Bessie Helen Jones oral history recording

Other Media

https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/70a9d0a42e9457ba15227169f066b35c.mp3

Title

Bessie Helen Jones oral history recording

Description

An audio recording of an oral history of Bessie Helen Jones of Cornelius, born in 1896. She speaks about her life before coming to Oregon, including: early life in Minnesota; going to school on the frontier in North Dakota circa 1910; teaching country school; working as a dishwasher at Yellowstone National Park probably in the 1910s; living on a homestead in a sheep ranching area of Wyoming circa 1920; and various anecdotes about frontier life. The interview was recorded in front of an audience in 1987, possibly at Pacific University's Old College Hall. This oral history is accompanied by a transcript.

Creator

Jones, Bessie

Source

Friends of Historic Forest Grove

Date

1987

Is Part Of

Mary Cowan audio collection from the Tualatin Plains Historical Society

Format

Audiocassettes

Language

English

Identifier

FHFG_OH_27

Subject

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Jones, Bessie

Rights

In Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Extent

1 sound cassette (32 min.)

Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Cornelius (Or.)

Type

Sound