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Object Name |
Recording, Audio |
Scope & Content |
Interview by Gerald Kolb of Elmer G. Kolb (b. 02/12/1905), son of John B. & Anna Good Kolb. Digital Copy Available --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start time Subject 00:00:00 parents, siblings 00:00:57 jobs, hobbies 00:01:50 early life (no electricity, spent a lot of time around the kitchen stove, content with discipline he received, different games) 00:04:36 church 00:05:33 school 00:06:45 childhood events (moved to a bigger farm) 00:07:47 historical events (World War 1 armistice, first airplane) 00:09:22 spouse (met on a blind date, double wedding) 00:11:17 early travel (trains, airplanes) 00:12:16 past versus present (simple in the past, technology in the present) |
Date |
1978 |
Object ID # |
2013.25.542 |
Length of Interview |
00:13:22 |
Manuscript Collection # |
z.Audio |
Notes |
Obituary: Kolb-. Elmer G., 99, Souderton, Pa., died Aug. 10. Spouse: Emily A. Moyer Kolb (deceased). Parents: John and Anna Good Kolb. Children: Shirley Lutz, Ruth Graybill, John, David; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Funeral: Aug. 14 at Souderton Mennonite Homes. (The Mennonite, 2 Nov 2004) |
Source |
Gift of S. Duane Kauffman |
People |
Kolb, Elmer G., 1905-2004 |