| Title: |
Ellen Redding McNeil
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Marin County Free Library. Civic Center Branch. Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Collection: |
Carla Ehat Oral History Program for the Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Description: |
Ellen, who was born in Nicasio (as was her mother, Ellen Murray Redding), was 81 at the time of this interview. She tells the story of the 560 acre “Redding Ranch” and describes the town and its square, locates and identifies the old stores, the hotel, houses, recalls her early schooling and classmates, and life on a dairy ranch. Ellen’s daughter, Martha, joins in the reminiscences. After attending Normal School in San Francisco, Ellen taught at the one-room schoolhouse on the Burdell Ranch where she traveled five miles each day by horseback.
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| URL: |
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/crm/oralhistories/ermcneilft.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
McNeil, Ellen Redding, 1899-1987
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1899
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Nicasio, CA; California; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
81
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| Document location: |
Nicasio, CA
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| Document date: |
25-Jul-1980
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| Interviewer: |
Ehat, Carla; Kent, Anne
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| Locations discussed: |
California; Marin County, CA; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
California; California--History; Community; Local history; Marin County (Calif.)--History; Marin County, CA; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029613-32844
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