GCS 9 Erin Lasley, Dan Cooper Around Tacoma
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- 03/25/2022
Part of Radio Tacoma Programs
Joe Bomar interviews local historian Erin Lasley about D.B. Cooper, the mysterious unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in 1971.
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GCS 9 Erin Lasley, Dan Cooper Around Tacoma
Part of Radio Tacoma Programs
Joe Bomar interviews local historian Erin Lasley about D.B. Cooper, the mysterious unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in 1971.
Part of Radio Tacoma Programs
Part of Community Event Collection
Description provided by Lesley Gordon:
Who is in the photographs?
"These are a collection of postcards found at a yard sale. They are correspondence between people living in Tacoma during the early 1900s."
Some postcards are to the Eklund family, E.G. Hicklin on the U.S.S Mississippi, and others.
Governors Evans, Locke, and Gregoire Announced as Equality Campaign Honorary Co-Chairs
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Former Washington State Governors Daniel J. Evans, Gary Locke, and Christine Gregoire meet at the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and are announced as the League's honorary co-chairs for the I-1000 Equality Campaign. The attendees discuss support for the removal of the ban on affirmative action, known as I-200, and it's replacement with initiative I-1000, which would establish non-quota affirmative action. Former State Representative Jessie Wineberry introduces the former governors as well as community leaders who have pushed for the passing of I-1000.
Part of Community Event Collection
Grace Scothorne/Judge Karl Williams Interview
FPHS student Grace Scothorne interviews Judge Karl Williams about growing up and being educated in the Puget Sound region, as well as his legal expertise in issues around discrimination in employment and court proceedings.
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Measures 80 feet by 70 feet, made of traffic marking paint. Dionne Bonner's description of the work is "[d]uring the 2008 Art on the Avenue summer festival, in Tacoma WA, I painted a street intersection mural. The mural was painted directly on the pavement of an intersection closed during the festival and was based on an illustration I designed depictin gan octopus and other sea live. the day-long public art project was completed with the help of festival-goers".
Part of Radio Tacoma Programs
Part of Radio Tacoma Programs
"Grit City Stories" explores Tacoma's history and cultural heritage through interviews with those connected to the local history community. The program is hosted by Joe Bomar and presented by the Tacoma Historical Society.
Group Interview with Henry Yates, Regina Glenn, Dr. John Vassall, and Winfield Ezell Jr.
Interview with Regina Glenn, Dr. John Vassall, Henry Yates, and Winfield Ezell, Jr, filmed in 2022 for the documentary project "The Evolution of Collective Wisdom."
Part of Community Event Collection
Backside of photo contains text:
Nono - 2nd from left
Others?
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Photo description from Vanna Sing:
When taken: 1980s and 2000s
Where taken: Eastside, Salishan
What memory is contained in these photos? Vanna Sing's childhood in Salishan and Eastside; Growing up in Salishan, spiritual healing. 43 year old survivor from the country of Cambodia. Roots are from SE Asia, Cambodia, Thai, and Laos. Our family escaped the Khmer Rouge in 1978 In July 1979, we entered United States. Our sponsors were from Mineral Wells, Texas. Trying to adapt to the American culture was a struggle. Through the word of mouth, Tacoma, Washington was the place to be. 15 families migrated to Tacoma, WA. We first arrived in Hilltop, Tacoma, around St. Joseph hospital area. We spent a year here. Tacoma Housing Authority supported refugees by providing rental assistance. Department of Social and Healthy Services gave us TANF, food stamp, and medical.
Oral history interview with Theresa Power-Drutis by Justin Cudney conducted 05/07/2011. Theresa Power-Drutis discusses her involvement with Guadalupe House and other G Street Community projects. A carpenter and lifelong activist, Power-Drutis recounts her arrival in Tacoma in 1979 and describes the sense of social justice and community pride that has driven Hilltops recent revival. Father Bill Bichsel, social activist and co-founder of the G Street Community, is also discussed at length.
Tacoma Community House Spring 2022 English Language student from Ghana. Interviewed by dindria barrow on May 4, 2022.
Part of Community Event Collection