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Summary of Interview with Myra Wright Interview a total of 25 minutes. 1 min. 2 min. 3 min. 4min. 5 min. 10 min. 11 min. 13 min. 15 min 19 min. Reasons for move to America discussed. The differences between U.S. and England Who she knew when she moved here discussed. Discussion of how long they lived here before they moved to Bellevue. Her first memories of the U.S. discussed. How she dealt with her homesickness. How she met people discussed. Discussion of when she stopped being homesick. How America and England has changed since she moved. Attitude differences of the West.
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Title | Wright, Myra Oral History Interview, 1998 |
Interviewer | Wright, Angie |
Date | 1998-05-05 |
Description | 24 minute oral history with Myra Wright, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398 course at Washington State University). She talks about her youth in England, her marriage, and the birth of her four sons. Her family moved to Seattle when her husband received job at Boeing in 1968. In response to her homesickness, she formed a British Club to help other English immigrants coming to Washington. She compares U.S. and English culture; became U.S. citizen in 1980 and travels with her husband. |
Subject | Immigrants; Economic & social conditions; Housewives |
Coverage | Europe--United Kingdom--England--Greater Manchester--Manchester; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--King County--Bellevue |
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 | ua262b03f27 |
Source | Is found in Archives 262, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua262.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. Print documents were scanned to pdf format using a Xerox Workcentre 5030 copier/scanner. |
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Title | ua262b03f27_Abstract |
Full Text | Summary of Interview with Myra Wright Interview a total of 25 minutes. 1 min. 2 min. 3 min. 4min. 5 min. 10 min. 11 min. 13 min. 15 min 19 min. Reasons for move to America discussed. The differences between U.S. and England Who she knew when she moved here discussed. Discussion of how long they lived here before they moved to Bellevue. Her first memories of the U.S. discussed. How she dealt with her homesickness. How she met people discussed. Discussion of when she stopped being homesick. How America and England has changed since she moved. Attitude differences of the West. |
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