Nellie Wood SMITH (b. 1892)
Residence: Bovill; McGary Butte
Occupation(s): Homemaker
Family Origin: Came from Missouri with parents, settling in the area c.1900
Interviews
Nellie Wood Smith Interview #1, 6/27/1974
- Topics:
- Wagon journey from Rexburg to Parma. Family homesteading at McGary Butte. Moving west; living in Laramie, Wy.; move to Troy. 6-27-74 2 hr 39p RM
- Duration:
- 2:01:42
- Interviewer:
- Rob Moore
- Keywords:
- Native Americans accidents construction families food holidays homemakers homesteads illness immigrants music pioneers schools wagons
- Locations:
- Bovill Wyoming Troy Parma Rexburg McGary Butte
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Nellie Wood Smith Interview #2, 9/10/1975
- Topics:
- Charlotte Bovill and family. Arson and murder in Bovill fire. First Bovill school (1907). Get-togethers. Raising children; getting married. Community church. Ladies of the night. 9-10-75 2 hr 38p
- Duration:
- 2:00:57
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- arson boardinghouses childhood children chores churches dances dating families family life education fires homesteads illness movies murders music prostitutes railroads stores teachers timber women world wars
- Locations:
- Bovill McGary Butte
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Nellie Wood Smith Interview #3, 9/22/1975
- Topics:
- Birth of first child; lore of childbirth. Death of baby daughter. Learning sewing and needlework. 9-22-75 1.5 hr 33p
- Duration:
- 1:30:21
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- CCC babies childbirth clothing crafts crafts death doctors families homemakers hospitals nurses pregnancy sewing women
- Locations:
- Bovill McGary Butte
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Nellie Wood Smith Interview #4, 10/3/1975
- Topics:
- Evacuation of Bovill in Beal's Butte fire (1914). Mrs. T.P.Jones' role in Bovill. Husband's work for Potlatch. Raising children. 10-3-75 2.5 hr 54p
- Duration:
- 2:25:40
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Christian childrearing chores clothing clubs families fires forest fires homemakers knitting logging camps politics railroads religion women wool work world wars
- Locations:
- Bovill McGary Butte
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Nellie Wood Smith Interview #5, 11/13/1975
- Topics:
- Problems in early marriage; dealing with drinking. Bovill plays; separate social clubs. Family religion. Baby's sickness. Amputation of a leg. A selling contest. 11-13-75 3 hr 67p
- Duration:
- 3:00:25
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans Christian Great Depression acting alcohol babies cards childbirth childhood churches clothing clubs dances doctors drinking families homemakers knitting moonshine parties plays religion schools sewing women
- Locations:
- Bovill Spokane McGary Butte
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Nellie Wood Smith Interview #6, 1/23/1976
- Topics:
- Timber homesteading: one family's struggle; mother's miscarriage; development of a home. 1-23-76 1.5 hr p
- Duration:
- 1:31:36
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- accidents chores death families games homesteads horses housekeeping illness murders pregnancy roads winter women
- Locations:
- Deary Bovill McGary Butte Helmer
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Nellie Wood SMITH (b. 1892)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/smith_nellie.html
Rights
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