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Tape Summary Betty M. Hill 4118/05 Interviewed by Melissa A. Kelley SIDE I 0-3 Betty was born in Spokane, W A in the year 1923 in a good sized house 3-4 Betty's mother was from Wisconsin and her father was from Illinois 4-8 Betty's parent met in Cottage Grove, OR where her mother worked as a teacher and her father worked at the local bank, soon they married and started a family and her older brother was born there. After a few years her family moved up to Spokane, W A for her father to run a bank there. 8-11 Betty grew up in the city of Spokane where she attended Wilson and Roosevelt elementary schools. She attended Lewis and Clark high school. 11-13 After graduating high school, Betty went on to continue her education studying Interior Design at Cornish College in Seattle. When she started to run low on cash Betty moved to San Francisco to attend dental training in her mid 20's. After completing her dental training, Betty moved back to Washington to work for a dentist. 13-15 Betty married Clarence in 1955. Clarence was an agricultural teacher at Pullman high school. The two met through Betty's brother's sister-in-law. They had two children. 15-18 When Betty lived in Spokane with her family they only lived in two houses. Her family moved to a smaller house right before she got married. 18-22 After Betty married her husband she moved into his house in Pullman. She traveled a lot with her family and has almost been to every state in the United States. She would travel to Alaska, Hawaii, California, Florida and the East coast to visit her husband's side of the family. 22-22.5 Betty always had a good relationship with her parents and her brother who is ten years older than her. 22.5-23 Betty recalls her brother's death from a heart attack when he was between the ages of 45-50. 23-24.5 Betty always stayed close to home on holidays. 24.5-26 Betty's family was split between two religions. Her parents were Lutheran while her brother and herself were Episcopalian. Her parents were very accepting of different religions. 26-27 Betty went on to college because it was something she wanted to do. Her parents were never the driving force behind her going to college or dental training. 27-27.5 Betty describes her mom as a homebody. 27.5-28 Betty only found herself using her interior decorating skills on her own house. 28-31 Betty discusses the loss of her family members and having her two kids, a son and a daughter. Her kids are focused on their careers and still in the Pacific Northwest area. 31-33 Betty had her daughter first in her late 30's. Five years later she had her son. Both her kids and her husband went to WSU. 33-35 Betty's brother had a heart condition that prevented him from fighting in the war, he didn't find out about it until his examination for enlistment. The war didn't really have a direct effect on any of Betty's family members going off to fight. Her husband served time in the Philippines. 35-37 Betty and Clarence wanted at least one child, but they didn't necessarily plan for two. Her husband had two kids from a previous marriage who Beatty helped to raise. The families got along really well. 37-38 Betty discuses birth control methods they used. 38-39.5 Both children were born at the Pullman hospital. 39.5-40 As a housewife Betty did not find herself very involved in the community or in with her children's school. She encouraged her children to participate in many activities. 40-42 The family would tailgate and attend Washington State University football games. 42-45 Both of her children stayed in Pullman to attend WSU and lived at the house while in college. She encouraged her kids to live in a dorm, but they did not want to. 45-46 The family would take summer vacations up at their cabin on Sullivan Lake. 48-48.5 Betty considers fixing up her house and raising her family some of her greatest achievements. 48.5-49 She doesn't think that she would do anything in her life differently. 49-50 Betty feels as though she was more honest with her own daughter than her mother was with her. She wanted to give her children as much as possible. 50-52 Menopause was a very easy transition for Betty. 52-52.5 Betty stayed in contact with many childhood friends. 52.5-53 Sports were a big party ofBetty's life. She enjoyed badminton, skiing at Mt. Spokane, golf and riding horses. 53-54 Betty didn't date much in high school. 54-55 Betty and Clarence dated a year before they were married. 55-57 She doesn't see much difference between her children dating and when she dated. She pretty much left them to their own decisions. 57-59 Clarence was of Congregational religion and so was their daughter. She left choices on religion up to her kids. She gave the children chores similar to ones she had growing up. 59-61 Betty was very conservative in her manner of dress. She says she spent more on clothes than she should have. 61-64 Betty would take X-rays as a dental assistant and ended up working for a dentist she went to high school with. Betty stopped working after she married Clarence because he said she didn't need to. 66-69 Pullman has lost a lot of good small businesses over the years since Betty first moved here in 1955. Pullman has also grown a great deal with the university. She still likes the Pullman area a lot. 69-70 A Betty talk about how when Mt. St. Helen's erupted in the 1980's her family was told to leave their summer cabin up on the lake.
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Title | Hill, Betty Oral History Interview, 2005 |
Interviewer | Kelley, Melissa |
Date | 2005-04-30 |
Description | 42 minute oral history with Betty Hill, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398 course at Washington State University). She talks about her early childhood in Spokane, Washington. After high school, she attended Cornish College in Seattle for two years, then enrolled in a dental training program in San Francisco, California. She moved to Pullman, Washington to work for dentist she knew, until she married. She and her husband raised two children and she discusses her family life over the years. |
Subject | Education; Housewives; Families |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--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 | ua262b08f91 |
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 | ua262b08f91_Abstract |
Full Text | Tape Summary Betty M. Hill 4118/05 Interviewed by Melissa A. Kelley SIDE I 0-3 Betty was born in Spokane, W A in the year 1923 in a good sized house 3-4 Betty's mother was from Wisconsin and her father was from Illinois 4-8 Betty's parent met in Cottage Grove, OR where her mother worked as a teacher and her father worked at the local bank, soon they married and started a family and her older brother was born there. After a few years her family moved up to Spokane, W A for her father to run a bank there. 8-11 Betty grew up in the city of Spokane where she attended Wilson and Roosevelt elementary schools. She attended Lewis and Clark high school. 11-13 After graduating high school, Betty went on to continue her education studying Interior Design at Cornish College in Seattle. When she started to run low on cash Betty moved to San Francisco to attend dental training in her mid 20's. After completing her dental training, Betty moved back to Washington to work for a dentist. 13-15 Betty married Clarence in 1955. Clarence was an agricultural teacher at Pullman high school. The two met through Betty's brother's sister-in-law. They had two children. 15-18 When Betty lived in Spokane with her family they only lived in two houses. Her family moved to a smaller house right before she got married. 18-22 After Betty married her husband she moved into his house in Pullman. She traveled a lot with her family and has almost been to every state in the United States. She would travel to Alaska, Hawaii, California, Florida and the East coast to visit her husband's side of the family. 22-22.5 Betty always had a good relationship with her parents and her brother who is ten years older than her. 22.5-23 Betty recalls her brother's death from a heart attack when he was between the ages of 45-50. 23-24.5 Betty always stayed close to home on holidays. 24.5-26 Betty's family was split between two religions. Her parents were Lutheran while her brother and herself were Episcopalian. Her parents were very accepting of different religions. 26-27 Betty went on to college because it was something she wanted to do. Her parents were never the driving force behind her going to college or dental training. 27-27.5 Betty describes her mom as a homebody. 27.5-28 Betty only found herself using her interior decorating skills on her own house. 28-31 Betty discusses the loss of her family members and having her two kids, a son and a daughter. Her kids are focused on their careers and still in the Pacific Northwest area. 31-33 Betty had her daughter first in her late 30's. Five years later she had her son. Both her kids and her husband went to WSU. 33-35 Betty's brother had a heart condition that prevented him from fighting in the war, he didn't find out about it until his examination for enlistment. The war didn't really have a direct effect on any of Betty's family members going off to fight. Her husband served time in the Philippines. 35-37 Betty and Clarence wanted at least one child, but they didn't necessarily plan for two. Her husband had two kids from a previous marriage who Beatty helped to raise. The families got along really well. 37-38 Betty discuses birth control methods they used. 38-39.5 Both children were born at the Pullman hospital. 39.5-40 As a housewife Betty did not find herself very involved in the community or in with her children's school. She encouraged her children to participate in many activities. 40-42 The family would tailgate and attend Washington State University football games. 42-45 Both of her children stayed in Pullman to attend WSU and lived at the house while in college. She encouraged her kids to live in a dorm, but they did not want to. 45-46 The family would take summer vacations up at their cabin on Sullivan Lake. 48-48.5 Betty considers fixing up her house and raising her family some of her greatest achievements. 48.5-49 She doesn't think that she would do anything in her life differently. 49-50 Betty feels as though she was more honest with her own daughter than her mother was with her. She wanted to give her children as much as possible. 50-52 Menopause was a very easy transition for Betty. 52-52.5 Betty stayed in contact with many childhood friends. 52.5-53 Sports were a big party ofBetty's life. She enjoyed badminton, skiing at Mt. Spokane, golf and riding horses. 53-54 Betty didn't date much in high school. 54-55 Betty and Clarence dated a year before they were married. 55-57 She doesn't see much difference between her children dating and when she dated. She pretty much left them to their own decisions. 57-59 Clarence was of Congregational religion and so was their daughter. She left choices on religion up to her kids. She gave the children chores similar to ones she had growing up. 59-61 Betty was very conservative in her manner of dress. She says she spent more on clothes than she should have. 61-64 Betty would take X-rays as a dental assistant and ended up working for a dentist she went to high school with. Betty stopped working after she married Clarence because he said she didn't need to. 66-69 Pullman has lost a lot of good small businesses over the years since Betty first moved here in 1955. Pullman has also grown a great deal with the university. She still likes the Pullman area a lot. 69-70 A Betty talk about how when Mt. St. Helen's erupted in the 1980's her family was told to leave their summer cabin up on the lake. |
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