Oral history interview with Bernice McGregor Church, 1977 February 17
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Interviewee
- Church, Bernice McGregor, 1894-1989
- Title
- Oral history interview with Bernice McGregor Church
- Dates
- 1977 February 171977-02-171977-02-17
- Quantity
- 0.1 cubic feet, (1 audiocassette (46 min., 55 sec.))
- Collection Number
- SR 9547
- Summary
- Oral history interview with Bernice McGregor Church, conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 17, 1977. Church discusses her memories of Astoria, Oregon, in the 1900s and 1910s.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Bernice McGregor Church, nee Bernice Elizabeth McGregor, was born in Astoria, Oregon, in 1894. In 1919, she and Walter Enos Church were married; they later had three children. In 1925, the couple moved to Portland, where Walter E. Church worked as an architect. In 1965, they moved to Arch Cape, Oregon. Walter E. Church died in 1976, and in the 1980s, Bernice M. Church returned to Portland. She was a bookbinder, and was active with the Oregon Ceramic Studio (later known as the Contemporary Crafts Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Craft). Bernice McGregor Church died in 1989.
Sources: Vital records in Ancestry.com; information provided by McGregor in interview; Church's obituary in the Oregonian, August 10, 1989, Page E9.
Other Descriptive Information
An incomplete transcript (17 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Content Description
This oral history interview with Bernice McGregor Church was conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 17, 1977, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library.
In this interview, Church discusses her family background, and shares her memories of life in Astoria in the 1900s and 1910s. She discusses her marriage to Walter Enos Church, speaks about her work as a bookbinder, and describes her involvement with the Oregon Ceramic Studio, later known as the Contemporary Crafts Gallery, and then as the Museum of Contemporary Craft.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available
Audio available online in OHS Digital Collections.
Preferred Citation
Oral history interview with Bernice McGregor Church, by Charles Digregorio, SR 9547, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Bernice McGregor Church. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
Administrative Information
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artists' studios--Oregon--Portland
- Women bookbinders--Oregon--Portland
Personal Names
- Church, Bernice McGregor, 1894-1989
Corporate Names
- Contemporary Crafts Gallery (Portland, Or.)
Geographical Names
- Astoria (Or.)--20th century
Form or Genre Terms
- interviews
- oral histories (literary genre)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Digregorio, Charles (interviewer)
