Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Scott, Edith
Record ID:
2007.1.23
Interviewer:
Smith, Eugene
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Pilling, Heather
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a wide range of subjects, some of which include: World War I, World War II, the Great Depression, secretarial work, railroads, sewing, and a post office shooting in 1917.
Audio:
People:
Anthony, Hilda
Batey, Vera
Batey, Howard
Beaver, Uncle Pete
Bristo, Ima
Brownton, Wes
Clark, Miss
Cleaver, Elmer
Condit, Marge
DeLong, Lois
Ebell, Ed
Ebell, Edith
Ebell, Edward
Ebell, Susie
Fallow, Veda
Fitzgerald, Pat
Fleshman, George
Gilstrap, Julia
Grilly, Berl
Haun, Jimmy
Heddick, Vera
Hess, Henry
Hiatt, Wilma Gaskell
Hicks, Tom
Hill, James J.
Ingalls, Dr.
Johnson, Lee
Lindsey, Dick
Mammon, Dale
Meran, Catherine
Palmer, Florence
Scott, Carol
Scott, Edith
Scott, Edith Ebell
Scott, Marsha
Warnick , Marge
Wright, Jack
Subjects:
Advertising
Animals
Architecture
Art
Art schools
Bands
Cattle ranches
Churches
Concerts
Depots
Digging
Diplomas
Fishing
Floats (Parades)
Gazebos
Gold rushes
Great Depression
Hospitals
Hotels
Hunting
Mountains
Newspapers
Post offices
Railroad employees
Railroads
Roads
Roundhouses
Schoolchildren
Schools
Sewing
Sororities
Streets
Swimming pools
Typing (Writing)
World War I
World War II
Search Terms:
1917 post office shooting
1st grade
6th Street
Adams
Advisor
Alcada Band
Anthony Lake
Automatic washer
Baker Valley
Black Plague
Bobbin
Bookkeeping
Bridge players
Bumblebee
California
Cast Iron Mary
Catholic School
Cattle
Central School
Chinatown
Chinese
Christian church
Christian theology
Civics
Clarinet
Classical music
Costuming
Country Club
Cove
Cows
Delco plant
Dodge
Eastern Star
Elgin
Everheart
Falsies
Germany
Goodfellow temple
Grande Ronde Hospital
Granite
Hide and Seek
High society
Hilgard
Honeymoon
Honolulu Gas Company
Hospital auxiliary
Hospital board
I.O.O.F hall
Ice cream cone
Ice wagon
Jefferson
Job's Daughters
Joseph
Kamela
Keys
King Eight
Ku Klux Klan
La Grande Band
La Grande golf course
La Grande Hotel
Layout
Liberty
Liberty Theater
Lye
Mason
Mastectomies
Mimir
Minam
Mormon church
N. K. West
Natural Gas
Neighborhood Club
Oak Street
Odd Fellows
Opera House
Oregon Trail
Oregon—Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Pacific Coast Gas Association
Palmer Mill
Palmer printing
Palmer's
Penn
PEO
Piano player
Pine Cone Auto Camp
Pipe organ
Portland
Post office shooting
Potluck dinners
Presbyterian church
Prohibition
Rainbow Girls
Red Cross
Reese
Rocking chair
Sac Annex
Sacagawea Hotel
San Francisco
Sears
Serials
Sewing machine
Shelton
Shorthand
Shrine Band
Shriner
Shuttle
Silk Train
Sixth Street
Snowplow
Soap
Spring Street
Standard Oil Company
Sunday School
Sweet peas
T Street
Table Mountain
Tacoma
Telephone
The Christian Endeavors
The Observer
Top Shop
Treadle
Trotter's
Trotters Men's Store
University of Oregon
V8
Washington
Women's Temperance Union
YMCA
Young Men's Christian Association
Zuber Hall
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Edith Scott, 2003Edith Scott, 2003
Edith Scott, 2003 - 2Edith Scott, 2003 - 2
La Grande Golf CourseLa Grande Golf Course
First Grade, 1915First Grade, 1915
Central SchoolCentral School
Old La Grande High School & CentralOld La Grande High School & Central
I.O.O.F., 1970I.O.O.F., 1970
Old La Grande DepotOld La Grande Depot
La Grande Downtown, 1940sLa Grande Downtown, 1940s