Alfred E. Brooke oral history recording on the origins of Sherwood

Other Media

https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/f21c71d5f18521b248deeab5203cfd13.mp3

Title

Alfred E. Brooke oral history recording on the origins of Sherwood

Description

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.

Creator

Brooke, Alfred E.

Source

Sherwood Historical Society

Date

1976

Format

Audiocassettes

Language

English

Identifier

SHS_OH_3

Subject

Portland (Or.) -- History

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Brooke, Alfred E.

Rights

In Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Type

sound

Extent

1 sound cassette (57 min.)

Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Sherwood (Or.)