THE HISTORY CENTER
Oral Histories LIVE!
The History Center invites the community to join in on ORAL HISTORIES LIVE! offering interviews with influential members of Linn County who share their stories and preserve legacies.
Admission is $8.00 General Public, $6.00 Members
This program takes place at The History Center (800 2nd Ave SE)
Doors Open 5:30 p.m.
Program Starts at 6:00 p.m.
Oral Histories LIVE! is generously sponsored by Mike Wilson.
Dr. Ruth White
June 9, 2026
6:00 p.m.
Dr. Ruth White spent 23 years as a Language Arts teacher at Washington High School, beginning as a 10th grade English teacher, and ending as an instructor of Advanced Placement Literature.
Dr. White also served as Academic Advisor to Minority Students, a position through which she learned much about the many minority and international students at Washington, and through which she developed and implemented the Diversity Workshop and Ethnic Week–including the Ethnic Food Fair and the Ethnic Fashion Show. She currently heads The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success; this program also emanated from her work as Academic Advisor to Minority students.
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