Grace Jain WICKS (b. 1906)
Residence: Genesee; Coyote Grade
Occupation(s): County commissioner and civic leader; homemaker
Family Origin: Father's family came from Wisconsin (1878), mother's from Michigan (1892)
Interviews
Grace Jain Wicks Interview #1, 6/12/1974
- Topics:
- Pioneering ways and hardships at Genesee. Father's family pioneering. Family background. 6-12-74 1.5 hr RM
- Duration:
- 1:32:28
- Interviewer:
- Rob Moore
- Keywords:
- families food holidays homemakers homesteads illness immigrants pioneers
- Locations:
- Genesee Coyote Grade
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Grace Jain Wicks Interview #2, 10/3/1974
- Topics:
- Growing up on the family farm: reading, music and pen-pal club. Farm animals and orchard. Mother's frailty as a pioneer. Nez Perce families. Jane Silcott; Brocky Jack. 10-3-74 1.5 hr 30p
- Duration:
- 1:31:36
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Native Americans animals electricity families farming food horses pioneers rattlesnakes telephones trapping women
- Locations:
- Genesee Coyote Grade
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Grace Jain Wicks Interview #3, 10/4/1974
- Topics:
- Heart-in-hand and Indian-white marriages. Pride in housekeeping. Washdays. Family hardship in World War I. Genesee culture, stock show, stores. 10-4-74 1.5 hr 30p
- Duration:
- 1:30:40
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- African Americans Native Americans childhood chores families food holidays homemakers literary marriage parties pioneers stores women world wars
- Locations:
- Genesee Coyote Grade Lewiston
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Grace Jain Wicks Interview #4, 10/8/1974
- Topics:
- Close ties among Genesee families. Stories of people buried near Jain family plot. Family Republicanism. Honoring war veterans. Town bells. Farm water supplies. Old Kentuck. 10-8-74 1.5 hr 18p
- Duration:
- 1:07:00
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- authors churches death doctors families farming fires hotels illness local histories lore pioneers politics
- Locations:
- Genesee Coyote Grade
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Grace Jain Wicks Interview #5, 12/11/1974
- Topics:
- Great aunt's independence and homesteading. Grandparents' pioneering. Parents' struggle to establish farm. Family politics. 12-11-74 2 hr 21p
- Duration:
- 2:03:42
- Interviewer:
- Sam Schrager
- Keywords:
- Native Americans businesses clothing dances families farming homesteads legislators lore pioneers politics schools wedding women
- Locations:
- Genesee Coyote Grade Hog Meadows
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Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Grace Jain WICKS (b. 1906)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/wicks_grace.html
Rights
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