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I{uby P. Haynes 4/29/86 Tape I Washington State University interviewed by Elizabeth A. Kleingartner SIDE I 000-005 006-010 014-022 02J-OJ5 OJ6-051 052-069 070-100 101-119 120-142 14J-151 152-158 159-175 176-184 185-196 197-210 211-215 216-2JO 2J1-2J9 240-259 260-268 269-276 277-286 Her birth. Her grandparents. Moved West in 190J. Her mother. Her father left, she never knew him. Mother worked in Sandpoint, Idaho. She lived with grandparents. She was raised by grandparents, along with a younger uncle. Mother sent clothes, etc. Grandparents farm located outside of Moscow. Didn't have indoor plumbing untill her own home. Farm has been in family for over 100 years. Shared bedroom with aunt. Household responsibilities. Kids didn't have chores till older. Close to grandparents, mother good to her too. Holidays. Visiting, big meals. Fewer amusements. Religion important to family, but she never joined a church. Washing done by hand. School. Mother remarried, lived in logging area, went to Rose Lake High school. Step-Father good to her. Country schools visited back and forth for special programs. Most social activities centered around school. Childhood games. Dating. Her farm. Son cares for it and her now. Ruby P. Haynes 4/29/86 Tape I continued 287-294 295-302 303-308 309-334 335-341 342-359 360-369 370-378 379-389 390-411 412-417 418-442 443-457 458-483 484-490 491-501 502-end Hobbies. Crochet, tating, knitting, cooking, etc. All girls knew needledrafts. Kept basket by chair, and worked in spare time. Did all their own sewing then. No girls wore pants. She has never owned any. Typical day. Up at dawn, breakfast, housework. Always something to do. She did inside work, husband did outside work, but she drove truck during harvest. Pullman-Moscow area then. Less populated. Shopping. Toys. Son hung daughterts doll fun fence as prank. How she met Elmer (Husband~. He took a bunch to a show in town on sleigh. Courtship. Went to shows, ice cream parlor. Marriage. July 6th, in St. Maries. No honeymoon, he had to work. Elmer rented his grandfather's farm. As it >..-as sold, he bought it. Had 5 children. Phyllis (when she was only 18), Rob, Abe, Donna, and Diane. Diane died of cancer. Childbirth. Had first two children at home, others in hospital. Stayed in bed in hospital for nine days. Children attended country school, graduated from Pullman·High School. Husband died. Married almost 50 years. Never worked outside home. Enough to do on farm. Had a good life. Thimble and club. Neighbor women formed. Started out the Stitch and Chatter club, but they changed name. She's been a member for 50 years. Ruby P. Haynes 4/29/86 Tape I continued Ladies se>ied quilts in case of fire. Ilrought own sewing, and talked about cooking, women talk. Met on Wednesday afternoons, children w·ent too. In winter, men came sometimes, for dinner.
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Title | Haynes, Ruby Oral History Interview, 1986 |
Interviewer | Kleingartner, Elisabeth A. |
Date | 1986-05-02 |
Description | 77 minute oral history with Ruby P. Haynes, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398 course) at Washington State University. Discussed being raised by her grandparents for the first part of her life before living with her mother and stepfather in many logging communities in Idaho area; social activities centered around the schools. After marriage moved to a farm where the work was very gender segregated, she would cook, clean and do housework. Always something to do or work on the farm. |
Subject | Housewives; Farm life; Housework; Births |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Pullman; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Latah County--Moscow; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Bonner County--Sandpoint |
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 | ua194b05f46 |
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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Full Text | I{uby P. Haynes 4/29/86 Tape I Washington State University interviewed by Elizabeth A. Kleingartner SIDE I 000-005 006-010 014-022 02J-OJ5 OJ6-051 052-069 070-100 101-119 120-142 14J-151 152-158 159-175 176-184 185-196 197-210 211-215 216-2JO 2J1-2J9 240-259 260-268 269-276 277-286 Her birth. Her grandparents. Moved West in 190J. Her mother. Her father left, she never knew him. Mother worked in Sandpoint, Idaho. She lived with grandparents. She was raised by grandparents, along with a younger uncle. Mother sent clothes, etc. Grandparents farm located outside of Moscow. Didn't have indoor plumbing untill her own home. Farm has been in family for over 100 years. Shared bedroom with aunt. Household responsibilities. Kids didn't have chores till older. Close to grandparents, mother good to her too. Holidays. Visiting, big meals. Fewer amusements. Religion important to family, but she never joined a church. Washing done by hand. School. Mother remarried, lived in logging area, went to Rose Lake High school. Step-Father good to her. Country schools visited back and forth for special programs. Most social activities centered around school. Childhood games. Dating. Her farm. Son cares for it and her now. Ruby P. Haynes 4/29/86 Tape I continued 287-294 295-302 303-308 309-334 335-341 342-359 360-369 370-378 379-389 390-411 412-417 418-442 443-457 458-483 484-490 491-501 502-end Hobbies. Crochet, tating, knitting, cooking, etc. All girls knew needledrafts. Kept basket by chair, and worked in spare time. Did all their own sewing then. No girls wore pants. She has never owned any. Typical day. Up at dawn, breakfast, housework. Always something to do. She did inside work, husband did outside work, but she drove truck during harvest. Pullman-Moscow area then. Less populated. Shopping. Toys. Son hung daughterts doll fun fence as prank. How she met Elmer (Husband~. He took a bunch to a show in town on sleigh. Courtship. Went to shows, ice cream parlor. Marriage. July 6th, in St. Maries. No honeymoon, he had to work. Elmer rented his grandfather's farm. As it >..-as sold, he bought it. Had 5 children. Phyllis (when she was only 18), Rob, Abe, Donna, and Diane. Diane died of cancer. Childbirth. Had first two children at home, others in hospital. Stayed in bed in hospital for nine days. Children attended country school, graduated from Pullman·High School. Husband died. Married almost 50 years. Never worked outside home. Enough to do on farm. Had a good life. Thimble and club. Neighbor women formed. Started out the Stitch and Chatter club, but they changed name. She's been a member for 50 years. Ruby P. Haynes 4/29/86 Tape I continued Ladies se>ied quilts in case of fire. Ilrought own sewing, and talked about cooking, women talk. Met on Wednesday afternoons, children w·ent too. In winter, men came sometimes, for dinner. |
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