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This interview features Melvin Westwood relating his family history. Westwood opens the interview with a description of Moab, Utah, where his family is from. He mentions the rough landscape and the industries that people took up in the area; mainly…

This interview opens with Newton’s description of the farm outside of Corvallis where he was born and raised. He then briefly relates his school years and early adulthood, noting that he learned to fly at Oceanside Junior College in Southern…

This interview was conducted on December 8, 1985. It features five women - Maybelle Wheeler from Lincoln, Nebraska; Bernice Brechbill from Freeborn, Minnesota; Verna Carothers Bennet from Portland, Oregon; Ethel Bruget from South Dakota; and Marjorie…

The interview opens with Merryman recounting his memories of Delmer Goode, Merryman’s Scout Master when he was a teenager. Carl’s father abandoned the family around the same time that Merryman joined the troop, so Goode became a father figure to…

Merryman begins by describing what he knows of his family history. Of his grandparents, he only knew his maternal grandmother. She moved out to Oregon from Illinois in 1887 with her second husband and nine children. He admits that he knows very…

The interview opens with Francis discussing the Indian regalia that he received from his grandfather, who used to trade on the Siletz Reservation for baskets and also bought the regalia from John Ponsee, a beloved family friend and tribal member.…

In this interview, Francis opens by talking about Gilbert, the remote Minnesota town where he was born and where his father practiced medicine in the mining towns. Although he was too young when the family moved away from Gilbert to remember it, he…

In this interview, Lester Kirkendall discusses his career as a professor of sex education and family studies. Kirkendall was born and raised in western Kansas, graduating from high school in 1924. He then talks about his job as a high school teacher…

In this interview, LeVelle Wood discusses her career and lifelong accomplishments in home economics. Wood begins by talking about her affiliation with Oregon Agricultural College, explaining that as a child she already knew she would attend OAC one…

In this interview, Gertrude Tank talks about working as a dentist and later as a dental researcher at Oregon State University. She begins by discussing the dental clinic that she ran in Philadelphia for twenty-seven years. She decided to change jobs…