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Esther Salisbury 4/17/2003 Washington State University Interviewed by Natalie Berg Side 1 0-1 1-5 5-7 7-8 8-10 10-12 12-13 Yz 13 Yz- 16% Tape Summary Birth ofEsther in Caldwell, Idaho. Esther describes growing up in the country, one of eleven children and attending a country school. Esther tells ofbeing kept home from school an extra year to help her mother due to illness. She talks of chores and a cute story of licking dishes clean to help her mother. Talks of the community and meetings. The church and social meetings were held at the schoolhouse. Esther describes how she remembers her father. Esther describes irrigation on a farm. She also tells what her father furmed and had growing in the garden. She tells of her mother canning food and having a lOOlb sack of beans at the end of the summer. She explains that the food had to last through the winter. Esther describes her houses; all were two story houses with a cellar. She tells of moving often, her father renting the farms. She explains what double cousins means. She remembers going first to Sunday School and then to Church in the schoolhouse until older when the community had a Church house. No set religion for the church. It was a Community Church. Esther describes doing laundry, always on Mondays. She describes using the old-style 2 washing machines with a boiler to heat the water and a manually controlled ringer. She tells of an incident in which she hurt her finger. Her Aunt had the first gas washing machine in the family. 16% -19 Esther and her family move to Lewiston, ID in her junior year of high school in 1934. She describes taking typing. She never had to take a typing lesson in her life. She got a job as secretary to the principal of a junior high school after her sister left. She worked there for four years. 19-21 '14 She describes her interview for the job as secretary of the Audio-Visual Center at Washington State College. She receives the position. 21 '14 -23 She describes the hard years of the Great Depression. Thirteen mouths to feed in her family. She describes keeping gardens and sacrificing toilet tissue. 23-25 Esther had many family members who served in WWII, both boys and girls. At one time she tells of her family having eight flags in the window, one for each family member in service to the country. 25-26 Y2 Her oldest brother didn't serve. He got married to a teacher at his school. Esther had many boyfriends but never married. Only one divorce in her family. 26 Yz -28 Esther moves to Pullman to work for WSC. Changing from WSC to Washington State University when she moved. She describes working in the Audio-visual center and living in Carpenter Hall on the third floor. Later, she explains, the Audio-Visual Center moved into the Library 3 28-31 Esther recalls strong boys were hired to carry heavy equipment. She remembers having to mail the films express. Every inch of the 16mm film had to be inspected. The center evolved into a big business as she continued to work there. At times the Audio-Visual Center employed over 100 boys and girls. In 197 4, she retired and the center moved into the library. 31-33 Esther's father had died after her move to Pullman in 1941. Her mother came to live with her in an apartment, eventually a house. Lots of family members visited. Several of her siblings attended WSU. 33-34 Recalls life at WSU durip.g Vietnam. She tells of getting a day off of work to watch the moon landing. 34-36 Remembers her first television and her grandparents' first radio. Neighbors clustered around both to watch or listen. Her grandmother restricted use of the radio on Sundays. Afraid of not going to Heaven. She recalls her television being the envy of the family. 36-39 Yz Tells of her contact with Native Americans in Lewiston, ID. Describes their appearance and her fear of them. They lived in the Lapwai Indian Reservation. Esther talks of the settlement the Native Americans received each year to live off of She describes their homes with television antennas as she remembers them. She describes the more modern, less frightening Native Americans also. 39 Yz -41 Yz Esther explains why she never married. Tells of a man she could have fallen in love with. She dated some, but never loved anyoneenoughtomarry. 4 41 Yz -42 Esther talks about losing two sisters and where her living siblings are now. 42-43% Tells of a vacation to Florida to visit one of her sisters stationed there during WWII. Traveled everywhere in a Ford Roadster. She describes going to the beach and getting sunburned. 43%-45 Esther remembers going to parades in Florida. Remembers the day after Pearl Harbor. Her boss, a reserve, was called in. Few men left on the WSU campus. Some fraternities had to close down. Recalls seeing her brother off at the train station. End of Side 1 Side2 0-3 Esther continues describing the scene at the train station. She recalls a pastor kissing the girls and boys goodbye. She also remembers not being shocked at her sisters enlisting. Tells the story of one sister quitting teaching to enlist with a friend. She also describes the duties and restrictions of women enlisted in the military. 3-5 Esther tells the story of her brother's lucky break. His entire unit, minus him, went on a routine trip in China. The plane went down and everyone died. Years later he took some belongings to one of the widows. 5-6 Esther talks about women who joined in the war effort. Every community participated in some way. 6-8 Esther talks about her social life. Her favorite play is Cinderella. She got a second job at the bookstore and also taught Sunday School. 8-9 Esther describes a trip to Lapwai to see a drum performance put on by the Native 5 Americans. 9-13 Y4 Esther tells about trips to California, Hawaii, the British Isles, Florida, New York, and Spokane. She describes some of the countryside of the U.S. Her favorite place is Ireland. Describes the countryside of Ireland. 13 Y4- 15 Esther explains why she never left Pullman. Talks about living at Pioneer Square for twenty years, three of which she worked as assistant manager. Retired from WSU in 1974 after thirty-two years because she could and because the State Legislature made it more reasonable to retire. 15-19 Describes working at Pullman's Senior Center for ten years. Esther was a receptionist. She tells of all of the activities that went on and the work she did. She gladly retired once she was reassured that they could find someone to replace her. 19-22 Esther along with a special friend and a chaperone take a trip to Mexico for two weeks after retiring from the Senior Center. She talks about the sad sights and the fun experiences she had. 22-24 She talks about staying busy and the fact that she liked to work so that she wasn't home alone. She enjoyed being with her friends at work. 24-26 o/4 Esther talks about how Pullman has changed in the last fifty years and the split between townies and students that is only noticeable if you pay attention to it. 26%-27% Edited for privacy. 27%-29 ~ Esther talks about her mother's brother who played football for WSC. In 1916, WSC won the big game against Brown 6 University. Sylus Stites(? spelling), her Uncle wrote a letter to his mother in Caldwell, ID telling about their victory. She received the letter one week later because mail was so slow. It was the first news she had of the victory. Films should be located in the library of the game. 29 ~ -31 Esther is thrilled by the changes around her. She does miss the Comer Drug Store that was located where the new Community Center opened the day of our interview. 31-39 Esther describes the two accidents that led to her living in Bishop Place. First, breaking her leg and then breaking her pelvic bone. Many of her belongings were thrown away, sold at yard sales, and otherwise given to family members to use. She still has some of her belongings. A farewell party was held for her at Pioneer Square after leaving the nursing home. She has resided in Bishop Place ever since. 39-45 Esther tells me about her everyday routine at Bishop Place. She likes living there, but is upset that the day is so restricted. She laments her freedom to walk and do as she wishes, like sleep in. End ofSide2
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Title | Salisbury, Esther Oral History Interview, 2001 |
Interviewer | Berg, Natalie |
Date | 2001-05-07 |
Description | 94 minute oral history with Esther Salisbury, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398 course at Washington State University). She describes her early childhood, her chores, and everyday life on a farm. After high school, she moved to Pullman, Washington and worked for the Audio-Visual Center at WSU. She discussed World War II efforts at WSU and her experiences traveling. She never married. |
Subject | Rural women; Economic & social conditions; Single women |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Canyon County--Caldwell; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Nez Perce County--Lewiston; 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 | ua262b04f41 |
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 | ua262b04f41_Abstract |
Full Text | Esther Salisbury 4/17/2003 Washington State University Interviewed by Natalie Berg Side 1 0-1 1-5 5-7 7-8 8-10 10-12 12-13 Yz 13 Yz- 16% Tape Summary Birth ofEsther in Caldwell, Idaho. Esther describes growing up in the country, one of eleven children and attending a country school. Esther tells ofbeing kept home from school an extra year to help her mother due to illness. She talks of chores and a cute story of licking dishes clean to help her mother. Talks of the community and meetings. The church and social meetings were held at the schoolhouse. Esther describes how she remembers her father. Esther describes irrigation on a farm. She also tells what her father furmed and had growing in the garden. She tells of her mother canning food and having a lOOlb sack of beans at the end of the summer. She explains that the food had to last through the winter. Esther describes her houses; all were two story houses with a cellar. She tells of moving often, her father renting the farms. She explains what double cousins means. She remembers going first to Sunday School and then to Church in the schoolhouse until older when the community had a Church house. No set religion for the church. It was a Community Church. Esther describes doing laundry, always on Mondays. She describes using the old-style 2 washing machines with a boiler to heat the water and a manually controlled ringer. She tells of an incident in which she hurt her finger. Her Aunt had the first gas washing machine in the family. 16% -19 Esther and her family move to Lewiston, ID in her junior year of high school in 1934. She describes taking typing. She never had to take a typing lesson in her life. She got a job as secretary to the principal of a junior high school after her sister left. She worked there for four years. 19-21 '14 She describes her interview for the job as secretary of the Audio-Visual Center at Washington State College. She receives the position. 21 '14 -23 She describes the hard years of the Great Depression. Thirteen mouths to feed in her family. She describes keeping gardens and sacrificing toilet tissue. 23-25 Esther had many family members who served in WWII, both boys and girls. At one time she tells of her family having eight flags in the window, one for each family member in service to the country. 25-26 Y2 Her oldest brother didn't serve. He got married to a teacher at his school. Esther had many boyfriends but never married. Only one divorce in her family. 26 Yz -28 Esther moves to Pullman to work for WSC. Changing from WSC to Washington State University when she moved. She describes working in the Audio-visual center and living in Carpenter Hall on the third floor. Later, she explains, the Audio-Visual Center moved into the Library 3 28-31 Esther recalls strong boys were hired to carry heavy equipment. She remembers having to mail the films express. Every inch of the 16mm film had to be inspected. The center evolved into a big business as she continued to work there. At times the Audio-Visual Center employed over 100 boys and girls. In 197 4, she retired and the center moved into the library. 31-33 Esther's father had died after her move to Pullman in 1941. Her mother came to live with her in an apartment, eventually a house. Lots of family members visited. Several of her siblings attended WSU. 33-34 Recalls life at WSU durip.g Vietnam. She tells of getting a day off of work to watch the moon landing. 34-36 Remembers her first television and her grandparents' first radio. Neighbors clustered around both to watch or listen. Her grandmother restricted use of the radio on Sundays. Afraid of not going to Heaven. She recalls her television being the envy of the family. 36-39 Yz Tells of her contact with Native Americans in Lewiston, ID. Describes their appearance and her fear of them. They lived in the Lapwai Indian Reservation. Esther talks of the settlement the Native Americans received each year to live off of She describes their homes with television antennas as she remembers them. She describes the more modern, less frightening Native Americans also. 39 Yz -41 Yz Esther explains why she never married. Tells of a man she could have fallen in love with. She dated some, but never loved anyoneenoughtomarry. 4 41 Yz -42 Esther talks about losing two sisters and where her living siblings are now. 42-43% Tells of a vacation to Florida to visit one of her sisters stationed there during WWII. Traveled everywhere in a Ford Roadster. She describes going to the beach and getting sunburned. 43%-45 Esther remembers going to parades in Florida. Remembers the day after Pearl Harbor. Her boss, a reserve, was called in. Few men left on the WSU campus. Some fraternities had to close down. Recalls seeing her brother off at the train station. End of Side 1 Side2 0-3 Esther continues describing the scene at the train station. She recalls a pastor kissing the girls and boys goodbye. She also remembers not being shocked at her sisters enlisting. Tells the story of one sister quitting teaching to enlist with a friend. She also describes the duties and restrictions of women enlisted in the military. 3-5 Esther tells the story of her brother's lucky break. His entire unit, minus him, went on a routine trip in China. The plane went down and everyone died. Years later he took some belongings to one of the widows. 5-6 Esther talks about women who joined in the war effort. Every community participated in some way. 6-8 Esther talks about her social life. Her favorite play is Cinderella. She got a second job at the bookstore and also taught Sunday School. 8-9 Esther describes a trip to Lapwai to see a drum performance put on by the Native 5 Americans. 9-13 Y4 Esther tells about trips to California, Hawaii, the British Isles, Florida, New York, and Spokane. She describes some of the countryside of the U.S. Her favorite place is Ireland. Describes the countryside of Ireland. 13 Y4- 15 Esther explains why she never left Pullman. Talks about living at Pioneer Square for twenty years, three of which she worked as assistant manager. Retired from WSU in 1974 after thirty-two years because she could and because the State Legislature made it more reasonable to retire. 15-19 Describes working at Pullman's Senior Center for ten years. Esther was a receptionist. She tells of all of the activities that went on and the work she did. She gladly retired once she was reassured that they could find someone to replace her. 19-22 Esther along with a special friend and a chaperone take a trip to Mexico for two weeks after retiring from the Senior Center. She talks about the sad sights and the fun experiences she had. 22-24 She talks about staying busy and the fact that she liked to work so that she wasn't home alone. She enjoyed being with her friends at work. 24-26 o/4 Esther talks about how Pullman has changed in the last fifty years and the split between townies and students that is only noticeable if you pay attention to it. 26%-27% Edited for privacy. 27%-29 ~ Esther talks about her mother's brother who played football for WSC. In 1916, WSC won the big game against Brown 6 University. Sylus Stites(? spelling), her Uncle wrote a letter to his mother in Caldwell, ID telling about their victory. She received the letter one week later because mail was so slow. It was the first news she had of the victory. Films should be located in the library of the game. 29 ~ -31 Esther is thrilled by the changes around her. She does miss the Comer Drug Store that was located where the new Community Center opened the day of our interview. 31-39 Esther describes the two accidents that led to her living in Bishop Place. First, breaking her leg and then breaking her pelvic bone. Many of her belongings were thrown away, sold at yard sales, and otherwise given to family members to use. She still has some of her belongings. A farewell party was held for her at Pioneer Square after leaving the nursing home. She has resided in Bishop Place ever since. 39-45 Esther tells me about her everyday routine at Bishop Place. She likes living there, but is upset that the day is so restricted. She laments her freedom to walk and do as she wishes, like sleep in. End ofSide2 |
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