| Title: |
Reminiscences of Hood River Blackie
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A18
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Western American hobo legends, biographical sketches from 1900s-1960s; definitions of slang; life-style differences among road kids, hippies, tramps, winos and hobos; plans to build a ranch for retired "old-timers"; hobo code of ethics, personalities, motivations for travel, habits.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 477 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewer. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1973 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Blackie, Hood River, 1926-
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1926
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| Speaker occupation: |
Hobo
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| Age at speaking: |
47
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| Document date: |
1973
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| Interviewer: |
Carlinsky, Dan
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Tramps
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Blackie, Hood River, 1926-; Vagrancy; Wayfaring life
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017731-13174
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