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Oral history interview with Sam Teeny and Minerva Teeny [Index]
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- 1988-09-08 (Creation)
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Index; 5 pages
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Index. This oral history interview with Sam Teeny and Minerva Teeny was conducted by Robert J. Gassner on September 8, 1988. The interview was one of a series conducted in 1988 by Oregon Historical Society volunteer Robert Gassner with members of the Syrian and Lebanese community in Portland, Oregon. In this interview, Sam Teeny discusses his family background and early life Zahle, Lebanon, and Portland, Oregon. He talks about members of the Syrian and Lebanese community in Portland, and about his social life. He also talks about speaking English as a second language. He discusses his involvement in the Lebanese/Syrian softball league. The Teenys talk about the history of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Portland and the Syrian Lebanese American Club. They describe the effect that Lebanese independence had on the Syrian and Lebanese community in Portland. Sam Teeny then talks about Syrian and Lebanese businesses in Southeast Portland, particularly the businesses operated by his relatives. In closing, Minerva Teeny describes a traditional Lebanese wedding and Sam describes the various businesses he's owned and his youth ministry work.
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Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
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- eng
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- United States--Immigration and emigration
- Immigrants--Oregon
- Lebanese Americans--Oregon
- Syrian Americans--Oregon
- Business enterprises--Oregon--Portland
- Immigrant business enterprises--Oregon--Portland
- Softball teams--Oregon
- Lebanese Americans--Oregon--Societies, etc.
- Syrian Americans--Oregon--Societies, etc.
- Syrian-Lebanese Social Club (Portland, Or.)
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- Gassner, Robert J. (Contributor)