Floyd & Nola Lawrence (b. 1898)

Residence: Jansville; Helmer
Occupation(s): Logger; operator of dance pavilion
Family Origin: Family came from Iowa and homesteaded on McGary Meadow (1893)

Interviews

Floyd & Nola Lawrence Interview #1, 1/21/1976

Topics:
Jansville store on the Lawrence homestead. Beginning of Helmer. Operating a popular dancehall. Timber homesteaders. Gyppo logging for Potlatch. Joe and Lou Wells. 1-21-76 2.4 hr
Duration:
2:27:49
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
African-Americans automobiles businesses dances gyppos holidays homesteads horses livestock logging camps lore murders music music saloons schools teachers women
Locations:
Troy Helmer Jansville McGary Butte
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Floyd & Nola Lawrence Interview #2, 1/27/1976

Topics:
With Carl Lancaster (brother-in-law) and Laura May Lancaster (sister-in-law) Neighborliness and poverty of homesteaders. Local inventors. Cattle on open range. Working when young. Malker Anderson. 1-27-76 2.2 hr P
Duration:
2:13:53
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
accidents childbirth childhood children chores churches clothing dances drinking farming homesteads illness logging camps lumberjacks sewing suicide timber winter women
Locations:
Jansville Helmer McGary Butte Texas Ridge Deary Central Ridge Juliaetta
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Floyd & Nola Lawrence (b. 1898)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/lawrence_floydandnola.html
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