PERSON

Nellie Wood Smith Item Info

Born 1892
Occupation Homemaker
Interviewers Rob Moore Sam Schrager
Origin Came from Missouri with parents, settling in the area c.1900
Residence Bovill; McGary Butte

Interviews

Nellie Wood Smith Interview #1, 6/27/1974

June 27, 1974
2:01:42
Rob Moore

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...

accidents construction families food +10

Nellie Wood Smith Interview #2, 9/10/1975

September 10, 1975
2:00:57
Sam Schrager

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....

boardinghouses childhood children chores +19

Nellie Wood Smith Interview #3, 9/22/1975

September 22, 1975
1:30:21
Sam Schrager

Birth of first child; lore of childbirth. Death of baby daughter. Learning sewing and needlework. 9-22-75 1.5 hr 33p

babies childbirth clothing +12

Nellie Wood Smith Interview #4, 10/3/1975

October 03, 1975
2:25:40
Sam Schrager

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

childrearing chores clothing +15

Nellie Wood Smith Interview #5, 11/13/1975

November 13, 1975
3:00:25
Sam Schrager

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...

Christian Great Depression acting +22

Nellie Wood Smith Interview #6, 1/23/1976

January 23, 1976
1:31:36
Sam Schrager

Timber homesteading: one family's struggle; mother's miscarriage; development of a home. 1-23-76 1.5 hr p

chores death families +11

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