Rural Women's History Project records

Rural Women's History Project records, 1975-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bush , Corlann G. , 1943-; University of Idaho. Women's Center
Title: Rural Women's History Project records
Dates: 1975-1980 (inclusive)
19751980
Quantity: 4 cubic feet
Collection Number: MG 068
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
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
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, the same is true for tape #45. 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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Description of Item], Rural Women's History Project records, MG 68, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, ID.

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, Manuscript Group 106.

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	Grant in Kind Contributions 9 items : Names, financial data.	1975
1	2	RWHP Interview Questions and forms 12 items : Information, questions.	undated
1	3	Project Notebook 42 items : Photographs, informational packets related to Sandpoint Performance.	1976
1	4	Characterizations: general 11 items : Information, notes, transcripts.	undated
1	5	RWHP Reunion Script 19 items : Information, flyers.	1974-1977
1	6	Characterizations: Elinor Pruitt 12 items : Typed story of Elinor Pruitt.	undated
1	7	Characterizations: Stella Skinner 3 items : Story of Stella Skinner.	undated
1	8	Characterizations: Two Sisters 9 items : Story of two sisters, correspondence.	undated
1	9	Audience Evaluation and Feedback 141 items : Feedback pages, notes, comments.	1975-1976
1	10	Audience Evaluation and Feedback 109 items : Feedback pages, notes, comments.	1975-1976
1	11	Evaluation and Report to the Association for the Humanities in Idaho 1 item : Evaluation book.	1977
1	12	"Homestead Act" 7 items : Rob Moore's script.	1980
1	13	Newspaper clippings 40 items : Copies of articles, newspaper clippings.	1974-1979
1	14	Oral History Association Questionnaire 1 item : Questionnaire.	undated
1	15	Oral History Workshops 32 items : Flyers, correspondence, brochures, informational forms.	1976-1980
1	16	Other Oral History Projects 23 items : Correspondence, informational pages.	1975-1981
1	17	Articles on Rural Women 19 items : Articles, reports.	1975-1982
1	18	Articles on Rural Women 2 10 items : Articles, reports.	1975-1982
1	19	Women's Studies Course, WSU 5 items : Course descriptions, information.	1978
1	20	Latah County Museum Society Quarterly Bulletin 5 items : Reports, journals.	1976-1979

Series II: Interviews, 1975-1977Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries I: Directions
Box	Folder
1	21	Instructions for typing interviews 6 items : Comic, notes, directions.	undated
1	22	Personal Data Sheets 72 items : Originals, information about interviewees.	1975-1976
1	23	Indexes to untranscribed interviews 39 items : Bullet points of interviews.	1974-1975
		Subseries II: Interviews
Box	Folder
1	24	Ahrens, Lillie 54 items : Transcription, tape details.	undated
1	25	Appel, Linda 7 items : Personal data sheet, transcription.	20 June 1975
1	26	Atkinson, Claudine 35 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	27	Avery, Mary Elizabeth 33 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	28	Badget, Minnie 33 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	29	Baker, Constance Beal 43 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	30	Barnard, Charm 25 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	31	Bell, Eva Mae and Patricia Larson 92 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	32	Bening, Myrtle 39 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	33	Brebner, Anna 23 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	34	Clyne, Sonja 21 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	35	Cochrane, Edna 27 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	36	Comstock, Wayve 41 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	37	Cook, Emma 31 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	38	Cooney, Edith Hilda 62 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	39	Corbeill, Hazel 38 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	40	Egland, Etta Mae 67 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	41	Egland, Hollis 38 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
1	42	Egland, Irma 62 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	22 March 1975
1	43	Egland, Peggy 40 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	22 March 1975
2	44	Flodberg, Marie 47 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	undated
2	45	Grove, Clara 30 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1977
2	46	Hartman, May 39 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
2	47	Hubenthal, Mona 29 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1 March 1975
2	48	Ingle, Grace 42 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	5 May 1976
2	49	Jannusch, Eva 27 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	30 July 1975
2	50	Jones, Anges H. 49 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	15 February 1975
2	51	Kellom, Rebecca 32 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	25 April 1975
2	52	Korb, Lady 12 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	19 June 1975
2	53	Lindow, Ruth 56 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	11 October 1975
2	54	Mabutt, Elizabeth 26 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	14 July 1975
2	55	McArthur, Phyllis 38 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	4 October 1975
2	56	McKinney, Judith Jean 21 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	25 January 1975
2	57	Morris, Mabelle Nickell 56 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	26 April 1975
2	58	Morris, Susan Lucille 35 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	26 April 1975
2	59	Nelson, Elsie 37 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
2	60	Northrup, Dawna 43 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	14 February 1976
2	61	Nygaard, Roberta Verna 77 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1975
2	62	Parker, Mabel 48 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	20 August 1975
2	63	Procunier, Alpha 54 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	30 January 1975
2	64	Randle, Olive 8 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	20 June 1975
2	65	Resor, Mamie 19 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	14 July 1975
2	66	Roach, Mercedes 17 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	21 January 1975
2	67	Schribner, Mabel Louise 38 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	20 June 1975
2	68	Sibley, Mae 44 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	undated
2	69	Smith, Betty Virginia 29 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	11 May 1975
2	70	Smith, Marie 38 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	25 April 1975
2	71	Sullivan, Bernice 27 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	15 July 1976
2	72	Thiessen, Blanche 44 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	15 May 1976
2	73	Warren, Myrtle Cressler 37 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	undated
2	74	Weakly, Olive 24 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	1 October 1975
2	75	Williamson, Laura 45 items : Tape data, personal data, transcription.	30 July 1975

Series III: Photographs, 1975-197Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	76	Typed data sheets and photographs A-B 19 items : Personal information, images of interviewees.	undated
2	77	Typed data sheets and photographs C-E 19 items : Personal information, images of interviewees.	undated
2	78	Typed data sheets and photographs F-K 19 items : Personal information, images of interviewees.	undated
2	79	Typed data sheets and photographs L-M 24 items : Personal information, images of interviewees.	undated
2	80	Typed data sheets and photographs N-R 18 items : Personal information, images of interviewees.	undated
2	81	Typed data sheets and photographs S-Z 25 items : Personal information, images of interviewees.	undated
2	82	Identified Women and their homes 29 items : Photographs.	1975
2	83	Unidentified women 15 items : Photographs.	undated
2	84	Sandpoint Performance 24 items : Notes, photographs, negatives.	1976
2	85	Negatives and contact prints 24 items : Negatives, contact prints.	1975-1976

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

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries: Cassette Tapes
Box	Folder
2	86	Anderson, Dorothy 5 items : Data sheets, cassettes.	1980
2	87	Leaton, Sylvia 5 items : Data sheets, cassettes.	1980
2	88	Reif, Stella 4 items : Data sheets, cassettes.	1980
2	89	Robbins, Deanna 4 items : Data sheets, cassettes.	1980
		Subseries: Reel to Reel Tapes
Box	Folder
3	90	Alphabetical and Chronological Lists of Reel to Reel Tapes 2 items : Lists of interviewees.	undated
	object
3	91	Tape #1 1 item : Edna Cochrane, Claudine Atkinson, Wayve Comstock, Etta Egland, Larson and Bell.	undated
3	92	Tape #2 1 item : NO REEL; Mona Hubenthal, Mercedes Roach, Judith Jean McKinney, Bell and Larson, Virginia Johnson.	undated
3	93	Tape #3 1 item : Judith McKinney, Edith Cooney, Lillie Aherin, Roberta Nygaard.	undated
3	94	Tape #4 1 item : Roberta Nygaard, Irma Egland, Hollis Egland, Peggy Egland, Agnes Jones, Charm Barnard.	undated
3	95	Tape #5 1 item : Dawna Northrup, Marie Flodberg, Constance Baker, Myrtle Warren.	undated
3	96	Tape #6 1 item : Susan Morris, Mabelle Morris, Becky Kellom, Mimi Smith.	undated
3	97	Tape #7 1 item : Betty Smith.	undated
3	98	Tape #8 1 item : Mabel Scribner.	undated
3	99	Tape #9 1 item : Mabel Scribner, Anna Brebner.	undated
3	100	Tape #10 1 item : Anna Brebner, Minnie Badgett.	undated
3	101	Tape #11 1 item : Minnie Badgett.	undated
3	102	Tape #12 1 item : Minnie Badgett, Lady Korb, Olive "Jo" Randall, Linda Appel.	undated
3	103	Tape #13 1 item : Elsie Nelson.	undated
3	104	Tape #14 1 item : Elizabeth Haller Curtis	undated
3	105	Tape #15 1 item : Elizabeth Haller Curtis, Dolly Hartman.	undated
3	106	Tape #16 1 item : Dolly Hartman, Bernice Sullivan, Mamie Resor.	undated
3	107	Tape #17 1 item : Emma Cook, Sonja Clyne.	undated
3	108	Tape #18 1 item : Sonja Clyne.	undated
3	109	Tape #19 1 item : Eva Jannusch, Laura Williamson.	undated
3	110	Tape #20 1 item : Laura Williamson, Elizabeth Mabutt.	undated
3	111	Tape #21 1 item : Elizabeth Mabutt, Hazel Corbeill.	undated
3	112	Tape #22 1 item : Hazel Corbeill, Myrtle Bening.	undated
3	113	Tape #23 1 item : Pearl Choate, Leah Brown, Lorna Meyers.	undated
3	114	Tape #24 1 item : Lorna Meyers, Hope Maddox, Clara Grove, Mary Avery.	undated
3	115	Tape #25 1 item : Mary Avery, Olive Weakley, Phyllis McArthur.	undated
3	116	Tape #26 1 item : Phyllis McArthur, Dolly Parker, Alpha Procunier, Ruth Lindow.	undated
3	117	Tape #27 1 item : Ruth Lindow, Helena Carlson, Ella Olson.	undated
3	118	Tape #28 1 item : Ella Olson, Doris Carlson, Gertrude Hudson.	undated
3	119	Tape #29 1 item : Gertrude Hudson, Clara Grove.	undated
3	120	Tape #32 1 item : Alba Marra, Lillian Thompson.	undated
3	121	Tape #33 1 item : Lillian Yangel, Myra and Maryann Stark.	undated
3	122	Tape #34 1 item : Myra and Maryann Stark, Vicki Mitchell and Bonnie Nellsch.	undated
4	123	Tape #35 1 item : Vicki Mitchell and Bonnie Nellsch, Brenda Lewis, Audrey Winter.	undated
4	124	Tape #36 1 item : Audrey Winter, Ida Mae Cox.	undated
4	125	Tape #37 1 item : Ida Mae Cox, Irene M. Cook, Milly Burroughs.	undated
4	126	Tape #38 1 item : Milly Burroughs, Ruth Pruitt, Myrtle Berg, Zoa Swayne.	undated
4	127	Tape #39 1 item : Zoa Swayne, Cathy Petrie.	undated
4	128	Tape #40 1 item : Cathy Petrie, Ella Hamann, Eunice Berry.	undated
4	129	Tape #41 1 item : Eunice Berry, Emilie Wright, Yvonne Morical.	undated
4	130	Tape #42 1 item : Yvonne Morical, Joan Dorendorf, Ida Prendergast.	undated
4	131	Tape #43 1 item : Ida Prendergast, Dorothy Moshinsky, Muriel Siegel.	undated
4	132	Tape #44 1 item : Muriel Siegel, Mildred Siegel.	undated
4	133	Tape #45 1 item : NO REEL. Mildred Siegel, Mary Brock.	undated
4	134	Tape #46 1 item : Mary Brock, Anne Reidhaar.	undated
4	135	Tape #47 1 item : Anne Reidaar, Rosalea Moore, Ruth Hussa.	undated
4	136	Tape #48 1 item : Ruth Hussa, Helen Jacquemin.	undated
4	137	Tape #49 1 item : Helen Jacquemin, Therese Latshaw, Lois Baldwin.	undated
4	138	Tape #50 1 item : Lois Baldwin, Aileen Darling, Myrtle Gallaher, Harriet Geidl.	undated
4	139	Tape #51 1 item : Harriet Geidl, Helen Craigen.	undated
4	140	Tape #52 1 item : Helen Craigne, Annetta Bellows, Marie White.	undated
4	141	Tape #53 1 item : Marie White, Eva Peterson.	undated
4	142	Tape #54 1 item : Blanche Thiessen, Mae Sibley.	undated
4	143	Tape #55 1 item : Mae Sibley, Elizabeth Hart.	undated
4	144	Tape #56 1 item : Elizabeth Hart, Katherine McLean, Elizabeth Norton, Rebecca Cameron.	undated
4	145	Tape A 1 item : Grace Ingle, Kathryn Schlader, Leona Blodger.	undated
4	146	Tape B 1 item : Leona Blodger, Marie Scharnhorst, Rebecca Cameron.	undated
4	147	Tape C 1 item : Rowena Luedke, Laura Umthum, Mary Fulton.	undated
4	148	Tape D 1 item : Clara Grove.	undated
4	149	Tape E 1 item : Mary Fulton, Elizabeth Poppenhagen, Grace Ingle.	undated
4	150	Tape F 1 item : Rose Zieja, Lillian Mitchell.	undated
4	151	Tape G 1 item : Lillian Mitchell, Fredericka Florea, Mary York, Jacquelyn Erickson.	undated
4	152	Tape H 1 item : Jacquelyn Erickson, Mervina Milton.	undated
4	153	Tape I 1 item : Emma Chicks, Sharon Widrig, Rowena Luedke.	undated
4	154	Tape J 1 item : Alda McIver.	undated
4	155	Tape K 1 item : Alda McIver, Patti Walters, Nell Smith.	undated
4	156	Tape L 1 item : Kay Swenson, Norma June Ohlson.	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Local history
Rural families

Corporate Names

Idaho Rural Women's History Project

Geographical Names

Idaho

Form or Genre Terms

Biography

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