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OH0174 Hedden v270 - Oral Histories
Oral histories; transcription REMARKS: This is an interview with Owen Smith and Charles Hedden. It takes place on June 8, 1978 in the home of Charles Hedden in Elkton, Oregon. The interviewer is Staar Eatherington. Both of these gentlemen were in logging. Mr. Hedden bough his timber during the Depression and then sold it in the 1950's. Owen Smith came from Arkansas in the early 1950's and worked for the Elkton Lumber Company and then boug...
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OH0175 Blondell v378 - Oral Histories
Oral histories; transcription REMARKS: Taped interview with Edgar Phillip Blondell at his home in Myrtle Creek, Or., on August 1, 1970. Mr. Blondell is in his nineties, recently lost his wife, is very slow of speech and sometimes his mind wanders, but he has given some very pertinent information. He tells how his father's family came to California around the Horn and how his grandfather and grandfather's brother used to play on the ship. He...
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OH0179 Nova Cockeram - Oral Histories
Oral histories; partial, transcription REMARKS: This is an interview with Nova Bates Cockeram. It takes place on November 28, 1978 ata the home of Mrs. Cockeram on Bloomer Hill Road, just south of Roseburg. The interviewer is Star Eatherington. In this interview Nova talks about her life. She was born in 1905 over on South Deer Creek. She talks about a family genealogy and who she is related to, which is quite a few pe...
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OH0181 Merle Hargis - Oral Histories
Oral Histories, Transcriptions. REMARKS: Interview of Merle Hargis by Ella Mae Young. Mr. Hargis worked in the early 1930's foro the Umpqua National Forest as a mule-skinner and a packer. He first worked for the Steamboat District in the summer months and later for the Diamond Lake District.
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OH0182 Glen Birchfield - Oral Histories
Oral histories; transcription REMARKS:Interview with officials of 2 labor unions in Roseburg. They discuss the development of unions in the area lumber mills, the effect of unions on worker safety and welfare, and union contributions to the community. Both interviewees name people involved with organizing campaigns, and some of the mills that were organized.; The interview was conducted by Ralph Sim [Simms?]. A transcription of the tape is on...
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OH0183 Vertrees v398 - Oral Histories
Oral histories; transcription REMARKS: A taped interview with J.D. Vertrees in the conference room at the Douglas County Museum. Interviewer is Judy Roberts on July 31, 1979. Mr. Vertrees came to our state in 1936 from California. At that time in his life he had decided that he wanted to hitch-hike around the Northwest. He went to work at Oregon State, primarily in entomology. He got his degree at the same time. He alw...
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OH0186 Ed Thiele - Oral Histories
Oral histories; transcription CREATOR:Ella Mae YoungüEd ThieleüFlorence Thiele REMARKS:Interview of Ed and Florence Thiele by Ella Mae Young of the Douglas County Museum. In this interview, the Thieles discuss their family's migration from Wisconsin to the Millwood area of the main Umpqua River, Ed Thiele's father's techniques of gill-net fishing in the Umpqua, and some sawmills in the Millwood area. There are also discussions of Antone McK...
Record Type: Archive
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OH0188 Ceremony - Oral Histories
oral histories; transcription Taped on 1 August 1982.
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OH0190 Collins v299 - Oral Histories
Oral histories; transcription REMARKS: This is an interview with Charles Sheets "Chuck" Collins at his home on June 20, 1979. The Interviewer is Judy Roberts. Mr. Collins came to this area with the three C's in the depression era. He came from Nebraska. He taalks about his fater who worked on the railroad and tells of some of his experiences. He also tells of some of the differences between the railroading then and now. He talks some abo...
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OH0193 William Hebard - Oral Histories
Oral histories; transcription; sketch REMARKS:Includes sketch of Clarke Sawmill and Hebard farm.
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