Carol Ryrie BRINK (b. 1895)

Residence: Moscow
Occupation(s): Novelist; homemaker. Caddie Woodlawn won the Newberry Award; Buffalo Coat; Snow in the River and Strangers in the Forest are filled with detail about early local life
Family Origin: Grandfather was a Moscow doctor (1887) trained in Missouri; Father came from Scotland (1889)

Interviews

Carol Ryrie Brink Interview #1, 6/1/1975

Topics:
Historical and family background of novels. Sources of writing in childhood. Grandmother and aunt. Moscow mores. Development as a writer. Reading of three true sketches of early Moscow. (Recorded by Mrs. Brink in California in response to taped questions.) 6-75 1.9 hr 27p
Duration:
1:55:18
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
assassinations authors childhood children churches doctors families friendship holidays homesteads local histories marriage murders pioneers presidents suicide winter women
Locations:
Moscow Wisconsin Clarkia Washington
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"Carol Ryrie BRINK (b. 1895)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/brink_carol.html
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