great Depression in the Portland area. She chiefly speaks about how her family survived the Great Depression, including starting up their own farm and working in berry fields.
A videorecording of an oral history of Darlene Phelps Young, who lived through the Great Depression in Manson, Washington near Chelan in the 1930s. Topics include: her birth and early life; going to school; her parents' work as farmers; daily life in poverty during the Depression; panic after Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' broadcast; rare visits to the movie theater; her father's work at rodeos; and other topics. The interview was created for the Tigard Public Library's Great Depression oral history project in 2010.
A video of Tualatin history narrated by Loyce Martinazzi. She discusses the evolution of some of the names in the area, like Boones Ferry Road. Images are included to show a comparison between the then and the now.
A video recording of an oral history of an unnamed Navy veteran who served as a photographer on the USS Yorktown when the Apollo 8 astronauts returned from orbiting the moon in 1968. The recording begins mid-interview and is missing the first section. Topics include: celebrating holidays in the navy; preparing for the return of the astronauts' capsule; watching the astronauts come on board the Yorktown; attending while the astronauts went to sick bay; taking souvenirs and donating them to the Yorktown museum; escorting the astronauts to Hawaii; about taking photographs; leaving the navy; his career after the navy as a radio news reporter, an attorney and a photographer. The interview is undated, but based on similar oral histories in the collection, it was probably recorded around 2007.
A video of a performance based on oral history of Tualatin's role in Oregon becoming a state. The stories of some of the early settlers to the area are acted out.
A video of Althea Pratt-Broome giving a tour of the Sweek House. She was the last owner of the house, and so she provides many details about how she helped renovate the house.
A video recording of an oral history of Robert 'Bob' Newcomb, Air Force veteran. The interview is undated, but based on similar oral histories in the collection, it was probably recorded around 2007.
A video recording of excerpts from veterans' oral histories of their experiences in World War Two and Vietnam, compiled from several oral histories in the Tualatin Historical Society collection. The interview is undated, but based on the individual oral histories in the collection, it was probably compiled around 2007.
A video recording of various people reading from the diaries of early settlers. The event was organized to celebrate the first anniversary of the Tualatin Heritage Center.
