Harry SAMPSON (b. 1893)
Residence: Moscow
Occupation(s): Manager of men's clothing department at David's Department Store for nearly forty years
Family Origin: Family came from Wisconsin in 1902
Interviews
Harry Sampson Interview #1, 11/13/1974
- Topics:
- Learning the clothing trade. Working for David's. Credit and competi tion. Moscow business climate. Bringing scouting to town. Ragtime band Growing up in Moscow. 11-13-74 1.9 hr 30p
- Duration:
- 1:57:17
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- University of Idaho banks blacksmiths businesses butchering cards childhood churches clothing clubs construction customers dances downtowns families fires floods food fraternities games holidays illness main streets music sports stores students uniforms winter women world wards
- Locations:
- Moscow
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Harry Sampson Interview #2, 1/25/1975
- Topics:
- Building character through scouting. Origin of Moscow golfing and country club. Innovations in men's department. Frank David's psychology of selling. Competition among service clubs. Chatauquas and circuses. Mother's student boarders. 1-25-75 2 hr 36p
- Duration:
- 2:02:20
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Chautauqua IWW Prohibition University of Idaho WCTU boardinghouses books bootlegging children churches circuses clothing clubs colleges and universities customers dances hiking lore murders music picnicking politics roads sports stores students working conditions world wars
- Locations:
- Moscow
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Harry Sampson Interview #3, 8/16/1976
- Topics:
- With Clarice Sampson (wife) Frank B. Robinson and Psychiana: his relations in Moscow. Mrs. Robinson. End of Psychiana. 8-16-76 1.3 hr 30p
- Duration:
- 1:14:07
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Psychiana businesses churches citizenship finances marriage newspapers religion stores women
- Locations:
- Moscow
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Harry SAMPSON (b. 1893)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/sampson_harry.html
Rights
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