Lora Brackett ALBRIGHT (b. 1898)
Residence: Potlatch River; Juliaetta
Occupation(s): Manager of family produce operation; teacher; farm wife; state legislator (1949-50)
Family Origin: Came from Lookout, Idaho (1916), where parents had moved from Minnesota
Interviews
Lora Brackett Albright Interview #1, 4/29/1976
- Topics:
- Experiences in Midwest logging camps as a girl. Family adversity and development of Idaho ranch. Schooling and teaching. Favorite horse. Homesteading rough land near Juliaetta (1918). 4-29-76 2 hr 54p
- Duration:
- 2:04:41
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- accidents childhood forest fires holidays homesteads horses illness logging logging camps lumberjacks ranching schools teaching weddings women
- Locations:
- Juliaetta Potlatch River Wisconsin
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Lora Brackett Albright Interview #2, 5/25/1976
- Topics:
- Significance of teacher to community. Midwiving at childbirths. Decision to marry. Longings of pioneer women. Native and imported plants. 5-25-76 1.5 hr 40p
- Duration:
- 1:32:56
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- childbirth children dating death families food marriage medicine miscarriage rural schools schools teachers teaching women
- Locations:
- Potlatch Juliaetta
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Lora Brackett Albright Interview #3, 6/23/1976
- Topics:
- Lay missionary work at Lapwai Methodist Church. Selling school consolidation to communities. Family truck gardening and turkey raising. Work as state legislator. Homesteading experiences. Helping tramps. Ethics. 6-23-76 4 hr 107p
- Duration:
- 4:10:37
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression Native Americans animals childbirth children churches colleges and universities customs dating death families farming holidays homesteads illness legislators mentally handicapped politics rattlesnakes religion schools voting women world wars
- Locations:
- Potlatch Juliaetta Boise
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Lora Brackett ALBRIGHT (b. 1898)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/albright_lora.html
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