Elsie NELSON (b. 1890)

Residence: Moscow
Occupation(s): Head cook at Hotel Moscow; teacher; author of Today Is Ours
Family Origin: Parents were Swedish homesteaders (1886)

Interviews

Elsie Nelson Interview #1, 3/14/1974

Topics:
Moscow - beginnings and existence as a pioneer town. Homesteaders' relation to Moscow. 3-14-74 1.5 hr 6p LS
Duration:
1:28:14
Interviewer:
Laura Schrager
Keywords:
University of Idaho authors childbirth colleges and universities fires gambling homesteads hotels immigrants mining post offices railroads stores
Locations:
Moscow Paradise Ridge
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Elsie Nelson Interview #2, 3/27/1974

Topics:
Swedish Christmas. Indians and other cultural groups. Homestead economics; father's railroading. 3-27-74 1.5 hr 6p LS
Duration:
1:33:02
Interviewer:
Laura Schrager
Keywords:
holidays churches food religion African Americans threshing farms farming Native Americans homesteads railroads death chores
Locations:
Moscow Juliaetta
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Elsie NELSON (b. 1890)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/nelson_elsie.html
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