An audio recording of an oral history of Francis Hess concerning early Sherwood, Oregon and the Keizur Family. Hess was the descendant of the Keizurs who came to Oregon in the 1840s, after whom the town of Keizer is named. He retells stories of his grandmother, Mary Louise Keizur, who crossed the Oregon Trail; and stories about Sherwood in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Much of the recording consists of the interviewer reading from sources related to locations and people in Sherwood or the Keizur Family, and Hess responding with his memories. At 9:57 through 10:26, an unrelated radio broadcast is taped over the original recording.
An audio recording of an oral history of Armin List, logger and long-time resident of Sherwood, Oregon. Most of the recording concerns the town of Sherwood and logging in the early 1900s. Topics include: Fourth of July celebrations in Sherwood; baseball teams in Sherwood; his father's work as an engineer for the railroad; working for the sawmill and cutting trees; church picnics; stories about Native Americans stealing; his mother picking hops; his father John List; 'Blue Town' near Sherwood; Armin's birth in the hamlet of Middleton southwest of Sherwood; how tree cutting was done; J.C. Smock and his general store in Sherwood; digging wells; leaving Sherwood in 1915 to find work; picking blackberries; wild animals that used to live near Sherwood; and other topics.
An audio recording of an oral history of Don Hite, a musician who played in the Woody Hite Big Band. Topics include: his birth on March 1, 1918; family history; his band the which played beginning in the 1930s at venues including the Uptown Ballroom in Portland, Martin's Ballroom in Sherwood, the Starlight Pavilion in Lincoln City, high school dances and Catholic parish dances all over Oregon; influence of his mother on their music; his father Garth Hite; his maternal grandfather 'Ferg' Langer and the Langer land near Sherwood; Langer family history in Austria and Wisconsin; taking dancing lessons; playing music with his brother as teenagers for local organizations in Sherwood; music influences of the Woody Hite Big Band; listening to music at the Chautauqua camp gatherings; the influence of jazz; how the band started; other musical families in Sherwood; music on the radio; seeing big bands around Portland; thoughts on other performers; thoughts on where music should go in the future; where they got some of their arrangements; making recordings; never having African American band members before World War II; the small African American population in Oregon before the war; names of some of their band members; visiting other cities; playing for military balls during the war; a big fire in Sherwood around 1947; the bank in Sherwood; going to school in Sherwood and Tigard; the polio epidemic after the war; and other topics.
An audio recording of an oral history of Bud Hess on the history and daily life of the area around Sherwood in the early 1900s. Topics include: onion farming; evidence of Native Americans near Sherwood; old residents of Sherwood; bootlegging liquor; Chinese residents in the area; catching crawfish; animals that used to live near Sherwood; old businesses in Sherwood; working in the lumber industry; Hess Family genealogy; and other topics. At 1:01:38, the interviewer begins speaking to an unnamed woman, presumably Bud's wife. The recording is undated but may have been created in the 1990s-2000s.
An audio recording of an oral history of Alfred E. Brooke on the origins of the name of the town of Sherwood. Topics include: His parents John Brooke and Frances Easom Brooke; how his mother suggested the name of the town of Sherwood at a town meeting, after Sherwood Forest; other rumored origin stories for the name of the town of Sherwood; his birth in 1892; living at Mount Tabor in Portland; parents arriving in Oregon around 1890; the Willamette River freezing over around 1892; the Lambert Family of Portland; his father living in Sherwood around 1891 to head up the brickyard; reasons for the brickyard closing; childhood activities in Portland in the early 1900s; and other topics.
Part 2 of 2 of an audio recording of an oral history of Ken and Marge Blankenship. The recording is undated, but may have been created in the 1980s-1990s.
Part 1 of 2 of an audio recording of an oral history of Ken and Marge Blankenship. The recording is undated, but may have been created in the 1980s-1990s.
An audio recording of an oral history of Mary Packer on her early experiences volunteering as the library formed and struggled to find funding to operate, as well as the growth and expansion of the library and the yearly rummage sale, the MESS.
An audio recording of an oral history of Muriel and Allen Van Veen on the idea to start a library in the Cedar Mill area and its development over the years.
An audio recording of an oral history of Janette Gill on becoming a a storyteller, volunteer, fundraiser and ultimately Board President of the Cedar Mill Library in the '70s and '80s.
