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Title
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Alpha Williams oral history transcript on Beaverton in the early 1900s
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Description
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A transcript of an oral history of Alpha Williams, a longtime resident of Beaverton, Oregon. Topics include: family ancestry; relatives on Allen Avenue in Beaverton; father's work in logging, the railroad and the brickyard; learning to sew; walking to school in Beaverton; teaching in Pistol River; Fairview home; joining the Women's Army Corps (WACs); completing her education; mother's work in the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) working for women's suffrage and closing saloons; father briefly joining the Ku Klux Klan (KKK); working at starch factory; the red train; politics; the Beaverton school system; and other topics.
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Creator
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Williams, Alpha
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Date
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1981
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Is Part Of
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Beaverton Oral History Project
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Identifier
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WCM_OH_239
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Rights
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In Copyright
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Spatial Coverage
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Washington County (Or.)
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Portland (Or.)
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Salem (Or.)
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Beaverton (Or.)
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Subject
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Washington County (Or.) -- History
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Fairview Training Center (Salem, Or.)
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Education
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Williams, Alpha
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Language
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English
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Extent
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1 vol.
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Contributor
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Tanzer, Shirley
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Type
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Text
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Source
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Washington County Museum
