Victor Atiyeh Collection

Governor Victor Atiyeh Oral History: Tape 1, Side 2

Victor Atiyeh served as governor of Oregon from 1979-1987. This is one part of an oral history interview that was originally recorded on over 60 cassette tapes by the Oregon Historical Society. It is accompanied by a typed transcript. This portion covers: His early childhood; elementary school; visiting Syria with his family at age six, late 1920s; working as a newspaper boy; working part-time at a department store; how his family experienced the Great Depression; the Atiyeh Bros. family carpet business; Portland in the 1930s.

Atiyeh, Victor

Governor Victor Atiyeh Collection: Oral History recordings

PUA_MS96_Tape1_Side2.mp3

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The original recording and transcript of this oral history are in collection SR 1135, Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library

Hansen, Clark

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