Lola Gamble CLYDE (b. 1900)
Residence: Paradise Ridge; Moscow
Occupation(s): Teacher; farm wife; local historian; frequently addresses groups and aids researchers
Family Origin: Father emigrated from Ireland and became the area's first Presbyterian minister (1880); mother was from Victoria, British Columbia
Interviews
Lola Gamble Clyde Interview #1, 12/2/1974
- Topics:
- Nez Perce trails and use of area. First white people in county. Place name origins. Why Moscow got the university. Arrival of Clydes with Pennsylvania Dutch (1877). Governor McConnell's bankruptcy (1893). Meeting Ida Tarbell. 12-2-74 1.7 hr 44p
- Duration:
- 2:01:24
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Native Americans childhood children churches legislators local histories mansions pioneers politics schools state government teaching women
- Locations:
- Paradise Ridge Moscow
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Lola Gamble Clyde Interview #2, 12/13/1974
- Topics:
- Father's ministry. Eliza Spalding and Nez Perce religion. Family homesteading; mother's interests and isolation. Farm wildflowers and wildlife. Love of school. 12-13-74 1.5 hr 36p
- Duration:
- 1:26:49
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Native Americans children teaching marriage games illness childhood illness medicine midwives chores families schools marriage Chautauqua
- Locations:
- Paradise Ridge Moscow
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Lola Gamble Clyde Interview #3, 1/7/1975
- Topics:
- With Robert Clyde (son) Killing of Will Steffen for Dr. Watkin's murder. Double suicide of Winnie Booth and Dr. Ledbrook. Folk beliefs. Early politics. The 1903 compilation of North Idaho history. Stories of Shorty Hill. 1-7-75 2 hr 36p
- Duration:
- 2:03:45
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- women birth control farming teaching clothing fashion churches religion death colleges and universities voting politics Psychiana education family life education world wars discrimination Ku Klux Klan IWW strikes
- Locations:
- Paradise Ridge Moscow Lewiston
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Lola Gamble Clyde Interview #4, 5/19/1975
- Topics:
- With Thomas Wahl (brother-in-law), Elizabeth Wahl (sister) Play parties. Outdoor children's games. Women teaching. Awkwardness of courting. Chatauquas. Auctions. 5-19-75 1.3 hr 47p
- Duration:
- 1:21:10
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Nez Perce lore crafts women pregnancy disease illness medicine chores midwives families teachers marriage dating children authors
- Locations:
- Moscow
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Lola Gamble Clyde Interview #5, 6/5/1975
- Topics:
- Famous North Idaho women. Subservience of women to husbands. Women and prohibition. Her teaching experience; choice of marriage over career. Depths of the depression. Rural electrification. 6-5-75 1.7 hr 44p
- Duration:
- 1:36:25
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- authors presentations women local histories childbirth teachers families normal schools Great Depression farming family life education marriage women's rights
- Locations:
- Moscow
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Lola Gamble Clyde Interview #6, 7/3/1975
- Topics:
- Ignorance vs. independence for young women. Children's lives and troubles. Difficult marriages. Pioneer sickness. Nez Perce myths. Bedtime stories and lullabyes. 7-3-75 1.7 hr 25p
- Duration:
- 1:44:03
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- women mansions professors clubs local histories
- Locations:
- Moscow
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Lola Gamble Clyde Interview #7, 10/12/1976
- Topics:
- Women's life in country compared to town. Women's civic achieve ments in Moscow. Women's teaching opportunities. Family size. Church activities; attitudes about dying. Social relations at university. Anti-German actions during war; Klan in the 1920s. IWW's in harvest. Frank B. Robinson. 10-12-76 2.5 hr p
- Duration:
- 2:24:42
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- women authors
- Locations:
- Moscow
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Lola Gamble CLYDE (b. 1900)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/clyde_lola.html
Rights
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