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In this interview, Lynne Gray discusses her participation in rodeo throughout her life. She begins by discussing other rodeo competitors of the 1980s. She notes that as someone who participates in rodeo herself, she is close with many of the other…

In this interview, Dean Beauchamp, a longtime farmer in Umapine, Oregon, describes his family history as it relates to the history of the region. He begins the interview by describing his grandfather Beauchamp, who emigrated from Montréal on his way…

This interview with Mark Astrup, the former director of the Oregon State Parks, begins with Astrup describing his interests in landscape architecture and how that led him to his enrollment at Oregon Agricultural College. He then traces his early…

In this interview, Mary Dimick begins by explaining her daughter’s friendship with Ulysses Grant McAlexander, a celebrated OAC figure and war hero from World War I. She then describes her childhood in Sellwood, Oregon, and her memories of the…

In the interview, Laurie LaPointe recounts her childhood in Colorado, South Dakota, and Oregon. She begins by discussing her heritage as a member of the Lakota Sioux Tribe and describing the different groups of the Lakota, as well as Lakota Sioux…

In this, the second of two interviews, Jean Rice Heath begins by reflecting on her family’s move to Corvallis in 1958. She describes her house in Corvallis and her initial reactions to the city. Next, she discusses the formation of the Crossroads…

Jean (Rice) Heath begins this interview by discussing her birthplace, New Plymouth, Idaho, and her father’s career as a Presbyterian minister. She mentions her three siblings and her family’s move to Boise when she was three years old. Heath then…

In this interview, Peggy Allworth and interviewer Jennifer Lee review Allworth's OAC scrapbook, which is filled with photographs from her college days. The scrapbook spurs conversations about many of the objects that it holds and incites discussions…

Over the course of the interview, Allworth recounts her childhood at the turn of the century, focusing on aspects of life that have changed since her youth including family, fashion, morals, careers for women, and the consumption of alcohol.

She…

Retired professor of dance Betty Lynd Thompson describes her youth and the beginnings of her interest in dance. She also details the lives of her parents and their interests, before talking about where she attended university and obtained her…