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Oral reminiscences by Robin Latta about his education
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- 1972 - 1981-03-25 (Creation)
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0.1 cubic feet; 1 audiocassette (23 min., 17 sec.)
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Robert "Robin" Latta was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1908. Katharine Louise Wells was born in Portland in 1909. They married in 1933, and later had one child. Robin Latta died in 1989, and Katharine Latta died in 2000.
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These reminiscences by Robin Latta were recorded in Newport News, Virginia, around 1972. The introduction was added by Katharine W. Latta at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on March 25, 1981.
In these reminiscences, Latta discusses his education at Cady Music Education School and Catlin Gabel School in early 20th-century Portland.
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Copyright for this recording is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- English
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Preferred citation: Oral reminiscences by Robin Latta about his education, SR 9094, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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An incomplete transcript (5 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition.
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Sarah Stroman
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- Catlin Gabel School (Portland, Or.) (Subject)
- Latta, Katharine W. (Katharine Wells), 1909-2000 (Subject)