| Collection Name: |
Jeanie Shaw Wheeler Oral History Interview, 1979 |
| Repository Name: |
Washington State University. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Pullman, Washington, United States |
| Local Identifier: |
14 |
| URL: |
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/ct14.htm |
| Dates Spanned: |
1979-1979 |
| Description: |
The tapes are arranged chronologically in order of the interview dates. Mrs. Wheeler's memory was sharp on some events, spotty on others. Mrs. Hastay often reminded her mother of stories she remembered her telling. The tapes consist primarily of her experiences settling and growing up in the rainforest near Humptulips, WA. She later moved to Hoquiam and became a schoolteacher. From 1918 through 1943 Mrs. Wheeler and her husband, Frank, owned and operated a small orchard in what was White Bluffs, Washington, until they were forced to move due to the building of the Hanford nuclear site. She talked of the apple and peach business in White Bluffs. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
3 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Biography; Domestic life; Rural Life; Agriculture |
| ASP Subjects: |
Biography; Frontier and pioneer life; Fruit growers; Fruit--Harvesting; Hoquiam, WA; Humptulips, WA; Marriage; Oral history; Rural conditions; Rural families; Teachers; United States; Washington; Women pioneers--United States |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0002733 |
