Title:
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An interview with Lucille Friedman
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Creator:
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Friedman, Lucille 1894-
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Identifier:
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OH 0002 FRI
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Description:
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This oral history interview was conducted by Miriam Breckenridge in July 1977.
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Description:
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Lucile Friedman discusses the Friedman family history; Lucile's father, Simon Moses Friedman and his cousin S. J. Friedman, who came to America together from Germany; her father's early work experiences with livestock and his arrival in the Hailey area with a band of sheep circa 1886; mention of Frank and Fred Gooding and other sheep ranchers; mention of her father's return to Germany to persuade her mother to marry and move to America; mentions Dot Allen, prostitution, and the Red Light District on River St. in Hailey, ID; father's decision to sell the sheepherding business and purchase a grocery store in Hailey, ID (originally the Williams and Walker Grocery); Guyer Hot Springs; horse riding; sage hens on the Camas Prairie; brief discussion of sheep herding/ranching lifestyle; mother contracting typhoid fever story; sheepherding familiies that camped in Hailey; discussion of Lucile's career teaching; the family purchase of the Hiawatha Hotel (formerly the Alturas Hotel); the eventual sale of the Hiawatha Hotel ca. 1945; Hailey Hot Springs resort; early Hailey businesses including Chinese businesses; discussion of Chinese presence in China Gardens, Hailey, ID, 1880s.; and Fox and Ensign families. Edited by Miram Breckenridge and Judith G. Johnson, transcribed by Maida Spaulding and Jane Chesley.
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Subject, Topical:
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Hailey merchants.
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Subject, Topical:
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Fire. Idaho; Hailey.
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Subject, Topical:
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Sheep ranchers Biography. Idaho
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Subject, Topical:
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Chinese Americans 1880- . China Gardens
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Subject, Personal:
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Friedman, Simon Moses.
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Subject, Personal:
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Strahorn, Robert & Della
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Subject, Personal:
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Fuld, Joe.
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Subject, Organization:
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Alturas Hotel
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Subject, Organization:
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Hiawatha Hotel
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Contributor:
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Interviewer: Breckenridge, Miriam
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Date Original:
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July 1977.
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Publisher:
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The Community Library,
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Format:
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audio/mpeg
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Type:
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Oral history sound recording Transcription available; Indexed.
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Coverage, Temporal:
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July 1977.
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Rights:
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No restrictions. Copyright laws and fair use laws apply.
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