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a -010 011 - 029 030 ... 042 043 -077 78-109 11 0-119 120-129 142-147 148 ~ 60 161 -tea 189- 204 05-226 227- 238 239-2 1 6 Born n &lanlllood,. ashi.ngton near Col fax i n 18 7 on Ap il 14 ,. moved to Pal ouse at age 3.. ln. her family th e;; w r ~hboy and 2 girl.s.. ttended e:atcm V· ll&y chool thru he 8 . grad • · marr led a'l 11 and moved to ffealer Id h.o near Kellogg . Hlusband arkad mostly as a logger. · · s · brother& hame.5teadedi theJ;e and they helped them prove up on their homestea d$ . · Oiscusse times in Basler . Lived in a log cabin where her first dau3hter was born .. Drink ·ng water cam from a spring • . to . af ducks b.eing resCJ.Jed. from 211 f looding river with a p U . a ty ith neighbora in ealer . Cake with a nicks~ in it on aturd ys . Lots of wild meat, bear and dee~. Talka of canning and freez~ng meat. tory of flood hitting th ir house and her sister-in-laws boy being rescued . wedish fa ily we~t home t beginning of World War 1, to avoi their $ On.s, being ctr ted to go to war .. moved to Gar fi eld- alouse . or e on d iry farm that erman Curtis awn ') Chris W ... neaded mi 1 ker t o • j llman .. 'usb nd t ci.v - service exam for the Post Offics and worked . er. 25 .. rs . Pul man was not v·ery big, a downtown e,rea though, was as la.Ig then as it is nour only th it had stores . Home edicines -used onion ult ' ces and must rd. y used to sip whorehound wead and make cough syrup out of it. Dr • . · in Elberton erg a 5.00 or a house fee. 0 c in Pullm n in 191 but the were cars in Co fax . Brother w~nt t o wa infantry division. aod they were sc red . torie of the wa r . H.e was in t e CJ:p.prees'on bed l:ittle e . eci.s cauS'e he . hub d •ar.arl<ed r:;~ ar the Post Offiae. Uaed to take food to the neighboT • C n i n techn i cs Df ~age b es a J s . s s <;Oa ~ b 11' i ws mea • Used to u-e nom k on the.iJ: e i ions • a mor b.: t-e 7- -377 76 - 3'17 39 13 432 36 91 .t...l nt ta da~:~c do~ tn~a a d tc chu~ch en r - '"' sed dc ... n t .i. t "' s n c:. r Growing e~ f or larg wit ,. at e:rs end grocar i e R is · t ing I> a f r . ... 5 ~- fixed-r: l c! . of to st~~r ~~· fol lo i ng :r to chool . Kellogg, far Idaho . awed ood a r ·,... oil s Go~ ~ el f: st c~ Sf c. \. d..:.. I c us moved to stex:- ed t.h ere . la en et :to e u t d - '1: • t ~Y o a car id& to tt t: 'e CL t ir_, no t, L' .it ung '= , .. e l 1"6 t. t her s ·ste r .•. Side 2. ooa-o a 3 -o a. 1, _,.) 1 1 -182: - 0 ... -,., -, 8-219 L..:.. -·-~e 1.. .1. 7- ... t. 39-' 4S: ' - 1 Children1. do not tod .b they .· o not •·· ik ~ d· 3 al- D·..' ~ the l • L.ocal or th ci't. .. clga:re.,. .. e ir. s unt il r ecant o i ng t: o t.h ~ nk th t. t. e :;:1 "' •o b.lf' t r in . d th h 4. bro mi._ ... E~ n i d . )(<!; . IJ.:_c; ~e c t9 1_;,: ... r- J cF .e a f e th · th ddin f ther. m d to La Grand , Ore on f n L: ti2. t~ E o ... ·. scri e lnoved to on on t .e P .. o~;._ • ' r Oe~c .:. ... 1 ~ f 0 Colf aJt same ..s THE E.:D r t e h Ger ... ielc ·s -t. u::e.a o ~n e ~a ers c ff'r.s r ,~ cl 0 t.
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Title | Sevdy, Ruth Oral History Interview, 1979 |
Interviewer | Witt, Robert |
Date | 1979-05-17 |
Description | 67 minute oral history with Ruth Sevdy, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398 course) at Washington State University. Discusses childhood on a wheat farm and dairy farm. working on them with the family. Domestic work of preserving food by canning meat, vegetables, fruit, making home remedies that included cough syrup, and the process of doing the laundry. Moved around a lot as her husband had to go to where the jobs were at. Talks about the Depression and World War II. |
Subject | Rural women; Women domestics |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Glenwood; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Garfield; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Palouse; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Pullman; |
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 | ua194b03f34 |
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 | ua194b03f34_Abstract |
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a -010
011 - 029
030 ... 042
043 -077
78-109
11 0-119
120-129
142-147
148 ~ 60
161 -tea
189- 204
05-226
227- 238
239-2 1
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Born n &lanlllood,. ashi.ngton near Col fax i n 18 7 on Ap il 14 ,.
moved to Pal ouse at age 3.. ln. her family th e;; w r ~hboy
and 2 girl.s.. ttended e:atcm V· ll&y chool thru he 8 . grad • ·
marr led a'l 11 and moved to ffealer Id h.o near Kellogg .
Hlusband arkad mostly as a logger. · · s · brother& hame.5teadedi
theJ;e and they helped them prove up on their homestea d$ . ·
Oiscusse times in Basler . Lived in a log cabin where her first
dau3hter was born .. Drink ·ng water cam from a spring • . to .
af ducks b.eing resCJ.Jed. from 211 f looding river with a p U .
a ty ith neighbora in ealer . Cake with a nicks~ in it
on aturd ys . Lots of wild meat, bear and dee~. Talka of
canning and freez~ng meat. tory of flood hitting th ir house
and her sister-in-laws boy being rescued .
wedish fa ily we~t home t beginning of World War 1, to avoi
their $ On.s, being ctr ted to go to war ..
moved to Gar fi eld- alouse . or e on d iry farm that erman
Curtis awn
')
Chris W
...
neaded mi 1 ker t o
• j
llman ..
'usb nd t ci.v - service exam for the Post Offics and worked .
er. 25 .. rs .
Pul man was not v·ery big, a downtown e,rea though, was as
la.Ig then as it is nour only th it had stores .
Home edicines -used onion ult ' ces and must rd. y used
to sip whorehound wead and make cough syrup out of it. Dr • . ·
in Elberton erg a 5.00 or a house fee.
0 c in Pullm n in 191 but the were cars in Co fax .
Brother w~nt t o wa
infantry division.
aod they were sc red .
torie of the wa r .
H.e was in t
e CJ:p.prees'on bed l:ittle e . eci.s cauS'e he . hub d •ar.arl |
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