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Object Name |
Recording, Audio |
Scope & Content |
Interview by Mark Nyce of grandmother Lizzie L. Moyer Detwiler (b. 07/01/1912), daughter of Ulysses & Ella Landis Moyer Digital copy available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start time Subject 00:01:24 grandmother was Schwenkfelder, converted 00:02:24 picked up English quickly, did well in school 00:03:25 didn't like the cows so worked more with chickens 00:04:07 could get working papers at age 12 to skip school 00:05:53 preparing for market 00:09:11 butchered several pigs a week during the winter 00:11:58 played ball together in the evenings 00:16:51 Ascension day 00:17:55 revival meetings 00:21:06 church was lively social gathering 00:23:40 gun went off at church 00:25:42 amusement parks off-limits 00:27:30 "stay away from the movies" 00:30:57 women worked until they got married or had children 00:32:10 tramps and peddlars 00:36:25 introduction of the radio 00:42:38 would never want to go back to the past |
Date |
1977 |
Object ID # |
2013.25.270 |
Length of Interview |
00:45:29 |
Manuscript Collection # |
z.Audio |
Source |
Gift of S. Duane Kauffman |
People |
Detwiler, Lizzie L. Moyer, 1912-2003 |