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Mexican-Americans from Mexico to Washington State: Discrimination and Segregation in the Memory o...

Mexican-Americans from Mexico to Washington State: Discrimination and Segregation in the Memory of One Witness

Oral history interview with Jenaro Castaneda by Yris Lance conducted April-May 2007. Jenaro Castaneda, a former migrant worker, describes life growing up in a post-World War II farm labor camp and comments on the social barriers he has faced as a Mexican-American. He also touches on his work with the Washington State Office of Minority and Womens Business Enterprises and expresses his hopes for greater recognition and understanding of Washingtons minority communities.

Sisters of Providence & Sister Mary Francis Cabrini Rohr

Oral history interview with Mary Cabrini Rohr by Connie M. Smith conducted 02/1994. Sister Mary Cabrini Rohr (Frances Rohr, 1910-1997) discusses her decade-spanning nursing and teaching career, including her time as director of the School of Nursing at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington. Special focus is given to the schools 1954 changeover from a three-year professional program to a one-year practical program, a transition that Sister Cabrini personally oversaw.

Tacoma - 1717 South Fawcett, Tacoma, WA: A Brief Historical Perspective

Oral history interviews with Kosho Yukawa and Yaeko Nakano by Susan Stout conducted February-March 1992. This project includes interviews with the then minister of Tacoma Buddhist Temple, Reverend Kosho Yukawa, and Mrs. Yaeko Nakano, a longtime member of Tacoma Buddhist Temple and its principal organist. Yukawa describes Buddhist religious practices, the activities of the Temple and its various organizations, his family, and Sunya Pratt. Nakano discusses her family life growing up as a Japanese American in Tacoma, Washington during the Depression, her education, internment experiences during the Second World War, her training and work as a musician, and her involvement with the Tacoma Buddhist Temple in many capacities.

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