PERSON
Catherine Mahon Item Info
Born
1906
Occupation
Operator of greenhouse and beauty salon
teacher
Interviewers
Sam Schrager
Locations Mentioned
Origin
Father, a New York Irishman, was manager of Juliaetta cannery; mother came from Oregon (1884)
Residence
Juliaetta; Lewiston-Clarkston
Interviews
Catherine Mahon Interview #1, 8/27/1976
August 27, 1976
0:47:42
Sam Schrager
Limited opportunities for women. Local Jewish families. Books and culture. Southerners in the West. 8-27-76 .8 hr 18p
books
churches
colleges and universities
dating
+13
Catherine Mahon Interview #2, 9/28/1976
September 28, 1976
3:38:35
Sam Schrager
Grandparents' experiences and attitudes; old standards of morality, Lives of prostitutes in Lewiston. J.P. Vollmer and early Lewiston wealth. Dr. Foster and Juliaetta. Mother's sickness...
Prohibition
University of Idaho
WCTU
+28
Catherine Mahon Interview #3, 10/21/1976
October 21, 1976
3:06:46
Sam Schrager
Progressive upbringing in a close family. Openness and equality in the West. Development of Clarkston townsite by proper Bostonians; Clarkston society. Ku Klux Klan; race...
African Americans
Japanese Americans
Ku Klux Klan
canneries
+28
Locations Map
Interview Topics
- Title:
- Catherine Mahon
- Format:
- compound_object
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Catherine Mahon", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/mahon_catherine.html
Rights
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