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Dolly Holland 4/2187 Tape I Whitman County Historical Society interviewed by Elizabeth Reitsch SIDE I 1-5 5-8 8-14~ 14~-20 20-23 23-31 31-38 38-47 SIDE II 1-5 5-7 7-11 Early childhood. Born in Lehera Colorado. At two she moved back to Littleton Col. Returning there to find fathers grave three years ago. (1987) Family working in mining town. Mother finished up work father started after hisedeath. Went to school in Littleton. Mother sent her to Idaho to live at 14 or 15 on a train. Moved to Baker and Marvin found a job. 1943 moved to Portaland with Ed. Mother came up from Colorado. Story of Sonny and Dave. Womens atire. Working then compared to now. Selling ice-cream and bread. Story of dances. Working women. Story of buying dress at Highlanders. Got married she met Ed. to EB. Story of how she Mothers death. What mother did after husband :died. Story of brother Joe's death. How mother earned money. Her responsibilities around house. Chemical manufacturing story. School in Denver. Stroy of getting tyfoid fever. Penny shining story. Insurance information. Story of job as messenger after the eighth grade. Jobs she did throughout her life. Story of friend Emilla Byers. Mothers interests. Responsibilities around the house. Family holidays. StoiDy of grandparents and their divorce. Talks about not having any children.
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Title | Holland, Dolly Oral History Interview, 1987 |
Interviewer | Reitsch, Elizabeth |
Date | 1987-04-21 |
Description | 65 minute oral history with Dolly Holland, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398) course at Washington State University. Discusses childhood with a working mother and siblings; little money but it was a happy time. Worked all of her life at many positions: bakery, ice cream shop, laundry, farmer, and cook. She moved to Idaho when she was a teenager to live with relatives. She married later in life and did not have children. |
Subject | Rural women; Employment |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Colorado--Arapahoe County--Littleton; North and Central America--United States--Colorado--Denver County--Denver; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Lemhi County--Baker |
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 | ua220b02f09 |
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 | ua220b02f09_Abstract |
Full Text | Dolly Holland 4/2187 Tape I Whitman County Historical Society interviewed by Elizabeth Reitsch SIDE I 1-5 5-8 8-14~ 14~-20 20-23 23-31 31-38 38-47 SIDE II 1-5 5-7 7-11 Early childhood. Born in Lehera Colorado. At two she moved back to Littleton Col. Returning there to find fathers grave three years ago. (1987) Family working in mining town. Mother finished up work father started after hisedeath. Went to school in Littleton. Mother sent her to Idaho to live at 14 or 15 on a train. Moved to Baker and Marvin found a job. 1943 moved to Portaland with Ed. Mother came up from Colorado. Story of Sonny and Dave. Womens atire. Working then compared to now. Selling ice-cream and bread. Story of dances. Working women. Story of buying dress at Highlanders. Got married she met Ed. to EB. Story of how she Mothers death. What mother did after husband :died. Story of brother Joe's death. How mother earned money. Her responsibilities around house. Chemical manufacturing story. School in Denver. Stroy of getting tyfoid fever. Penny shining story. Insurance information. Story of job as messenger after the eighth grade. Jobs she did throughout her life. Story of friend Emilla Byers. Mothers interests. Responsibilities around the house. Family holidays. StoiDy of grandparents and their divorce. Talks about not having any children. |
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