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Lorraine Hildebrand
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- Lorraine "Hildy" Hildebrand
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1926-2012
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Lorraine Hildebrand was born in Tacoma to Ethel and Ernest Barker in 1926. She attended Lincoln High School where she met her husband James A. Hildebrand. They had five children. Lorraine was a Reference Librarian Specialist at Tacoma Community College. There, she created numerous bibliographies and reference works focused on BIPOC communities. These included "Chinook Indians: A Bibliography," "A Bibliography of Black Authors in the US," and "Sinophobia: The Expulsion of the Chinese from Tacoma and Seattle, Washington Territory, 1885-1886. She also wrote "Straw Hats, Sandals, and Steel: The Chinese in Washington State." [1] Hildebrand served as a member of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Committee in 1992, and provided the historical context for what would become Chinese Reconciliation park. [2]
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Written by Lauren Moseman, 2023.
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[1] "Lorraine Hildebrand Obituary," Tacoma New Tribune, June 3, 2012.
[2] Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation. “Expulsion: The Tacoma Method.” Expulsion: The Tacoma Method – Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (crpftacoma.org).