Willa Cummings CARLSON (b. 1896)

Residence: American Ridge; Troy
Occupation(s): Teacher and farm wife; author of manuscript on Latah County history
Family Origin: Parents came from Missouri (early 1890's)

Interviews

Willa Cummings Carlson Interview #1, 4/23/1974

Topics:
With Mavis Lee Utley (daughter) Disappearance of a buttermaker. A veiled lady. Boarding in Lewiston as a girl. Fortune telling experiences. Prescience. 4-23-74 2.2 hr 33p
Duration:
2:12:35
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
authors churches education fortune-telling homesteads lore murders pioneers suicide tarot teachers women
Locations:
American Ridge Troy
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Willa Cummings Carlson Interview #2, 4/30/1974

Topics:
With Mavis Lee Utley Marshall Hays and family. Fannie and Al Roberts. J.P.Vollmer, the millionaire. Schooling and reading as a youngster. 4-30-74 2 hr 38p
Duration:
1:59:48
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
automobiles brothels marriage politics railroads rape rural schools schools women
Locations:
American Ridge Troy
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Willa Cummings Carlson Interview #3, 1974-05-07

Topics:
With Mavis Lee Utley and Helen Johnson (friend) Disappearance of Mae Downing. Last account of Winnie Booth. Moving a grave. Death of children from tuberculosis. 5-7-74 1.7 hr 16p
Duration:
1:44:05
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
brothels children death granaries illness lore medicine suicide women
Locations:
American Ridge Troy
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Willa Cummings Carlson Interview #4, 5/14/1974

Topics:
Social and political views of American Ridgers; racial prejudice and regional divisions. Family adversity: typhoid, house fire, trouble with hired hand. Suspected vigilante hanging. Electioneering. Kendrick fire of 1904. 5-14-74 2.5 hr 48p
Duration:
2:18:13
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
African Americans IWW discrimination farmers fires lynching politics racial discrimination religion vigilantes women
Locations:
American Ridge Troy
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Willa Cummings Carlson Interview #5, 5/20/1974

Topics:
Teacher's responsibilities to the community. Mother-in-law's nursing. Views of cultural groups. American Ridge lore. 5-20-74 1.5 hr 25p
Duration:
1:30:27
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
Native Americans Swedish Americans death holidays midwives nurses racial discrimination telephones women
Locations:
American Ridge Troy Burnt Ridge
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Willa Cummings Carlson Interview #6, 1/15/1976

Topics:
A country girl at Lewiston Normal: working for keep, sophistication of city elite. Difficult ranching experience. Family prune dryer and cider press. 1-15-76 1.7 hr 43p
Duration:
1:45:35
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
children churches education food friendship normal schools rural schools schools students teachers women
Locations:
American Ridge Troy Lewiston
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Willa Cummings CARLSON (b. 1896)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/carlson_willa.html
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