NTDMG068 Guide to Rural Women's History Project records Rural Women's History Project records Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Kelley Moulton. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 1989; updated in 2024.
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-01. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Rural Women's History Project records Bush , Corlann G. , 1943- University of Idaho. Women's Center MG 068 4 cubic feet 1975-1980 Interviews with rural women in Latah, Benewah, Clearwater, Nez Perce, and Shoshone counties, Idaho, concerning the changing roles of rural women. English .

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.

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.

Collection is open for research.

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

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.

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

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.

 Idaho Rural Women's History Project Idaho Rural families Local history Idaho Women Biography Series I: Background Material and Project Activities, 1975-1982 Grant in Kind Contributions 9 items Names, financial data. 1975 1 1 RWHP Interview Questions and forms 12 items Information, questions. undated 1 2 Project Notebook 42 items Photographs, informational packets related to Sandpoint Performance. 1976 1 3 Characterizations: general 11 items Information, notes, transcripts. undated 1 4 RWHP Reunion Script 19 items Information, flyers. 1974-1977 1 5 Characterizations: Elinor Pruitt 12 items Typed story of Elinor Pruitt. undated 1 6 Characterizations: Stella Skinner 3 items Story of Stella Skinner. undated 1 7 Characterizations: Two Sisters 9 items Story of two sisters, correspondence. undated 1 8 Audience Evaluation and Feedback 141 items Feedback pages, notes, comments. 1975-1976 1 9 Audience Evaluation and Feedback 109 items Feedback pages, notes, comments. 1975-1976 1 10 Evaluation and Report to the Association for the Humanities in Idaho 1 item Evaluation book. 1977 1 11 "Homestead Act" 7 items Rob Moore's script. 1980 1 12 Newspaper clippings 40 items Copies of articles, newspaper clippings. 1974-1979 1 13 Oral History Association Questionnaire 1 item Questionnaire. undated 1 14 Oral History Workshops 32 items Flyers, correspondence, brochures, informational forms. 1976-1980 1 15 Other Oral History Projects 23 items Correspondence, informational pages. 1975-1981 1 16 Articles on Rural Women 19 items Articles, reports. 1975-1982 1 17 Articles on Rural Women 2 10 items Articles, reports. 1975-1982 1 18 Women's Studies Course, WSU 5 items Course descriptions, information. 1978 1 19 Latah County Museum Society Quarterly Bulletin 5 items Reports, journals. 1976-1979 1 20 Series II: Interviews, 1975-1977 Subseries I: Directions Instructions for typing interviews 6 items Comic, notes, directions. undated 1 21 Personal Data Sheets 72 items Originals, information about interviewees. 1975-1976 1 22 Indexes to untranscribed interviews 39 items Bullet points of interviews. 1974-1975 1 23 Subseries II: Interviews Ahrens, Lillie 54 items Transcription, tape details. undated 1 24 Appel, Linda 7 items Personal data sheet, transcription. 20 June 1975 1 25 Atkinson, Claudine 35 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 26 Avery, Mary Elizabeth 33 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 27 Badget, Minnie 33 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 28 Baker, Constance Beal 43 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 29 Barnard, Charm 25 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 30 Bell, Eva Mae and Patricia Larson 92 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 31 Bening, Myrtle 39 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 32 Brebner, Anna 23 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 33 Clyne, Sonja 21 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 34 Cochrane, Edna 27 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 35 Comstock, Wayve 41 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 36 Cook, Emma 31 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 37 Cooney, Edith Hilda 62 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 38 Corbeill, Hazel 38 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 39 Egland, Etta Mae 67 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 40 Egland, Hollis 38 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 1 41 Egland, Irma 62 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 22 March 1975 1 42 Egland, Peggy 40 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 22 March 1975 1 43 Flodberg, Marie 47 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. undated 2 44 Grove, Clara 30 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1977 2 45 Hartman, May 39 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 2 46 Hubenthal, Mona 29 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1 March 1975 2 47 Ingle, Grace 42 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 5 May 1976 2 48 Jannusch, Eva 27 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 30 July 1975 2 49 Jones, Anges H. 49 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 15 February 1975 2 50 Kellom, Rebecca 32 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 25 April 1975 2 51 Korb, Lady 12 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 19 June 1975 2 52 Lindow, Ruth 56 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 11 October 1975 2 53 Mabutt, Elizabeth 26 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 14 July 1975 2 54 McArthur, Phyllis 38 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 4 October 1975 2 55 McKinney, Judith Jean 21 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 25 January 1975 2 56 Morris, Mabelle Nickell 56 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 26 April 1975 2 57 Morris, Susan Lucille 35 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 26 April 1975 2 58 Nelson, Elsie 37 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 2 59 Northrup, Dawna 43 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 14 February 1976 2 60 Nygaard, Roberta Verna 77 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1975 2 61 Parker, Mabel 48 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 20 August 1975 2 62 Procunier, Alpha 54 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 30 January 1975 2 63 Randle, Olive 8 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 20 June 1975 2 64 Resor, Mamie 19 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 14 July 1975 2 65 Roach, Mercedes 17 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 21 January 1975 2 66 Schribner, Mabel Louise 38 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 20 June 1975 2 67 Sibley, Mae 44 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. undated 2 68 Smith, Betty Virginia 29 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 11 May 1975 2 69 Smith, Marie 38 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 25 April 1975 2 70 Sullivan, Bernice 27 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 15 July 1976 2 71 Thiessen, Blanche 44 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 15 May 1976 2 72 Warren, Myrtle Cressler 37 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. undated 2 73 Weakly, Olive 24 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 1 October 1975 2 74 Williamson, Laura 45 items Tape data, personal data, transcription. 30 July 1975 2 75 Series III: Photographs, 1975-197 Typed data sheets and photographs A-B 19 items Personal information, images of interviewees. undated 2 76 Typed data sheets and photographs C-E 19 items Personal information, images of interviewees. undated 2 77 Typed data sheets and photographs F-K 19 items Personal information, images of interviewees. undated 2 78 Typed data sheets and photographs L-M 24 items Personal information, images of interviewees. undated 2 79 Typed data sheets and photographs N-R 18 items Personal information, images of interviewees. undated 2 80 Typed data sheets and photographs S-Z 25 items Personal information, images of interviewees. undated 2 81 Identified Women and their homes 29 items Photographs. 1975 2 82 Unidentified women 15 items Photographs. undated 2 83 Sandpoint Performance 24 items Notes, photographs, negatives. 1976 2 84 Negatives and contact prints 24 items Negatives, contact prints. 1975-1976 2 85 Series IV: Tape Recordings, 1975-1980 Subseries: Cassette Tapes Anderson, Dorothy 5 items Data sheets, cassettes. 1980 2 86 Leaton, Sylvia 5 items Data sheets, cassettes. 1980 2 87 Reif, Stella 4 items Data sheets, cassettes. 1980 2 88 Robbins, Deanna 4 items Data sheets, cassettes. 1980 2 89 Subseries: Reel to Reel Tapes Alphabetical and Chronological Lists of Reel to Reel Tapes 2 items Lists of interviewees. undated 3 90 Tape #1 1 item Edna Cochrane, Claudine Atkinson, Wayve Comstock, Etta Egland, Larson and Bell. undated 3 91 Tape #2 1 item NO REEL; Mona Hubenthal, Mercedes Roach, Judith Jean McKinney, Bell and Larson, Virginia Johnson. undated 3 92 Tape #3 1 item Judith McKinney, Edith Cooney, Lillie Aherin, Roberta Nygaard. undated 3 93 Tape #4 1 item Roberta Nygaard, Irma Egland, Hollis Egland, Peggy Egland, Agnes Jones, Charm Barnard. undated 3 94 Tape #5 1 item Dawna Northrup, Marie Flodberg, Constance Baker, Myrtle Warren. undated 3 95 Tape #6 1 item Susan Morris, Mabelle Morris, Becky Kellom, Mimi Smith. undated 3 96 Tape #7 1 item Betty Smith. undated 3 97 Tape #8 1 item Mabel Scribner. undated 3 98 Tape #9 1 item Mabel Scribner, Anna Brebner. undated 3 99 Tape #10 1 item Anna Brebner, Minnie Badgett. undated 3 100 Tape #11 1 item Minnie Badgett. undated 3 101 Tape #12 1 item Minnie Badgett, Lady Korb, Olive "Jo" Randall, Linda Appel. undated 3 102 Tape #13 1 item Elsie Nelson. undated 3 103 Tape #14 1 item Elizabeth Haller Curtis undated 3 104 Tape #15 1 item Elizabeth Haller Curtis, Dolly Hartman. undated 3 105 Tape #16 1 item Dolly Hartman, Bernice Sullivan, Mamie Resor. undated 3 106 Tape #17 1 item Emma Cook, Sonja Clyne. undated 3 107 Tape #18 1 item Sonja Clyne. undated 3 108 Tape #19 1 item Eva Jannusch, Laura Williamson. undated 3 109 Tape #20 1 item Laura Williamson, Elizabeth Mabutt. undated 3 110 Tape #21 1 item Elizabeth Mabutt, Hazel Corbeill. undated 3 111 Tape #22 1 item Hazel Corbeill, Myrtle Bening. undated 3 112 Tape #23 1 item Pearl Choate, Leah Brown, Lorna Meyers. undated 3 113 Tape #24 1 item Lorna Meyers, Hope Maddox, Clara Grove, Mary Avery. undated 3 114 Tape #25 1 item Mary Avery, Olive Weakley, Phyllis McArthur. undated 3 115 Tape #26 1 item Phyllis McArthur, Dolly Parker, Alpha Procunier, Ruth Lindow. undated 3 116 Tape #27 1 item Ruth Lindow, Helena Carlson, Ella Olson. undated 3 117 Tape #28 1 item Ella Olson, Doris Carlson, Gertrude Hudson. undated 3 118 Tape #29 1 item Gertrude Hudson, Clara Grove. undated 3 119 Tape #32 1 item Alba Marra, Lillian Thompson. undated 3 120 Tape #33 1 item Lillian Yangel, Myra and Maryann Stark. undated 3 121 Tape #34 1 item Myra and Maryann Stark, Vicki Mitchell and Bonnie Nellsch. undated 3 122 Tape #35 1 item Vicki Mitchell and Bonnie Nellsch, Brenda Lewis, Audrey Winter. undated 4 123 Tape #36 1 item Audrey Winter, Ida Mae Cox. undated 4 124 Tape #37 1 item Ida Mae Cox, Irene M. Cook, Milly Burroughs. undated 4 125 Tape #38 1 item Milly Burroughs, Ruth Pruitt, Myrtle Berg, Zoa Swayne. undated 4 126 Tape #39 1 item Zoa Swayne, Cathy Petrie. undated 4 127 Tape #40 1 item Cathy Petrie, Ella Hamann, Eunice Berry. undated 4 128 Tape #41 1 item Eunice Berry, Emilie Wright, Yvonne Morical. undated 4 129 Tape #42 1 item Yvonne Morical, Joan Dorendorf, Ida Prendergast. undated 4 130 Tape #43 1 item Ida Prendergast, Dorothy Moshinsky, Muriel Siegel. undated 4 131 Tape #44 1 item Muriel Siegel, Mildred Siegel. undated 4 132 Tape #45 1 item NO REEL. Mildred Siegel, Mary Brock. undated 4 133 Tape #46 1 item Mary Brock, Anne Reidhaar. undated 4 134 Tape #47 1 item Anne Reidaar, Rosalea Moore, Ruth Hussa. undated 4 135 Tape #48 1 item Ruth Hussa, Helen Jacquemin. undated 4 136 Tape #49 1 item Helen Jacquemin, Therese Latshaw, Lois Baldwin. undated 4 137 Tape #50 1 item Lois Baldwin, Aileen Darling, Myrtle Gallaher, Harriet Geidl. undated 4 138 Tape #51 1 item Harriet Geidl, Helen Craigen. undated 4 139 Tape #52 1 item Helen Craigne, Annetta Bellows, Marie White. undated 4 140 Tape #53 1 item Marie White, Eva Peterson. undated 4 141 Tape #54 1 item Blanche Thiessen, Mae Sibley. undated 4 142 Tape #55 1 item Mae Sibley, Elizabeth Hart. undated 4 143 Tape #56 1 item Elizabeth Hart, Katherine McLean, Elizabeth Norton, Rebecca Cameron. undated 4 144 Tape A 1 item Grace Ingle, Kathryn Schlader, Leona Blodger. undated 4 145 Tape B 1 item Leona Blodger, Marie Scharnhorst, Rebecca Cameron. undated 4 146 Tape C 1 item Rowena Luedke, Laura Umthum, Mary Fulton. undated 4 147 Tape D 1 item Clara Grove. undated 4 148 Tape E 1 item Mary Fulton, Elizabeth Poppenhagen, Grace Ingle. undated 4 149 Tape F 1 item Rose Zieja, Lillian Mitchell. undated 4 150 Tape G 1 item Lillian Mitchell, Fredericka Florea, Mary York, Jacquelyn Erickson. undated 4 151 Tape H 1 item Jacquelyn Erickson, Mervina Milton. undated 4 152 Tape I 1 item Emma Chicks, Sharon Widrig, Rowena Luedke. undated 4 153 Tape J 1 item Alda McIver. undated 4 154 Tape K 1 item Alda McIver, Patti Walters, Nell Smith. undated 4 155 Tape L 1 item Kay Swenson, Norma June Ohlson. undated 4 156