Oral Histories

GLAPN has archived more than 40 oral history recordings and interview transcripts.  You’ll find these, among many others, at the Oregon Historical Society, www.ohs.org: 

• Mary Beth Brindley and Evelyn Hall, partners for more than 40 years
• Richard Burdon, former Methodist minister
• Gibby Clark, former member of the WWII Women’s Auxiliary Corps
• Gary Coleman and Steve Fulmer, co-founders of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
• Rita and Charles Knapp, co-founders Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• Laurie Lockert, co-founder of A Woman’s Place bookstore
• Andy Mangels, Daddy of Portland Leather
• Eric Marcoux and Eugene Woodworth, partners for more than 50 years
• Susie Shepherd, activist, early Portland Town Council
• Bonnie Tinker, activist, co-founder Love Makes a Family
• David Weissman, filmmaker
• Jerry Weller, political activist