Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Berry, Emma
Record ID:
2007.1.37
Interviewer:
Curtis, April
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Helten, Paula
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Picking strawberries for .15 cents, churning butter, dances held in homes and Halls around the Valley, and her mother's method for boiling eggs in Hot Lake.

The first interview took place on June 30, 2005.
Audio:
People:
Berry, Atley
Berry, Emma Lovisa
Berry, Floyd
Berry, John
Berry, Kenneth
Berry, Patricia
Berry, Russell
Berry, Wanda
Berry, Wayne
Biggers, Dr.
Carbine
Chandler, Bob
Chandler, Jack
Chandler, John Samuel
Chandler, Lester
Chandler, Lovisa Cooper
Chandler, Zack
Cruikshank, Mrs.
Diggers, Dr.
Ferry, Myrtis
Ferry, Raymond
Grant, Jackie
Hotchkiss, Emma
House, Claire
Pearson, Allie
Proctor, Mr.
Rice, Claude
Shafer, Anna May
Shafer, Bud
Shafer, Emma
Shafer, Ethel
Shafer, Isaac
Shafer, Margaret Ann
Shafer, Tula
Slater
Stillwell, Harriet Chandler
Stillwell, Len
Stillwell, Lynn
Strucks
Thomas, Mr.
Voruz, Dortha
Weston
Whiting
Wilkerson, Mr.
Zaugg
Subjects:
Apple orchards
Apples
Athletics
Butcher shops
Butter
Butter churns
Butter making
Calves
Camps
Carnivals
Cherries
Chickens
Combines (Agricultural machinery)
Cows
Creeks
Dances
Eggs
Family
Farming
Farms
Floods
Gardens
Grains
Grandparents
Hotels
Ice cutting
Ice skating
Iceboxes
Mechanics (Persons)
Mormon churches
Music
Pianos
Pigs
Pioneers
Refrigerators
Schools
Sports
Stores & shops
Strawberries
Theater
Threshing machines
Tractors
Vegetables
Wagon trains
Walking
Search Terms:
4—H
Bear
Bohnenkamp's
Boiling eggs
Broken arm
Buttermilk
Cabbage
Carrots
Caterpillar
Chandler Loop
China Mary's
Cove, OR
Delicious apples
Dunlap strawberries
Eagles Hall
Elgin, OR
Elks Hall
Fifteen Cents Store
Fitzgerald's
Fox Hill
Fruitdale School
Grange Hall
Greenwood School
Hams
Home dances
Home—ec
Hooky
Horse and buggy
Horses
Hot Lake
Huckleberry picking
Inland Machinery
Island City, OR
J.C. Penney's
John Deere
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Lard
Liberty Theater
Little Minam
Mormon Conference
Mormons
Mt. Glen
N.K. West
Patterson's Grocery
Peaches
Playing hooky
Pleasant Grove, OR
Raspberries
Riveria School
Sacajawea Hotel
Sawdust
Slop
Spring Creek
Springhouse
Stange's Mill
Stoddard Farm
Strawberry carriers
Strawberry crate
Strawberry patch
The Granada
West Branch
Winter banana apples
Wood stove
Young's
Zuber Hall
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Emma Berry, 2005Emma Berry, 2005
Emma Berry, 1920sEmma Berry, 1920s
Emma and Floyd BerryEmma and Floyd Berry
Emma Berry, age 5, with parentsEmma Berry, age 5, with parents
John Samuel ChandlerJohn Samuel Chandler
Unidentified woman (Mrs. Chandler?)Unidentified woman (Mrs. Chandler?)
Harriet & Len Stillwell - Emma's auntHarriet & Len Stillwell - Emma's aunt
Original Chandler houseOriginal Chandler house
Berry House,  early 20th centuryBerry House, early 20th century