Helena Cartwright CARLSON (b. 1899)
Residence: Big Meadow; Troy
Occupation(s): Teacher; homemaker
Family Origin: Came with family from South Dakota (1912)
Interviews
Helena Cartwright Carlson Interview #1, 7/6/1975
- Topics:
- Rural school: games, get-togethers, teaching. Chores and play; animal pets. Cultural barriers with Swedish community. 7-6-75 2 hr p KP
- Duration:
- 2:03:47
- Interviewer:
- Karen Purtee
- Keywords:
- Native Americans automobiles canning and preserving childhood chores churches dances education families farming farms festivals floods food games guns holidays hunting immigrants languages literary lumberjacks music newspapers normal schools pets railroads roads rural schools schools students teachers water winter
- Locations:
- Troy Big Meadow Colville Lewiston Moscow Elk River
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Helena Cartwright Carlson Interview #2, 7/20/1975
- Topics:
- Community activities: picnics, parties, school programs. Opposition to school consolidation. Older girls' work. 7-20-75 1 hr KP
- Duration:
- 1:02:55
- Interviewer:
- Karen Purtee
- Keywords:
- accidents childbirth children chores churches clothing cooking dances dating death families family life education farming fishing food literary music newspaper pregnancy servants threshing wagons winter women working conditions world wars
- Locations:
- Big Meadow Troy Spokane Genesee Burnt Ridge
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Helena Cartwright CARLSON (b. 1899)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/carlson_helena.html
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