Rural Women's History Project Records

Rural Women's History Project Records, 1975-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Rural Women's History Project
Title: Rural Women's History Project Records
Dates: 1975-1980 (inclusive)
19751980
Quantity: 4 cubic feet
Collection Number: MG068 (collection)
Summary: Interviews with rural women in Latah, Benewah, Clearwater, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties, Idaho, concerning the changing roles of rural women.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Rural Women's History Project, sponsored by the University of Idaho Women's Center, was funded by a grant from the Association for the Humanities in Idaho in the amount of $15,556 in the Fall of 1974; an additional $10,000 was received the following year to continue the project. The project had three stages, interviews with rural women, dramatic presentations based on the interviews, and small group discussions, many of which resulted in more interviews. Presentations were given in over 20 communities in Latah, Benewah, Clearwater, Nezperce, and Shoshone counties, and over 100 women were interviewed. Those working on the project learned about the history of rural women's roles and their contributions to their families and communities. They also learned about the changes that have taken place in women's lives and how those changes affected how women felt about themselves and what concerned them about their families and communities. Project staff members included Corky Bush, Lenore Garwood, Lillie Hermann, Isabel Miller, Connie Kiesler, and Joy Williams.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of the Rural Women's History Project span the years 1975 to 1980, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1975-1976.

The papers include scripts for presentations, a notebook with photographs and an evaluation of the performance in Sandpoint in 1976, and information on other oral history projects. There are also many articles on rural women. The major portion of the material consists of transcriptions of the oral history interviews. The tapes for these interviews are also included. There are also photographs of the women interviewed.

Although there is a box for tape #2 the tape itself is missing. Also missing are tapes 30 and 31. These two tapes are not listed on the interview index so it is possible the recordings were of such poor quality the tapes were not kept by the project staff members.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The material in this record group was in labeled folders when received, and all tapes were numbered. The original order was maintained throughout. Several items which were in notebooks, notably the Project Notebook and the original personal data sheets and photographs, were removed from the notebooks and placed in folders.

The first series consists of basic background information on oral histories and rural women, and includes questions used in the interviews, scripts for the characterizations used in the presentations, and several evaluations and reports on the project.

The second series contains transcriptions of many of the interviews done for the project. Included with the transcriptions are personal data sheets and an index to the tape recording. These are in alphabetical order.

The third series contains photographs and personal data sheets of the interviewees. These are also in alphabetical order. Also included are other photographs of the women and of the 1976 Sandpoint performance. There is one folder of negatives and contact prints.

The final series consists of tape recorded interviews; most are reel to reel, but the interviews conducted in 1980 are on cassette tapes.

Acquisition Information

The Papers were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Corlann "Corky" Bush between November 1984 and January 1986.

Related Materials

Other material related to this record group, including a copy of the grant application, can be found in the papers of Lillie Hermann, MG106.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Background Material and Project Activities , 1975-1982Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Staff Activity Reports 9 items	1975
1/2	Interview Questions and Forms 12 items	undated
1/3	Project Notebook: Sandpoint Performance 12 items	1976
1/4	Characterizations: General 1 item	undated
1/5	Characterizations: Reunion Script 19 items	undated
1/6	Characterization: Elinor Pruitt 12 items	undated
1/7	Characterizations: Stella Skinner 3 items	undated
1/8	Characterizations: Two Sisters 9 items	undated
1/9-10	Audience Evaluation and Feedback 250 items	1975-1976
1/11	Evaluation and Report to the Association for the Humanities in Idaho 1 item	1977
1/12	Script: "Homestead Act" by Rob Moore 7 items	1980
1/13	Newspaper Clippings 40 items	1974-1979
1/14	Oral History Association Questionnaire 1 item	undated
1/15	Oral History Workshops 32 items	1976-1980
1/16	Other Oral History Projects 23 items	1975-1981
1/17-18	Articles on Rural Women 29 items	1975-1982
1/19	Women's Studies Course, WSU 5 items	1978
1/20	Latah County Museum Society Quarterly Bulletin 5 items	1976-1979

Series II. Interviews , 1975-1977Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Transcribed Interviews
Box/Folder
1/24	Aherin, Lillie	undated
1/25	Appel, Linda	1975
1/26	Atkinson, Claudine	1975
1/27	Avery, Mary Elizabeth	1975
1/28	Badget, Minnie	1975
1/29	Baker, Constance Beal	1975
1/30	Barnard, Charm	1975
1/31	Bell, Eva Mae and Patricia Larson
1/32	Bening, Myrtle	1975
1/33	Brebner, Anna	1975
1/34	Clyne, Sonja	1975
1/35	Cochrane, Edna	1975
1/36	Comstock, Wayve	1975
1/37	Cook, Emma	1975
1/38	Cooney, Edith Hilda	1975
1/39	Corbeill, Hazel	1975
1/40	Egland, Etta Mae	1975
1/41	Egland, Hollis	1975
1/42	Egland, Irma	1975
1/43	Egland, Peggy	1975
2/44	Flodberg, Marie	undated
2/45	Grove, Clara	1977
2/46	Hartman, May	1975
2/47	Hubenthal, Mona	1975
2/48	Ingle, Grace	1976
2/49	Jannusch, Eva	1975
2/50	Jones, Agnes H.	1975
2/51	Kellom, Rebecca	1975
2/52	Korb, Lady	1975
2/53	Lidlow, Ruth	1975
2/54	Mabutt, Elizabeth	1975
2/55	McArthur, Phyllis	1975
2/56	McKinney, Judith Jean	1975
2/57	Morris, Mabelle Nickell	1975
2/58	Morris, Susan Lucille	1975
2/59	Nelson, Elsie	undated
2/60	Northrup, Dawna	1976
2/61	Nygaard, Roberta Verna	1975
2/62	Parker, Mabel	1975
2/63	Procunier, Alpha	1975
2/64	Randle, Olive	1975
2/65	Resor, Mamie	1975
2/66	Roach, Mercedes	1975
2/67	Schribner, Mabel Louise	undated
2/68	Sibley, Mae	1976
2/69	Smith, Betty Virginia	1975
2/70	Smith, Marie	1975
2/71	Sullivan, Bernice	1976
2/72	Thiessen, Blanche	1976
2/73	Warren, Myrtle Cressler	undated
2/74	Weakly, Olive	1975
2/75	Williamson, Laura	1975
Box/Folder
2/21	Instructions for typing interviews 6 items	undated
2/22	Original Personal Data Sheets: Interviews not Transcribed 72 items	1975-1976
2/23	Indexes to Untranscribed Interviews 39 items	1974-1975

Series III. Photographs , 1975-1976Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/76-81	Photographs and Typed Data Sheets of Interviewees 124 items	1975-1976
2/82	Identified Women and Their Homes 294 items	1975
2/83	Unidentified Women 153 items	undated
2/84	Sandpoint Performance 24 items	1976
2/85	Negatives and Contact Prints 24 items	1975-1976

Series IV. Tape Recordings , 1975-1980Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	A. Cassette Tapes (with data sheets and indexes)	1980
Box/Folder
2/86	Anderson, Dorothy 5 items	1980
2/87	Leaton, Sylvia 5 items	1980
2/88	Reif, Stella 4 items	1980
2/89	Robbins, Deanna 4 items	1980
	B. Reel to Reel Tapes	1976-1976
Box/Folder
3/90	Alphabetical and Chronological Lists of Reel to Reel Tapes 2 items
3/91-125	Reel to Reel Tape Recordings of Interviews #1-37 35 items
4/26-156	Reel to Reel Tapes #35-56; A-L 31 items

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Rural families--Idaho
Women--Idaho--Biography

Personal Names

Bush, Corlann G., 1943-

Corporate Names

Idaho Rural Women's History Project
University of Idaho. Women's Center

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