Melvin CARLSON (b. 1906)
Residence: Big Meadow; Troy
Occupation(s): Logger; farmer
Family Origin: Family came from North Dakota (1912)
Interviews
Melvin Carlson Interview #1, 7/21/1975
- Topics:
- With Helena Carlson (sister-in-law) Farm life as youngster: school, work, play and entertainments. Ice making. Threshing. Local fires. 7-21-75 2 hr p KP
- Duration:
- 2:05:40
- Interviewer:
- Karen Purtee
- Keywords:
- women authors murders suicide pioneers homesteads churches lore education teachers tarot fortune-telling
- Locations:
- American Ridge Troy
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Melvin Carlson Interview #2, 7/22/1975
- Topics:
- and Helena Carlson Woods living: lumberjacks, work, women in camp. Halloween pranks. Shivarees. Buttermaking and cream. Home remedies. 7-22-75 2 hr p KP
- Duration:
- 2:05:32
- Interviewer:
- Karen Purtee
- Keywords:
- bears dances families food forest fires holidays illness immigrants literary logging logging camps lore lumberjacks medicine roads telephones unions weddings women
- Locations:
- Big Meadow Troy
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Melvin CARLSON (b. 1906)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/carlson_melvin.html
Rights
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