Norm Monroe Oral History Interview
- Title
- Norm Monroe Oral History Interview
- LC Subject
- African Americans Alumni and alumnae Basketball Track and field Racism
- Interviewee
- Monroe, Norm
- Interviewer
- Plaza, Dwaine
- Description
- Norm Monroe discusses growing up in Washington D.C. and his early experiences with sports; moving to California to attend Compton Junior College and join the track team and later being recruited by the Oregon State University track team; his experiences at OSU as an athlete, for both track and basketball, as a student, as well as a newcomer to Corvallis during the early 1960s; his return to Washington D.C. and working at a hospital morgue and later at the National History Museum; his journey back to Oregon and residence in Lake Oswego with a job with the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; and his personal and professional experiences with Mental Health. Related Materials: OSU Basketball Desegregation Event http://wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-multicultural-archives/2011/09/27/basketball-desegregation-event/
- Work Type
- oral histories (literary works) transcripts
- Date
- 2011-05-18
- Identifier
- Norm-Monroe-oral-history-interview-2011-05-18
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- Oregon Multicultural Archives, OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon Multicultural Archives Oral History Collection (OH 18)
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- Oregon Multicultural Archives OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Oregon State University Athletics
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2012-09-05
- Submission Date
- 2012-02-13