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Manuscript Group 68
Papers, 1975-1980
4 cubic feet
The Papers of the Rural Women's History Project were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Corlann "Corky" Bush between November 1984 and January 1986. They were processed by Judith Nielsen in September 1989.
The Rural Women's History Project, sponsored by the University of Idaho Women's Center, was funded by a grant from the Association for the Humanities in Idaho in the amount of $15,556 in the Fall of 1974; an additional $10,000 was received the following year to continue the project. The project had three stages, interviews with rural women, dramatic presentations based on the interviews, and small group discussions, many of which resulted in more interviews. Presentations were given in over 20 communities in Latah, Benewah, Clearwater, Nezperce, and Shoshone counties, and over 100 women were interviewed. Those working on the project learned about the history of rural women's roles and their contributions to their families and communities. They also learned about the changes that have taken place in women's lives and how those changes affected how women felt about themselves and what concerned them about their families and communities. Project staff members included Corky Bush, Lenore Garwood, Lillie Hermann, Isabel Miller, Connie Kiesler, and Joy Williams.
The papers of the Rural Women's History Project span the years 1975 to 1980, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1975-1976.
The papers include scripts for presentations, a notebook with photographs and an evaluation of the performance in Sandpoint in 1976, and information on other oral history projects. There are also many articles on rural women. The major portion of the material consists of transcriptions of the oral history interviews. The tapes for these interviews are also included. There are also photographs of the women interviewed.
Although there is a box for tape #2 the tape itself is missing. Also missing are tapes 30 and 31. These two tapes are not listed on the interview index so it is possible the recordings were of such poor quality the tapes were not kept by the project staff members.
Other material related to this record group, including a copy of the grant application, can be found in the papers of Lillie Hermann, Manuscript Group 106.
The material in this record group was in labeled folders when received, and all tapes were numbered. The original order was maintained throughout. Several items which were in notebooks, notably the Project Notebook and the original personal data sheets and photographs, were removed from the notebooks and placed in folders.
The first series consists of basic background information on oral histories and rural women, and includes questions used in the interviews, scripts for the characterizations used in the presentations, and several evaluations and reports on the project.
The second series contains transcriptions of many of the interviews done for the project. Included with the transcriptions are personal data sheets and an index to the tape recording. These are in alphabetical order.
The third series contains photographs and personal data sheets of the interviewees. These are also in alphabetical order. Also included are other photographs of the women and of the 1976 Sandpoint performance. There is one folder of negatives and contact prints.
The final series consists of tape recorded interviews; most are reel to reel, but the interviews conducted in 1980 are on cassette tapes.
I. Background Material and Project Activities, 1975-1982 1 II. Interviews, 1975-1976 1-2 III. Photographs, 1975-1976 2 IV. Tape Recordings, 1975-1980 2-4
1 1 Staff Activity Reports, 1975 9 2 Interview Questions and Forms, n.d. 12 3 Project Notebook: Sandpoint Performance, 1976 12 4 Characterizations: General, n.d. 1 5 Characterizations: Reunion Script, n.d. 19 6 Characterization: Elinor Pruitt, n.d. 12 7 Characterizations: Stella Skinner, n.d. 3 8 Characterizations: Two Sisters, n.d. 9 9-10 Audience Evaluation and Feedback, 1975-1976 250 11 Evaluation and Report to the Association for the Humanities in Idaho, 1977 1 12 Script: "Homestead Act" by Rob Moore, 1980 7 13 Newspaper Clippings, 1974-1979 40 14 Oral History Association Questionnaire, n.d. 1 15 Oral History Workshops, 1976-1980 32 16 Other Oral History Projects, 1975-1981 23 17-18 Articles on Rural Women, 1975-1982 29 19 Women's Studies Course, WSU, 1978 5 20 Latah County Museum Society Quarterly Bulletin, 1976-1979 5
21 Instructions for typing interviews, n.d. 6 22 Original Personal Data Sheets: Interviews not Transcribed, 1975-1976 72 23 Indexes to Untranscribed Interviews, 1974-1975 39
24 Aherin, Lillie, n.d. 25 Appel, Linda, 1975 26 Atkinson, Claudine, 1975 27 Avery, Mary Elizabeth, 1975 28 Badget, Minnie, 1975 29 Baker, Constance Beal, 1975 30 Barnard, Charm, 1975 31 Bell, Eva Mae and Patricia Larson 32 Bening, Myrtle, 1975 33 Brebner, Anna, 1975 34 Clyne, Sonja, 1975 35 Cochrane, Edna, 1975 36 Comstock, Wayve, 1975 37 Cook, Emma, 1975 38 Cooney, Edith Hilda, 1975 39 Corbeill, Hazel, 1975 40 Egland, Etta Mae, 1975 41 Egland, Hollis, 1975 42 Egland, Irma, 1975 43 Egland, Peggy, 1975 2 44 Flodberg, Marie, n.d. 45 Grove, Clara, 1977 46 Hartman, May, 1975 47 Hubenthal, Mona, 1975 48 Ingle, Grace, 1976 49 Jannusch, Eva, 1975 50 Jones, Agnes H., 1975 51 Kellom, Rebecca, 1975 52 Korb, Lady, 1975 53 Lidlow, Ruth, 1975 54 Mabutt, Elizabeth, 1975 55 McArthur, Phyllis, 1975 56 McKinney, Judith Jean, 1975 57 Morris, Mabelle Nickell, 1975 58 Morris, Susan Lucille, 1975 59 Nelson, Elsie, n.d. 60 Northrup, Dawna, 1976 61 Nygaard, Roberta Verna, 1975 62 Parker, Mabel, 1975 63 Procunier, Alpha, 1975 64 Randle, Olive, 1975 65 Resor, Mamie, 1975 66 Roach, Mercedes, 1975 67 Schribner, Mabel Louise, n.d. 68 Sibley, Mae, 1976 69 Smith, Betty Virginia, 1975 70 Smith, Marie, 1975 71 Sullivan, Bernice, 1976 72 Thiessen, Blanche, 1976 73 Warren, Myrtle Cressler, n.d. 74 Weakly, Olive, 1975 75 Williamson, Laura, 1975
76-81 Photographs and Typed Data Sheets of Interviewees, 1975-1976 124 82 Identified Women and Their Homes, 1975 294 83 Unidentified Women, n.d. 153 84 Sandpoint Performance, 1976 24 85 Negatives and Contact Prints, 1975-1976 24
86 Anderson, Dorothy, 1980 5 87 Leaton, Sylvia, 1980 5 88 Reif, Stella, 1980 4 89 Robbins, Deanna, 1980 4
3 90 Alphabetical and Chronological Lists of Reel to Reel Tapes 2 91-125 Reel to Reel Tape Recordings of Interviews #1-37 35 4 26-156 Reel to Reel Tapes #35-56; A-L 31
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