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Part of Happenings on Hilltop
Part of Happenings on Hilltop
Part of Happenings on Hilltop
Part of Happenings on Hilltop
Part of Happenings on Hilltop
Part of Community Event Collection
Backside of photograph contains text: George Bartich, Luca Jurich, Nick Mullan
Co-Owners of Marymount
Three clippings about fashion show
Part of Wanda Thompson Papers
Thor Kallestad, CEO of Mynocarbon Corp
Part of Radio Tacoma Programs
Could a 5000 year old technology be part of a low/no carbon future? Thor Kallestad is co-founder of a Puget Sound startup with that as its goal.
Part of Wanda Thompson Papers
Part of Wanda Thompson Papers
Oral history interview with Tacoma resident Wanda Thompson conducted by dindria barrow on June 3, 2023. In this interview, Wanda shares her life’s journey from being born in a small rural town in Florida to being crowned Miss Hilltop, from starting her own modeling agency to working for the Department of Corrections, from being an arts commissioner to being a recognized local leader in multiple fields. Education was the key to her many successes, and she credits her family in helping her discover the love of stories, listening to them, reading them, writing them, and teaching them to others. As her mom used to say, “Everybody has a story to tell.”
Part of Community Event Collection
Oral history interview of John J. Thomas conducted by dindria barrow on January 21, 2023, as part of the Archiving North End Communities event located at the Wheelock library branch.
Video recording of Therese Pasquier, Regional Director, Paladina (DaVita) Health, from the 2015 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Theresa Pan Hosley, President of Chinese Reconciliation Foundation, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Theodore J. Jensen with Furnace
Part of Community Event Collection
Photograph backside contains text: 4016 N 24th Tacoma 1969
The U.S. Navy During World War II: One Mans Experience
Oral history interview with Dale Standley by Constance Standley conducted 05/01/2007. Dale Standley discusses his U.S. Naval career and describes life aboard the USS Hatfield, a destroyer that patrolled the North American west coast during World War II.
Oral history interview with Eudoro Estrada by Deborah D. Boyd conducted 05/03/1991. The interview discusses Eudoro Estrada's life in Mexico, his struggles when he first arrived in the United States, and his efforts to start and maintain what became a successful reforestation business. Estrada also describes his family life and briefly touches upon the discrimination he encountered as a Mexican American businessman in Washington State.
Part of Radio Tacoma Programs