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
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