Narrator:
Zacharias, Gere
Record ID:
2007.1.174
Interviewer:
Minthorn, Micheal
Interview Place:
Pendleton, OR
Transcriptionist:
Cotton, Danny
Abstract:
This interview contains memories mainly related to the gradual loss of Gere's vision from Retinitis Pigmentosa. Never seeming to let blindness get in her way, Gere experienced life with a courageous zeal. She joined clubs, rode a bicycle, walked everywhere, and when she couldn't read anymore, she made many volunteer, reader, friends. Eventually, she was able to begin using aids for the visually impaired, and her various guide dogs have opened new freedoms to her. Her latest adventure involves learning to use a computer with the assistance of a device called, "Jaws."
Audio:
People:
Andros, Jean
Dewy, Donna
Johnson, Lee
Jones, Mamie Carland
Jones, Mamie Carly
Klein, Zelda
Linthrow, Jean
Lones, Levelle
Rupert, Mrs.
Simmons, Bob
Simmons, Keith
Temple, Shirley
Wells, Nyna Rice
Winslow, Jean
Zacharias, Dale
Zacharias, Gere Jones
Zacharias, Kay
Dewy, Donna
Johnson, Lee
Jones, Mamie Carland
Jones, Mamie Carly
Klein, Zelda
Linthrow, Jean
Lones, Levelle
Rupert, Mrs.
Simmons, Bob
Simmons, Keith
Temple, Shirley
Wells, Nyna Rice
Winslow, Jean
Zacharias, Dale
Zacharias, Gere Jones
Zacharias, Kay
Subjects:
Bicycles & tricycles
Blind persons
Blindness
Cabins
Camping
Canning & preserving
Clubs
Cooking
Dances
Dogs
Elopements
Family
Games
Gardens
Geography
Grocery stores
Guide dogs
Housework
Laundry
Movies
Native Americans
Organizations
Parades & processions
Plays
Rationing, Consumer
Restaurants
Schools
Softball
Stairs
U.S. Navy
Visual impairments
Walking
World War II
Blind persons
Blindness
Cabins
Camping
Canning & preserving
Clubs
Cooking
Dances
Dogs
Elopements
Family
Games
Gardens
Geography
Grocery stores
Guide dogs
Housework
Laundry
Movies
Native Americans
Organizations
Parades & processions
Plays
Rationing, Consumer
Restaurants
Schools
Softball
Stairs
U.S. Navy
Visual impairments
Walking
World War II
Search Terms:
Alicel, OR
Bookstore
Braille
Centennial Celebration
Commission for the Blind
Corvallis, OR
Craft workshops
Divorce
Dorion Dormitory
Eastern Oregon College of Education
EOCE
Golden Gate Bridge
Greenwood School
Greyhound
Hoke Hall
Home Ec Club
Hunt Hall
Hyde's Grocery Store
Inlow Hall
Intelligent disobedience
Island City, OR
Jaws
Joseph, OR
Journalism
Junior Women's Club
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Library for the Blind
Miniskirts
Nordstrom's
Pendleton, OR
Plymouth
Portland, OR
Quill and Scroll
Readers
Reading group
Remarried
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Sacajawea Annex
Sacajawea Hotel
Saints Cafe
Seattle, WA
The Grand Staircase
The Observer
Townie
Union, OR
Bookstore
Braille
Centennial Celebration
Commission for the Blind
Corvallis, OR
Craft workshops
Divorce
Dorion Dormitory
Eastern Oregon College of Education
EOCE
Golden Gate Bridge
Greenwood School
Greyhound
Hoke Hall
Home Ec Club
Hunt Hall
Hyde's Grocery Store
Inlow Hall
Intelligent disobedience
Island City, OR
Jaws
Joseph, OR
Journalism
Junior Women's Club
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Library for the Blind
Miniskirts
Nordstrom's
Pendleton, OR
Plymouth
Portland, OR
Quill and Scroll
Readers
Reading group
Remarried
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Sacajawea Annex
Sacajawea Hotel
Saints Cafe
Seattle, WA
The Grand Staircase
The Observer
Townie
Union, OR
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