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Beverly M. Cook 4/03 Interviewed by Jenny M. Heline Side I 0-1 Introduction Childhood, growing up on the largest chicken ranch in the Northwest, Colfax, Wa. Oldest of two younger sisters and an adopted brother. 4 School, without consolidation. Senior year, finally got the bus system. 6 Not having a car until she was married in 1941. The boy she went with in High School drove his mother around and Beverly was invited. One family vehicle and a truck for the farm. 7 Growing up on the farm. Her main task was cleaning the eggs. Earning fifteen dollars bought her a watch and cedar chest. Random Personal Conversation (Beverly and Jenny are neighbors) 12 Alternated with sisters on the house chores, and helping ranch office manager. This was in High School. 13 Went on to talk about going to WSU, for six months. Three thousand students was too many. She took short hand. Then moved to Spokane, Wa and went to NorthWestern Business College for two years. Major in secretarial. 15 Returned to Colfax and got a job at the ASCS Office, then worked as a Deputy as the Treasurers Office. Then took more classes at WSU and moved to Pullman. 17 Married in Colfax in 1941 the night before the attack on Pearl harbor. Her husband enlisted in the marines and they moved to Sandi ego. Honeymoon in Portland and went dancing. 20 Had her son in 1943 and daughter Tracy in 1943. Darlene was born eight years later. She resides in Hawaii. Tracy has a daughter Jessica, but is not married. 25 Talks about visiting her family on the Washington Coast. 28 When Darlene was in the fourth grade she moved to Pullman and got a job at the College. Then took a job in Highway research for several years. Wanting to advance she took a job in Communications as Departmental Secretary for six years. 29 Tracy graduated from WSU with Physical Education major, was in the Delta Gamma Sorority. Then moved out when she couldn't afford in and lived in a house off campus. 31 When she first moved to Howard Street, where she currently resides it was all families. She told a story about a developing company wanting to come and make a house a three story appartment complex. They started Howard Street Association and fought against that. 36 Talked about knowing the neighbors as families, and had block parties. 3 7 Lloyd was her second husband and they lived together for 25 years. He passed away with heart complications. Just recently his twin brother passed away as welt 40 She was excited about the new Safeway being built. Then told me about the first Safeway that used to be in the current UPS building. Thinks progress is good. Compared it to 1939,3,000 students and today 15,000 or so. 43 I asked her about any childhood memories. She told me about the change in fear and Safety over the years. A story about a bicycle ride from Colfax to Pullman put her and a friend in a little bit of trouble. End of Side One Side 2 1 Started to talk about her brand new car, and how confusing the new style is. Her daughter was visiting and totalled her 1985 car. She said that people her age don't like change. 4 Religion was something that she grew up with. Her dad was choir director and her taught Sunday school. Told a story about a joke a little boy told her mom. He ended up marrying into her sister's family and they still joke about it. Her dad's car wouldn't go forward one Sunday, so he drove in reverse the entire way. Interruption, my roommate Calli came over to ask me a favor. 9 Continued talking about attending church. She now drives to Moscow and goes to the big Nazarene church. II Her kids were raised going to church. 15 The interview started to come to an end and after I turned off the recorder the name Eliza Spalding and other travelers of the Oregon Trail. 16 Her great grandmother and family, the Kincade's shared a wagon with a wealthy San Francisco family. They traveled from Missouri and finally settled in Colfax around 1878. There first home was a tent. She told a story about the interaction of her grandma and a little Indian boy. 18 Her parents were married for 62 or 63 years. 20 She told me some Colfax history, about the building where the first white child vvas born in Colfax. Her grandpa owned Kings Bookstore. 24 She told me about the changing in times and how specialty stores started to dose do\-vn when main stores had almost everything in stock, including toys. Sorry about the personal commentary throughout the tape.
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Title | Cook, Beverly Oral History Interview, 2003 |
Interviewer | Heline, Jenny |
Date | 2003-04-22 |
Description | 97 minute oral history with Beverly Cook, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398 course at Washington State University). She talks about her early childhood on a chicken farm near Colfax, Washington. After high school, she received a business degree in Spokane, Washington, then moved to Pullman, Washington to take more classes. She was married the night before the attack on Pearl Harbor and she describes her honeymoon and moving to San Diego, California after her husband enlisted. She raised three children, divorced her first husband, and then remarried. She talks about her children's accomplishments. |
Subject | Rural women; Housewives; Working mothers |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Colfax; North and Central America--United States--Spokane--Spokane County--Spokane; 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 | ua262b05f51 |
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 | ua262b05f51_Abstract |
Full Text | Beverly M. Cook 4/03 Interviewed by Jenny M. Heline Side I 0-1 Introduction Childhood, growing up on the largest chicken ranch in the Northwest, Colfax, Wa. Oldest of two younger sisters and an adopted brother. 4 School, without consolidation. Senior year, finally got the bus system. 6 Not having a car until she was married in 1941. The boy she went with in High School drove his mother around and Beverly was invited. One family vehicle and a truck for the farm. 7 Growing up on the farm. Her main task was cleaning the eggs. Earning fifteen dollars bought her a watch and cedar chest. Random Personal Conversation (Beverly and Jenny are neighbors) 12 Alternated with sisters on the house chores, and helping ranch office manager. This was in High School. 13 Went on to talk about going to WSU, for six months. Three thousand students was too many. She took short hand. Then moved to Spokane, Wa and went to NorthWestern Business College for two years. Major in secretarial. 15 Returned to Colfax and got a job at the ASCS Office, then worked as a Deputy as the Treasurers Office. Then took more classes at WSU and moved to Pullman. 17 Married in Colfax in 1941 the night before the attack on Pearl harbor. Her husband enlisted in the marines and they moved to Sandi ego. Honeymoon in Portland and went dancing. 20 Had her son in 1943 and daughter Tracy in 1943. Darlene was born eight years later. She resides in Hawaii. Tracy has a daughter Jessica, but is not married. 25 Talks about visiting her family on the Washington Coast. 28 When Darlene was in the fourth grade she moved to Pullman and got a job at the College. Then took a job in Highway research for several years. Wanting to advance she took a job in Communications as Departmental Secretary for six years. 29 Tracy graduated from WSU with Physical Education major, was in the Delta Gamma Sorority. Then moved out when she couldn't afford in and lived in a house off campus. 31 When she first moved to Howard Street, where she currently resides it was all families. She told a story about a developing company wanting to come and make a house a three story appartment complex. They started Howard Street Association and fought against that. 36 Talked about knowing the neighbors as families, and had block parties. 3 7 Lloyd was her second husband and they lived together for 25 years. He passed away with heart complications. Just recently his twin brother passed away as welt 40 She was excited about the new Safeway being built. Then told me about the first Safeway that used to be in the current UPS building. Thinks progress is good. Compared it to 1939,3,000 students and today 15,000 or so. 43 I asked her about any childhood memories. She told me about the change in fear and Safety over the years. A story about a bicycle ride from Colfax to Pullman put her and a friend in a little bit of trouble. End of Side One Side 2 1 Started to talk about her brand new car, and how confusing the new style is. Her daughter was visiting and totalled her 1985 car. She said that people her age don't like change. 4 Religion was something that she grew up with. Her dad was choir director and her taught Sunday school. Told a story about a joke a little boy told her mom. He ended up marrying into her sister's family and they still joke about it. Her dad's car wouldn't go forward one Sunday, so he drove in reverse the entire way. Interruption, my roommate Calli came over to ask me a favor. 9 Continued talking about attending church. She now drives to Moscow and goes to the big Nazarene church. II Her kids were raised going to church. 15 The interview started to come to an end and after I turned off the recorder the name Eliza Spalding and other travelers of the Oregon Trail. 16 Her great grandmother and family, the Kincade's shared a wagon with a wealthy San Francisco family. They traveled from Missouri and finally settled in Colfax around 1878. There first home was a tent. She told a story about the interaction of her grandma and a little Indian boy. 18 Her parents were married for 62 or 63 years. 20 She told me some Colfax history, about the building where the first white child vvas born in Colfax. Her grandpa owned Kings Bookstore. 24 She told me about the changing in times and how specialty stores started to dose do\-vn when main stores had almost everything in stock, including toys. Sorry about the personal commentary throughout the tape. |
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