Oral history interview with Lee Griffith and Minnie Griffith, 1978

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Griffith, Lee
Title
Oral history interview with Lee Griffith and Minnie Griffith
Dates
1978 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 audiocassette
Collection Number
SPC 978-0067
Summary
This collection contains an interview with Lee Griffith and Minnie Griffith, concerning early Spokane and the surrounding area.
Repository
Eastern Washington University
Archives & Special Collections
Eastern Washington University Libraries
320 Media Lane - 100 LIB
Cheney, WA
99004-2453
Telephone: 5093592475
archives@ewu.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public.

Languages
English, English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Lee Griffith was born in 1887. In 1900, he was living with his family in Rolf, Iowa, a small town about a hundred miles north of Des Moines. That February, they boarded a train to move to Washington State. Griffith arrived in Spokane on February 26, 1900, and then settled in Deer Park and worked in P.J. Kelley's General Store. In 1903 at the age of sixteen, he went to work for the Spokane Lumber Co., on Wild Rose Prairie near Deer Park. About 1908, he moved again, this time to the farm town of Reardan. Minnie Griffith also came west in 1900, but traveled by wagon instead of train. She first moved to Latah, and then in 1903 to Deer Park where she met her future husband, Lee.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains an interview with Lee Griffith and Minnie Griffith, concerning early Spokane and the surrounding area. The couple both moved to the Spokane area as children in 1900 and are long-time residents of Deer Park. The interview was conducted by Wayne Fuller.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Use of this collection is subject to the rules concerning access to archival and manuscript collections at Eastern Washington University. For more information, see: http://www.ewu.edu/Library/Services/Archives.xml

Copyright restrictions may apply. For more information or permission to publish, contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections at (509) 359-2475, or archives@ewu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Oral History Interview with Lee Griffith and Minnie Griffith; SPC 978-0067; box number; folder number; Archives & Special Collections, Eastern Washington University.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

1978

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Deer Park
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Reardan
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Spokane

Personal Names

  • Fuller, Wayne--Interviewer
  • Griffith, Lee--Interviews
  • Griffith, Minnie--Interviews

Geographical Names

  • Deer Park (Wash.)--History--20th century
  • Reardan (Wash.)--History--20th century
  • Spokane (Wash.)--History--20th century

Form or Genre Terms

  • Oral histories
  • Sound recordings