Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Frye, August 21, 1972

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Title	Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Frye, August 21, 1972
Birthdate/Interviewee	unknown
Occupation/Interviewee	unknown
Interview Date	1972-08-21
Length of Interview	45 minutes
Listen to Interview	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=frye&img=bla
Subject	Frye, Mr. & Mrs. Reginald<br>Oral history -- United States<br>African Americans -- Washington (State) -- Yakima<br>African Americans -- History -- Migrations -- 20th century<br>Pioneers -- Washington (State)<br>African Americans -- Social Conditions -- 20th century
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States -- Washington -- Yakima
Interviewer	Charles Ramsey
Abstractor	Margot H. Knight
Abstract	SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes She talks about how much of her history has been lost. Discussion about blacks who lost their black identities when they came West. 5 - 9 minutes Blacks in Yakima. Family background. Homesteading. He thinks most blacks came out around 1889. 9 - 16 minutes Talk about Corfu, a black community in the area. General discussion about George Washington and other black families. Story of some blacks who struck gold . 16 - 18 minutes More talk about migrating blacks. SIDE B 0 - 5 minutes Black barbershops in Yakima. He saw possibilities for work in Yakima. How he came to Yakima. All of his brothers eventually came out, too. Other jobs he had . 5 - 7 minutes Selling black products. 7 - 10 minutes Talks about his family history. His father was a black- smith. How his father made his own tools. Shows pictures of his family . 10 - 15 minutes He talks with the two interviewers about where they are from. The name "George Washington" and its popularity among blacks. 15 - 22 minutes General discussion about friends. She talks about her father and family background. 22 - ? minutes They talk about the Mormons and the blacks who accompanied them.
Abstract Date	1979-06-05
Identifier	frye2.rm
Collection	Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cass2.htm
Language	English
Format	Interview cassette tapes were converted to RealAudio files with a bit rate of 16Kbps and placed on a RealServer 8.0 streaming server at the Washington State University Libraries. In 2002, graduate students at the University of Washington's Information School described and uploaded these RealAudio files to a CONTENTdm server at the Washington State University Libraries.
Rights	For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691.
Publisher	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries http://wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Contributors	The Information School of the University of Washington: Eydie Detera, Jon Haupt, Tess Mayer, Margie Miller, Tammara Turner

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