Mamie Sisk WURMAN (b. 1887)

Residence: Princeton; Palouse
Occupation(s): Farm wife
Family Origin: Parents came from Missouri and homesteaded near Princeton (1886)

Interviews

Mamie Sisk Wurman Interview #1, 6/24/1975

Topics:
With Mary West Lynd (friend), Mamie Sardam Munden (niece), and Glen Gilder (friend. Keeping home and raising children; closeness of family unit. Community get-togethers. Home doctoring. Difficult farming experiences. Lack of conveniences. Girls' work. 6-24-75 2.4 hr p
Duration:
2:04:56
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
Native Americans butchering childbirth children chores clothing dances dating divorce families food homesteads illness illness isolation literary logging lumberjacks marriage medicine midwives newspapers parties schools sewing telephones timber women
Locations:
Princeton Palouse Potlatch
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Mamie Sisk WURMAN (b. 1887)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/wurman_mamie.html
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