Oral history interview with Emily N. Cameron [Sound Recording 02]

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SR9399_T01S2

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Oral history interview with Emily N. Cameron [Sound Recording 02]

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  • 1976-08-06 (Creation)

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Audiocassette; 00:17:22

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Emily Nichols Cameron, nee Emily Porter Nichols, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1911. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1940, she and Lawrence Everett De Weese were married; they later had four children. They divorced in 1961. In 1971, she remarried to Edward Alexander Cameron. She died in 1990.

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Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Emily N. Cameron was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on August 6, 1976, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library. A man identified only as Mr. Stevens was also present.

In this interview, Cameron discusses her family background and early life in the Portland Heights neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, including her family's role in the founding of the Waverley Country Club, and swimming in the Willamette River. She speaks at length about the lives of her grandparents and parents, describes the people and businesses in Portland Heights, and talks about traveling to the East Coast to visit family.

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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Emily N. Cameron. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

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  • English

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