Just a Small Town Boy at Heart: Oral History of Larry McClure
Oral History of: Larry McClure
Interviewer: Sandra Carlson
Date: 05/16/2022
Location: Tualatin Heritage Center
Born in Tennessee and living in several states before getting a teaching job in Portland Public Schools, McClure was accustomed to living in smaller cities. After graduate school in Eugene, the McClures settled on Tualatin. Over the next 50 years, Larry has left his footprint all over our community through his volunteer work with many local organizations including the Methodist Church, Tualatin Historical Society, the Grange, and the National Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation. Join our co-historian Sandra Lafky Carlson as she interviews Larry about his most amazing half century of contributions to the town he decided would be home.
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Larry McClure works with Tualatin Elementary fourth-graders, who each year make butter, wash laundry on washboards, use slate boards in a one-room school, play jump rope, and plant gardens during “Oregon Pioneer Days” at the Tualatin Heritage Center. PHOTO COURTESY AL STEWART PHOTOGRAPHY
Topics from Oral History:
Tennessee WW2 world war 2 pilot training University of Washington Roosevelt High School Portland Oregon Department of Education Salem Ellie McClure University of Oregon North West Regional Education Lab Doug McClure Tualatin k-mart Nyberg Rivers United Methodist Church Andrew Jennifer Winona Grange Historical Society Loyce Martinazzi Clark Lumber Heritage Center Community Garden Food Bank Willowbrook Arts Camp Sweek House Browns Ferry Park Lewis and Clark Expedition Ken Burn’s film Stephen Ambrose “Undaunted Courage” High School “Tualatin Tomorrow”
