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Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
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These oral history interviews were conducted by Ruth L. Wett as part of an oral history project sponsored by the Tacoma Public Library from 1975 to 1976. Each interview provides insight into activities in various neighborhoods, the mixture of immigrant communities, and the reflections on everyday experiences living in Tacoma around the turn of the last century.
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An Artist and Art in the Northwest: Dorothy Milne Rising (Interview No. 4, Tape No. 1)
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- 9/23/1975
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Seattle painter Dorthy Milne Rising discusses personal background, art work, and art in the Northwest. Milne was born in Tacoma and served as a member of the Northwest Printmakers Society and as President of Women Painters of Washington. (Interview No. 4, Tape No. 1)
[RESTRICTED] A Writer and Her Work: Della Gould Emmons (Interview No. 5, Tape No. 1)
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- 10/1/1975
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Della Gould Emmons reminiscences of family life and her work as a writer. (Interview No. 5, Tape No. 1)
Railroading in the Lumber Companies: Paul Meyer (Interview No. 7, Tape No. 2)
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- 10/8/1975
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Paul Meyer speaks at length about the surveying, clearing, laying and maintenance of lumber companies' railroad lines. (Interview No. 7, Tape No. 2)