Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Bennett, Jim (for Mae Stearns)
Record ID:
2007.1.5
Interviewer:
Smith, Eugene
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR (visiting from Portland, OR)
Transcriptionist:
Pilling, Heather
Abstract:
Jim Bennett is the nephew of Mae Stearns. His memories of his aunt are largely related to her lifetime work as a photographer.

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People:
Bennett, Jean Stearns
Bennett, Jim
Bloom, Minnie
Clark, J.C.
Conklin, Tommy
Daugherty, Grandma
Dellinger, Mabel Martin
Dotey, Mabel
Fellbaum, Bess
Mann, Anna
Mann, Daniel
Mann, Elizabeth
McDaniel, Fanny
McDaniels, Minnie
Miskell, Gale
Phillips, John
Ritter, Harry
Stearns, Bess Fellbaum
Stearns, Caroline
Stearns, Ed
Stearns, Frances
Stearns, Frances Carline Payne
Stearns, James Edward
Stearns, Lotten Benson
Stearns, Mae
Subjects:
Animals
Cherries
Children
Cross dressing
Homesteading
Lesbians
Magazines
Menopause
Photographers
Photographic apparatus & supplies
Photographic darkrooms
Photographic postcards
Photographic studios
Studios
Women
Search Terms:
Boys
Buffalo bean
Cove
Cove Cherry Festival
Cows
Enterprise
Girls
Grande Ronde Valley
Kittens
La Grande
La Grande High School
Lang Department Store
Mae Stearn's Magazine Agency
Maxville
Mill Stream
Minam
Morgan Lake
Mt. Fanny
Pendleton
Promise
Trillium
Union County
Union County Fair
Violin
Violinist
Walla Walla
Wallace, Idaho
Wallowa County
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Mae Stearns, ca. 1945Mae Stearns, ca. 1945
Jim BennettJim Bennett
Mae and Frances Stearns, 1880Mae and Frances Stearns, 1880
Miskell Gale & Mae Stearns, 1912Miskell Gale & Mae Stearns, 1912
Cove children, ca 1912Cove children, ca 1912
Minnie Bloom with CowMinnie Bloom with Cow
Unidentified portraitUnidentified portrait
Buffalo Bean photo in news.Buffalo Bean photo in news.