The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

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Repository: Portland State University Library. Special Collections

Collection Description (CRHP): This collection consists of 19 oral histories of a sampling of Oregonians completed in 2007, with a very small handful of African Americans community leaders and activists. Cassette and digital audio recordings, transcripts, and accompanying photographs make up this collection.

Date(s): 2007

Digital Status: Partial

Extent: 1 box

Language: English

Related Archival Items: The 'Gates Collection of African American History and Culture' was curated and donated to Portland State Library by Jeannette McPherson Gates. The collection is comprised of 8 linear feet of ephemera, publications, and papers related to African American history and culture dating from the 1820s through the 1990s. The collection also includes a series of materials related to the Gates family history.

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African Americans--Civil rights--Oregon
African Americans--Oregon
Civil rights movements--Oregon
Oregon

Genres:

Interviews
Photographs
Sound recordings
Transcripts