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Jean B. (Germeraad) Grove 4-19-97 interviewed by Elizabeth Serrette SIDE I 0-8 8-21 21-34 34 81 81-112 112-137 137-231 231-253 TAPE SUMMARY Explanation of early childhood, earliest rememberances. Tells about household chores and outdoor work which was and is her favorite. Her father didn't really make her do too much in the fields, he just wanted company mostly. Rundown of a typical school-day, early childhood. Description of what her and her family did on Sundays. Church was held in a community club house. Her mother was a strict Presbyterian, so it was a day of relaxation ... Story of making icecream. Family history of her grandparents. She describes her grandma as a very loving lady-like woman but also hard working ... Train story. Story of her grandma, 2 aunts and her mother moving west from Alabama to Bozeman Montana. All 4 ladies bought adjoining homesteads and worked in the city during the winter months. Description of her father and his family and why he left Holland. He was born near Amsterdam in 1884, and her mother was born in Minniapolis in 1892. Home remedies, mostly a 'hit and miss' guessing game. They used lots of iodine, curachrome, soap and water. SIDE I (continued) page 2 253-305 Story of how her mother and father met, and the education of her parents. 305-366 SIDE II 0-42 42-59 59-77 77-93 93-106 106-168 168-194 She learned patience and love from her dad and patience, manners and grammar from her mom. Both stressed the importance of education beyond highschool. Her mother was a very strong Republican whereas her father 'rode the fence'. Description of her six siblings and what they are currently doing. The nearest city from their ranch was 20 miles away, called Billings which had a population of about 30,000. It took 3 days to make a round trip to town ... Pipe story. Her fondest memory was when she went to Billings with her mom to take an eighth grade exam. They stayed in a nice hotel and went shopping ... Silk stockings story. Tells about visitors and ranch hands, meals for them. Explains that in highschool she had to live in the city and be borded out, a time whan she was very homesick. Parents bought a winter home in the city. Description of their house and how they had to conserve on water ... Story of Blackie the horse. Her dad went to the Crow Indian Reservation to do his logging. Also, tells about the cold winters. Tells about how the school house was built on sleds and would move the school every 2 years to SIDE II (continued) page 3 168-194 194-211 211-252 252-310 310-369 SIDE III 0-11 11-71 71-103 103-136 136-159 be fair to all the ranch families in the area. Her dad would take them to school on the sled in the winter, otherwise they went on horseback. Explains how the mailman was such a good friend, and how they left little gifts in their mailbox. Also, she talks about the Watkins man who came around selling spices and such. Tells about her mom and dads duties, and how she had to take care of her younger brothers and sisters. She describes her love of the outdoors ... Cattle herding story. The relationship between her mother and father, and between her and her sisters and brothers-almost like a 2nd mother. Christmas was her favorite holiday because all the family spent time together, also in the winter her dad was in the house more. She remembers where everyone sat at meal time. She said that she wanted to have store sliced bread in her school lunches. Meals; main meal usually at noon, also a big breakfast. Tells about her school house and her teacher ... Miss Mahoney story. She talks about her childhood companions (mostly family) and the games and toys. Economic situation, she never felt deprived, if there was a need it was satisfied at home. She started dating in highschool, a date usually meant going to a club house dance or a movie ... Date story. SIDE III (continued) page 4 159-191 191-210 210-220 220-249 249-311 311-364 SIDE IV 0-24 24-37 37-48 48-58 58-69 69-86 She talks about the other races in the area, which were Mexicans and Crow Indians. She describes her one time she really was disciplined, and talks about her father and his way of disciplining the children. She talks about sex education. Explains the styles of clothes she wore, hair styles and make-up ... Make-up story. Her first teaching job and how she met her husband (Charlie Grove). She had two children Jane Ann and Jerry. She also talks about her social life and describes her house. Tells about one of her father's first automobiles, which was an old hearse, and how automobiles changed peoples lives. A look back at her childhood, which was her happiest part of her life. There are some difficult decisions she is going to have to make concerning her daughter. A special memory for her is when she went to California with her grandma for the Winter, she loved the ocean. Leaving to go to highschool was probably one of her most unhappiest moments. If she could change anything, she wished she would have been more influential in having her son go on to college. Her feelings about the changing roles for women, and how she herself has changed. SIDE IV 86-159 159 208 208-end page 5 Her rememberances of certain parts of history ... WWI, the depression, WWII. She talks about droughts on the ranch and prob lems with fires. She also described a cricket and grasshopper swarm . Childhood diseases ... Story of having the measles.
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Title | Grove, Jean Blake Germeraad Oral History Interview, 1987 |
Interviewer | Serrette, Elizabeth |
Date | 1987-05-06 |
Description | 110 minute oral history with Jean Blake Germeraad Grove, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398) course at Washington State University. She was the oldest of seven children and her responsibilities were like a second mother; she had many chores on the farm. The farm was very self sufficient; food was grown, water was carried in, sickness was cured with home remedies, and socialization was within the farming community. She obtained a teaching degree which she did not use until her husband passed away; her daughter had cerebral palsy. |
Subject | Rural women; Farm life |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings |
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 | ua220b01f05 |
Source | Is found in Archives 220, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua220.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 | ua220b01f05_Abstract |
Full Text | Jean B. (Germeraad) Grove 4-19-97 interviewed by Elizabeth Serrette SIDE I 0-8 8-21 21-34 34 81 81-112 112-137 137-231 231-253 TAPE SUMMARY Explanation of early childhood, earliest rememberances. Tells about household chores and outdoor work which was and is her favorite. Her father didn't really make her do too much in the fields, he just wanted company mostly. Rundown of a typical school-day, early childhood. Description of what her and her family did on Sundays. Church was held in a community club house. Her mother was a strict Presbyterian, so it was a day of relaxation ... Story of making icecream. Family history of her grandparents. She describes her grandma as a very loving lady-like woman but also hard working ... Train story. Story of her grandma, 2 aunts and her mother moving west from Alabama to Bozeman Montana. All 4 ladies bought adjoining homesteads and worked in the city during the winter months. Description of her father and his family and why he left Holland. He was born near Amsterdam in 1884, and her mother was born in Minniapolis in 1892. Home remedies, mostly a 'hit and miss' guessing game. They used lots of iodine, curachrome, soap and water. SIDE I (continued) page 2 253-305 Story of how her mother and father met, and the education of her parents. 305-366 SIDE II 0-42 42-59 59-77 77-93 93-106 106-168 168-194 She learned patience and love from her dad and patience, manners and grammar from her mom. Both stressed the importance of education beyond highschool. Her mother was a very strong Republican whereas her father 'rode the fence'. Description of her six siblings and what they are currently doing. The nearest city from their ranch was 20 miles away, called Billings which had a population of about 30,000. It took 3 days to make a round trip to town ... Pipe story. Her fondest memory was when she went to Billings with her mom to take an eighth grade exam. They stayed in a nice hotel and went shopping ... Silk stockings story. Tells about visitors and ranch hands, meals for them. Explains that in highschool she had to live in the city and be borded out, a time whan she was very homesick. Parents bought a winter home in the city. Description of their house and how they had to conserve on water ... Story of Blackie the horse. Her dad went to the Crow Indian Reservation to do his logging. Also, tells about the cold winters. Tells about how the school house was built on sleds and would move the school every 2 years to SIDE II (continued) page 3 168-194 194-211 211-252 252-310 310-369 SIDE III 0-11 11-71 71-103 103-136 136-159 be fair to all the ranch families in the area. Her dad would take them to school on the sled in the winter, otherwise they went on horseback. Explains how the mailman was such a good friend, and how they left little gifts in their mailbox. Also, she talks about the Watkins man who came around selling spices and such. Tells about her mom and dads duties, and how she had to take care of her younger brothers and sisters. She describes her love of the outdoors ... Cattle herding story. The relationship between her mother and father, and between her and her sisters and brothers-almost like a 2nd mother. Christmas was her favorite holiday because all the family spent time together, also in the winter her dad was in the house more. She remembers where everyone sat at meal time. She said that she wanted to have store sliced bread in her school lunches. Meals; main meal usually at noon, also a big breakfast. Tells about her school house and her teacher ... Miss Mahoney story. She talks about her childhood companions (mostly family) and the games and toys. Economic situation, she never felt deprived, if there was a need it was satisfied at home. She started dating in highschool, a date usually meant going to a club house dance or a movie ... Date story. SIDE III (continued) page 4 159-191 191-210 210-220 220-249 249-311 311-364 SIDE IV 0-24 24-37 37-48 48-58 58-69 69-86 She talks about the other races in the area, which were Mexicans and Crow Indians. She describes her one time she really was disciplined, and talks about her father and his way of disciplining the children. She talks about sex education. Explains the styles of clothes she wore, hair styles and make-up ... Make-up story. Her first teaching job and how she met her husband (Charlie Grove). She had two children Jane Ann and Jerry. She also talks about her social life and describes her house. Tells about one of her father's first automobiles, which was an old hearse, and how automobiles changed peoples lives. A look back at her childhood, which was her happiest part of her life. There are some difficult decisions she is going to have to make concerning her daughter. A special memory for her is when she went to California with her grandma for the Winter, she loved the ocean. Leaving to go to highschool was probably one of her most unhappiest moments. If she could change anything, she wished she would have been more influential in having her son go on to college. Her feelings about the changing roles for women, and how she herself has changed. SIDE IV 86-159 159 208 208-end page 5 Her rememberances of certain parts of history ... WWI, the depression, WWII. She talks about droughts on the ranch and prob lems with fires. She also described a cricket and grasshopper swarm . Childhood diseases ... Story of having the measles. |
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