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Rubye Knodel 2-21-05 Oral history tape Summary Interviewed by Josh E. Knodel Side 1 0-1.5 1.5-3 3-5 5- 10 10-14 14- 19 19-27 27-32 32-40 40-46 Introduction Story of growing up in North Dakota with her brothers and her parents. She talks about how the winters were long and cold, especially her one-roomed school house that she attended. Boarding the school teacher at her parents' home influenced Rubye to become a school teacher. Becoming a teacher was her focus and dream throughout her childhood. She received her post high school education from a college in Jamestown, North Dakota, and got a job teaching in Powel, Wyoming. Train ride to Washington to stay at Sisters house in Quincy, WA. From Quincy she went to Portland, Oregon and met up with her aunt and uncle. Her Aunt and uncle said they had a young friend named Ruben Knodel from Lind W A. who she should write to and get to know. She wrote him, and a year later this man became her husband. Story of her courtship and her husband meeting her parents. On the trip from Wyoming to North Dakota there was a flood that delayed their trip. On the trip Ruben proposes and Rubye accepts. Moved to Lind, Washington were Ruben owned a farm. They built a new house and started their life together. The farm was small and they slowly started to expand at the cost of going into debt. Gave birth to three children, two girls and one boy. Started to do some part time teaching but needed to get a Washington State teaching degree. So she attended classes at Eastern Washington University in the mornings so that she could be home for the children in the afternoons. Their son goes to Washington State University. While he was at college they had the opportunity to buy some more land, this was the largest debt of all. This purchase put the farm and family in debt for a long time because of bad crop years. Rubye reaches retirement from the school and Ruben is ready to retire. The farm is handed down to their son. Story of finding a place to retire. Since they were always busy working they did not get to take many vacations. They take a vacation to the place that would become their new home. 46-50 50-53 53-57 Side 2 0-6 6-12 Moving off the farm to their new home in Sequim, Washington, seven hours from the farm. Rubye compares it to a tree pulling up its roots. How the farm is always a part of their lives even though they do not live there anymore. The advances in farming have changed so much from when they first started out. Story of some of the things that they are able to do since they are now retired. Rubye talks about how they have kept their marriage together for 53 years. Story of what the farm meant to Rubye and what moving off the farm felt to her.
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Title | Knodel, Rubye Oral History Interview, 2005 |
Interviewer | Knodel, Josh |
Date | 2005-04-30 |
Description | 47 minute oral history with Rubye Knodel, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398 course at Washington State University). She describes her early childhood growing up on farm. After high school, she received her teaching certificate from a two-year program in Jamestown, North Dakota, then obtained a teaching job in Powell, Wyoming. Her relatives set her up with her future husband, they corresponded between Washington in Wyoming, until they married and moved to a farm in Lind, Washington. She became a certified teacher in Washington and began a career in Lind. She retired and she and her husband moved to Sequim, Washington. |
Subject | Rural women; Housewives; Teachers |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--North Dakota--Morton County--Glenn Ullin; North and Central America--United States--Wyoming--Park County--Powell; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Adams County--Lind; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Clallam County--Sequim |
Type | Sound |
Genre | Interviews |
Publisher | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after 2011 publication date. |
Identifier | ua262b09f96 |
Source | Is found in Archives 262, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua262.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Holding Institution | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries |
Contributors | Digitization and description funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities We the People grant for Washington Womens History to the Washington Womens History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. |
Language | English |
Digitization | Original audio cassettes were converted to wav files using Audacity and a USBPre interface. Mp3 files were then created from the wav files for online access. Film clips were created as mpeg-4 files using Adobe Premiere Elements 9 to add selected images to the wav audio files. Print documents were scanned to pdf format using a Xerox Workcentre 5030 copier/scanner. |
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Title | ua262b09f96_Abstract |
Full Text | Rubye Knodel 2-21-05 Oral history tape Summary Interviewed by Josh E. Knodel Side 1 0-1.5 1.5-3 3-5 5- 10 10-14 14- 19 19-27 27-32 32-40 40-46 Introduction Story of growing up in North Dakota with her brothers and her parents. She talks about how the winters were long and cold, especially her one-roomed school house that she attended. Boarding the school teacher at her parents' home influenced Rubye to become a school teacher. Becoming a teacher was her focus and dream throughout her childhood. She received her post high school education from a college in Jamestown, North Dakota, and got a job teaching in Powel, Wyoming. Train ride to Washington to stay at Sisters house in Quincy, WA. From Quincy she went to Portland, Oregon and met up with her aunt and uncle. Her Aunt and uncle said they had a young friend named Ruben Knodel from Lind W A. who she should write to and get to know. She wrote him, and a year later this man became her husband. Story of her courtship and her husband meeting her parents. On the trip from Wyoming to North Dakota there was a flood that delayed their trip. On the trip Ruben proposes and Rubye accepts. Moved to Lind, Washington were Ruben owned a farm. They built a new house and started their life together. The farm was small and they slowly started to expand at the cost of going into debt. Gave birth to three children, two girls and one boy. Started to do some part time teaching but needed to get a Washington State teaching degree. So she attended classes at Eastern Washington University in the mornings so that she could be home for the children in the afternoons. Their son goes to Washington State University. While he was at college they had the opportunity to buy some more land, this was the largest debt of all. This purchase put the farm and family in debt for a long time because of bad crop years. Rubye reaches retirement from the school and Ruben is ready to retire. The farm is handed down to their son. Story of finding a place to retire. Since they were always busy working they did not get to take many vacations. They take a vacation to the place that would become their new home. 46-50 50-53 53-57 Side 2 0-6 6-12 Moving off the farm to their new home in Sequim, Washington, seven hours from the farm. Rubye compares it to a tree pulling up its roots. How the farm is always a part of their lives even though they do not live there anymore. The advances in farming have changed so much from when they first started out. Story of some of the things that they are able to do since they are now retired. Rubye talks about how they have kept their marriage together for 53 years. Story of what the farm meant to Rubye and what moving off the farm felt to her. |
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