Frank BROCKE (b. 1906)
Residence: Troy; American Ridge; Kendrick
Occupation(s): President of First Bank of Troy; where he worked for forty-seven years; chairman of school board
Family Origin: Parents' families came from Germany; father was born at Genesee, mother in Kansas
Interviews
Frank Brocke Interview #1, 3/18/1975
- Topics:
- Learning banking at Kendrick; offer to work at Troy. Advantages of one-room schoolhouse. Father's death. World War I and anti-German sentiment. 3-18-75 1.5 hr 39p
- Duration:
- 1:33:48
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression banks education families illness world wars
- Locations:
- Troy American Ridge Kendrick Moscow
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Frank Brocke Interview #2, 4/26/1975
- Topics:
- Troy bank and community support in the Great Depression. Victory during Bank holiday. Farm economics and bank policy. Banker Ole Bohman. School consolidation; work as school board clerk. 4-26-75 1.5 hr 38p
- Duration:
- 1:32:16
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- families education banks Great Depression world wars
- Locations:
- Troy Kendrick
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Frank Brocke Interview #3, 1/7/1976
- Topics:
- Roles of small town banker. Credit and confidentiality. Country youngsters. Moonshine and dances. Early banking experience. Family struggle. 1-7-76 1.3 hr 35p
- Duration:
- 1:17:08
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- banks drinking rural communities
- Locations:
- Troy Kendrick
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Frank Brocke Interview #4, 2/11/1976
- Topics:
- With Margie Brocke (wife). Confidence of Troy bank in local people. Bank resolution of Depression crisis. Relations between banker and examiner. Frank Green. Local entertainments. 2-11-76 2 hr 56p
- Duration:
- 0:58:59
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Great Depression Prohibition banks drinking moonshine
- Locations:
- Troy American Ridge Kendrick Little Bear Ridge Helmer
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Frank Brocke Interview #5, 11/9/1976
- Topics:
- With Margie Brocke. Robberies of the Troy bank. Local attitudes toward wealth and prospering. Country-town differences. Santa Claus. Student loans. Causes of 1970's depression. 11-9-76 2.5 hr 67p
- Duration:
- 2:33:19
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- German-American Norwegian-American Swedish-America banks holidays logging thieves women
- Locations:
- Troy Kendrick
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Frank BROCKE (b. 1906)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/brocke_frank.html
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