Eugene SETTLE (b. 1894)
Residence: Aspendale; Moscow
Occupation(s): Warehouse superintendent for Latah County Grain Growers ; farmer
Family Origin: His was one of the few black families to settle in the area; parents grew up in Mississippi, came in 1899
Interviews
Eugene Settle Interview #1, 6/3/1975
- Topics:
- Family background. Life at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Pioneering at Bluestem, Washington (1898). Father's struggle to establish a farm, Work and play as a boy. Joe Wells family. End of small farming. 6-3-75 1.8 hr 40p
- Duration:
- 1:49:00
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- families homesteads farming schools African Americans games Native Americans colleges and universities education holidays homemakers
- Locations:
- Aspendale Moscow
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Eugene Settle Interview #2, 7/7/1975
- Topics:
- Experience in a segregated unit in Europe during World War I. Acceptance in high school. Brother's career in Virginia; father-inlaw's pioneering. Family hay baling operation. 7-7-75 2 hr 38p
- Duration:
- 2:02:37
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans armed forces childhood colleges and universities education families farming fighting hay immigrants racial discrimination schools timber world wars
- Locations:
- Aspendale Moscow Troy Bovill
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Eugene Settle Interview #3, 8/4/1975
- Topics:
- Independence of family as farmers. Dealing with job discrimination. Supervising men as warehouse superintendent. Meeting wife's family. Flu epidemic. Father's hunting. 8-4-75 2.2 hr 36p
- Duration:
- 2:14:59
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- automobiles childhood education families farming fighting holidays hunting illness mills orchards racial discrimination railroads schools sports thieves world wars
- Locations:
- Aspendale Moscow Lewiston
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Eugene Settle Interview #4, 12/19/1975
- Topics:
- Parents' teachings. One-room country school. Store purchases. Country people in Moscow. 12-19-75 1.2 hr 28p
- Duration:
- 1:13:39
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- childhood schools education religion
- Locations:
- Aspendale Moscow
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Eugene Settle Interview #5, 1/13/1976
- Topics:
- Minimal effect of prejudice on family. Socializing in the neighborhood. Farming in hard times. Work as superintendent. Entertainment as a young man. More about Joe Wells family. 1-13-76 2.1 hr 42p
- Duration:
- 2:05:45
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- families childhood hunting winter world wars farming Great Depression work administration racial discrimination grain African Americans friendship neighbors armed forces
- Locations:
- Aspendale Moscow
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Eugene Settle Interview #6, 1/13/1976
- Topics:
- World War I. Jack Johnson. Aquaintances in Spokane. Not a musical family. 1-13-76 2hr 51p
- Duration:
- 2:05:55
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans veterans armed forces world wars racial discrimination sports churches religion families friendships dances music neighbors parties holidays schools fishing automobiles farming elderly foundries
- Locations:
- Aspendale Moscow Spokane Washington Lenville Oregon Tensed
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Eugene SETTLE (b. 1894)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/settle_eugene.html
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