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Daisy Richardson Knight 5/6/86 Tape 1 of 1 History 597 TAPE SUMMARY Interviewed by Kim Barnes SIDE 1 (by minutes) 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 Grew up in Stigler, Oklahoma. Plowed, picked cotton. Left home after mother's death. Goes to Bokoshe to work as domestic. Moves to Seminole. Works as nurse's aid. Meets husband. [Husband gives short history of their life after marriage. Worked on dude ranch in California. Moved to Idaho in 1933.] Rode dog sled into woods to cook at logging camp. Sled too heavy and had to walk part way. First time she ever wore rubber boots. She, husband and daughter all three sleep on army cot first night in. [Husband talks about time spent in California. Came to Idaho to visit his brother and decided to stay because no one could starve in such a country. Cut wood in Waha area, then went to Elk City to placer mine. Worked two weeks and got $7.20 worth of gold. Milked cows in Lewiston during winter. Sfartedrpeddling vegetables in spring.] [Peddlel spuds, but spuds didn't sell. Peddled other vegetables. Went to work for junior high and Webster Elementary as janitor, then maae move to Pierce/ Headquarters area to log, where they stayed 30 years. Built houses in Lewiston during winter.] Daisy says that he built houses and she'd dirty them up. She wokls for "Association" then Potlatch as cook for logging camps. Discusses house in Lewiston: washer, outhouse. Relatives from Oklahoma came out to work in woods. Discusses church activities. Feelings on coming to Idaho. Fishing. Built house in Dogpatch. Discuss Maytag with gas motor. No electricity. [Husband describes movable camps.] Social activities: pinochle, church. Chores: cook, clean, wash. Had good neighbors. Fished in evenings. Daisy shot a bear that broke into meat-house. Discuss International diesel engine generators. Daisy says she never missed comforts. Played ball and pinochle after dinner. Describes camp life, bull cooks, flunkies, cook stoves, amount of food needed to feed lumberjacks. Her job as cook was temporary, but she was kept on because such a good cook. Came to Lewiston with husband during winter. Wages as camp cook about $500 month, from which they took room and board. Lived in camp while cooking. Knight/Barnes--2 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 SIDE 2 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 Cooked for 80-100 men. Other women in camp were girls who worked under her. Peggy stayed in Pierce with Edith while going to school. Transportation in and out by train. Didn't sew. Men would bring her candy. [Husband discusses names of camps.] [Husband built most of Camp X, which was on left hand side of N.F. of Clearwater going towards Headquarters. Discussion on building houses, log drive, washing, wash shed, shower, hot water, telephones.] [Husband describes water heating system.] Daisy was working at cafe when she first saw husband and swpre she'd marry him. Describes mother's death from T.B. and feelings on leaving home. Knew if she didn't go, she'd never get anywhere. Relationship with father. Worked as aid in hospital in Seminole. Wanted to be a doctor. Took care of her sister, Effie, after she was operated on in her kitchen. She was never sick. Plowed, baled hay, picked cotton. Cut own meat in logging camp. Talks about love for mother. Father whipped oldest girls. Beat Grace badly because she was seeing a boy. Sent money to father after she left home. Description of mother's life; nursing while picking cotton. After day's work, family would sit on porch and sing. They were very poor. Knew she didn't want such a life. Sisters still hold her leaving against her. Didn't want to come to Idaho, liked California. But didn't feel isolated. Talks about dude ranch in California. Compares chores in Oklahoma to cooking. Learned to drive Model T in Seminole. Mother and father's relationship. She resented father's womanizing. Carried cast iron wash tub on her back. Never learned to sew. Discussion of mother's life. Death of siblings. Helped deliver several babies in Lewiston and in hospital in Seminole. Dislikes physical exams because of a remark a doctor made about a woman who was giving birth. No medical care in Pierce. Broke wrists while picking huckleberries. Living conditions in camp. Talks about one girl who drank. Wore dresses and hose in camp. Didn't want to move from woods. Most women fished. She visited hunting camps and helped bring out meat. Never worried about money as long as they could eat. She was engaged when she met husband but broke it off because she knew he was the one for her. Wanted a good Knight/Barnes--3 70-75 75-80 man and large family. Wouldn't move after sex so that no semen would be lost. Doctor told her that her uterus was "tied in a knot." Wonders if hard work caused it. Took care of Donna, a friend's child she helped deliver, but parents didn't want. Parents came for Donna on her third birthday. Went to Lewiston orphanage, but no children available. Peggy came from Spokane. Peggy looked like an orphan. Talks about feelings when Peggy found her biological mother. [Peggy did not know she was adopted until she was in her late 40's.] Used to sing in church. Mother and father sang on front porch after a day of picking cotton. Only regrets are that she didn't have a large family and wasn't a better Christian.
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Title | Knight, Daisy Oral History Interview, 1986 |
Interviewer | Barnes, Kim M. |
Date | 1986-05-06 |
Description | 80 minute oral history with Daisy Knight, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398 course) at Washington State University. Discussed growing up in a poor family that had to work hard, she wanted a better life and left to find a job. Met her husband, got married and moved to California to live on a dude ranch; then visited Idaho and never left. Husband worked as a logger and builder of houses, she worked as the camp cook feeing 80-100 lumberjacks a day; she was a very good cook, paid $500 per month, along with room and board for family. They adopted a girl, Peggy, from Spokane area because she could not have children. |
Subject | Rural women; Outdoor cookery; Lumber industry |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Nez Perce County--Lewiston; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Clearwater County--Pierce; North and Central America--United States--Oklahoma--Haskell County--Stigler |
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 | ua194b05f48 |
Source | Is found in Archives 194, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua194.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, and then converted to flv files for online display. Print documents were scanned to 300dpi pdf format using a Xerox Workcentre 5030 copier/scanner. |
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Title | ua194b05f48_Abstract |
Full Text | Daisy Richardson Knight 5/6/86 Tape 1 of 1 History 597 TAPE SUMMARY Interviewed by Kim Barnes SIDE 1 (by minutes) 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 Grew up in Stigler, Oklahoma. Plowed, picked cotton. Left home after mother's death. Goes to Bokoshe to work as domestic. Moves to Seminole. Works as nurse's aid. Meets husband. [Husband gives short history of their life after marriage. Worked on dude ranch in California. Moved to Idaho in 1933.] Rode dog sled into woods to cook at logging camp. Sled too heavy and had to walk part way. First time she ever wore rubber boots. She, husband and daughter all three sleep on army cot first night in. [Husband talks about time spent in California. Came to Idaho to visit his brother and decided to stay because no one could starve in such a country. Cut wood in Waha area, then went to Elk City to placer mine. Worked two weeks and got $7.20 worth of gold. Milked cows in Lewiston during winter. Sfartedrpeddling vegetables in spring.] [Peddlel spuds, but spuds didn't sell. Peddled other vegetables. Went to work for junior high and Webster Elementary as janitor, then maae move to Pierce/ Headquarters area to log, where they stayed 30 years. Built houses in Lewiston during winter.] Daisy says that he built houses and she'd dirty them up. She wokls for "Association" then Potlatch as cook for logging camps. Discusses house in Lewiston: washer, outhouse. Relatives from Oklahoma came out to work in woods. Discusses church activities. Feelings on coming to Idaho. Fishing. Built house in Dogpatch. Discuss Maytag with gas motor. No electricity. [Husband describes movable camps.] Social activities: pinochle, church. Chores: cook, clean, wash. Had good neighbors. Fished in evenings. Daisy shot a bear that broke into meat-house. Discuss International diesel engine generators. Daisy says she never missed comforts. Played ball and pinochle after dinner. Describes camp life, bull cooks, flunkies, cook stoves, amount of food needed to feed lumberjacks. Her job as cook was temporary, but she was kept on because such a good cook. Came to Lewiston with husband during winter. Wages as camp cook about $500 month, from which they took room and board. Lived in camp while cooking. Knight/Barnes--2 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 SIDE 2 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 Cooked for 80-100 men. Other women in camp were girls who worked under her. Peggy stayed in Pierce with Edith while going to school. Transportation in and out by train. Didn't sew. Men would bring her candy. [Husband discusses names of camps.] [Husband built most of Camp X, which was on left hand side of N.F. of Clearwater going towards Headquarters. Discussion on building houses, log drive, washing, wash shed, shower, hot water, telephones.] [Husband describes water heating system.] Daisy was working at cafe when she first saw husband and swpre she'd marry him. Describes mother's death from T.B. and feelings on leaving home. Knew if she didn't go, she'd never get anywhere. Relationship with father. Worked as aid in hospital in Seminole. Wanted to be a doctor. Took care of her sister, Effie, after she was operated on in her kitchen. She was never sick. Plowed, baled hay, picked cotton. Cut own meat in logging camp. Talks about love for mother. Father whipped oldest girls. Beat Grace badly because she was seeing a boy. Sent money to father after she left home. Description of mother's life; nursing while picking cotton. After day's work, family would sit on porch and sing. They were very poor. Knew she didn't want such a life. Sisters still hold her leaving against her. Didn't want to come to Idaho, liked California. But didn't feel isolated. Talks about dude ranch in California. Compares chores in Oklahoma to cooking. Learned to drive Model T in Seminole. Mother and father's relationship. She resented father's womanizing. Carried cast iron wash tub on her back. Never learned to sew. Discussion of mother's life. Death of siblings. Helped deliver several babies in Lewiston and in hospital in Seminole. Dislikes physical exams because of a remark a doctor made about a woman who was giving birth. No medical care in Pierce. Broke wrists while picking huckleberries. Living conditions in camp. Talks about one girl who drank. Wore dresses and hose in camp. Didn't want to move from woods. Most women fished. She visited hunting camps and helped bring out meat. Never worried about money as long as they could eat. She was engaged when she met husband but broke it off because she knew he was the one for her. Wanted a good Knight/Barnes--3 70-75 75-80 man and large family. Wouldn't move after sex so that no semen would be lost. Doctor told her that her uterus was "tied in a knot." Wonders if hard work caused it. Took care of Donna, a friend's child she helped deliver, but parents didn't want. Parents came for Donna on her third birthday. Went to Lewiston orphanage, but no children available. Peggy came from Spokane. Peggy looked like an orphan. Talks about feelings when Peggy found her biological mother. [Peggy did not know she was adopted until she was in her late 40's.] Used to sing in church. Mother and father sang on front porch after a day of picking cotton. Only regrets are that she didn't have a large family and wasn't a better Christian. |
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