Detail View: Wood River Valley Oral Histories: Clara Spiegel Oral History

Title: 
Clara Spiegel Oral History
Creator: 
Spiegel, Clara 1904-1997.
Identifier: 
OH 0083 SPI
Description: 
The Oral History Collection consists of taped interviews of long-time residents. This oral history interview was conducted by Deanne Thompson; transcribed by Margaret Donnelly,; and edited by Sandra Hoffereber and Jo Ellen Collins.
Description: 
One of the founders of the effort which led to the creation of The Community Library, Clara Spiegel first vacationed at the Sun Valley Resort in 1937 and moved to Ketchum in 1951. Part of Ernest Hemingway's group of Wood River Valley friends,she was acquainted with several other Sun Valley celebrity guests. Much of the interview deals with the founding of the Gold Mine and the Community Library and tells of the early days of the Gold Mine and Library where just about everything was done by volunteer work.
Subject, Topical: 
Sun Valley Resort. Sun Valley (ID).
Subject, Topical: 
Libraries.
Subject, Personal: 
Spiegel, Clara. Ketchum (ID).
Subject, Organization: 
The Community Library.
Contributor: 
Interviewer: Deanne Thompson.
Format: 
audio/mpeg
Type: 
Oral history sound recording Transcription available; Indexed.
Coverage, Spatial: 
Ketchum (Idaho)
Rights: 
No restrictions. Copyright laws and fair use laws apply.