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The Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories consist of oral histories conducted primarily in 1989-1991 by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon.
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Preferred citation: Oral history interview with Donald Dickey, by Bob Zybach and Neil Vanderburg, SR 457, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Forms part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project.
Donald Charles Dickey was born in Yamhill, Oregon, in 1914. In 1928, his family relocated to Berry Creek. In 1942, he earned a degree from Oregon State University in fish and game management. That same year, he and Maxine Ann Van Patten were married; they later had three children. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in rodent control for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He died in 1990.
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This oral history interview with Donald Dickey was conducted by Neil Vanderburg and Bob Zybach at the Green Valley Care Center in Eugene, Oregon, from August 18-19, 1990. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. Maxine Ann Dickey was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview. The interview was conducted in two sessions.
In the first interview session, conducted on August 18, 1990, Dickey discusses his family background and early life in Berry Creek, in the Soap River Valley area of Oregon, including his memories of snowstorms, life on the family farm, and other families that lived in the area. He also briefly discusses his 35-year career in rodent control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In the second interview session, conducted on August 19, 1990, Dickey describes the wildlife in the Berry Creek area, his recreational activities and social life, and people and places in neighboring towns. He speaks at length about the sawmills in the area. He then revisits the topic of his 35-year career in rodent control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He closes the interview by discussing his marriage.
Sarah Stroman
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Interview was also printed as a monograph, "Donald Dickey: family history and life on Berry Creek, Benton County, Oregon, 1928-1942," published by OSU Research Forests, Oregon State University, 1995. The monograph is available online at http://www.nwmapsco.com/ZybachB/Oral_Histories/Soap_Creek_Valley/03_Dickey/Zybach-Vanderburg_1991.pdf.
Donald Charles Dickey was born in Yamhill, Oregon, in 1914. In 1928, his family relocated to Berry Creek. In 1942, he earned a degree from Oregon State University in fish and game management. That same year, he and Maxine Ann Van Patten were married; they later had three children. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in rodent control for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He died in 1990.
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Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Donald Dickey was conducted by Neil Vanderburg and Bob Zybach at the Green Valley Care Center in Eugene, Oregon, from August 18-19, 1990. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. Maxine Ann Dickey was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview. The interview was conducted in two sessions. In the first interview session, conducted on August 18, 1990, Dickey discusses his family background and early life in Berry Creek, in the Soap River Valley area of Oregon, including his memories of snowstorms, life on the family farm, and other families that lived in the area. He also briefly discusses his 35-year career in rodent control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Donald Charles Dickey was born in Yamhill, Oregon, in 1914. In 1928, his family relocated to Berry Creek. In 1942, he earned a degree from Oregon State University in fish and game management. That same year, he and Maxine Ann Van Patten were married; they later had three children. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in rodent control for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He died in 1990.
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Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Donald Dickey was conducted by Neil Vanderburg and Bob Zybach at the Green Valley Care Center in Eugene, Oregon, from August 18-19, 1990. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. Maxine Ann Dickey was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview. The interview was conducted in two sessions. In the first interview session, conducted on August 18, 1990, Dickey discusses his family background and early life in Berry Creek, in the Soap River Valley area of Oregon, including his memories of snowstorms, life on the family farm, and other families that lived in the area. He also briefly discusses his 35-year career in rodent control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Donald Charles Dickey was born in Yamhill, Oregon, in 1914. In 1928, his family relocated to Berry Creek. In 1942, he earned a degree from Oregon State University in fish and game management. That same year, he and Maxine Ann Van Patten were married; they later had three children. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in rodent control for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He died in 1990.
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Tape 2, Side 1. This oral history interview with Donald Dickey was conducted by Neil Vanderburg and Bob Zybach at the Green Valley Care Center in Eugene, Oregon, from August 18-19, 1990. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. Maxine Ann Dickey was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview. The interview was conducted in two sessions. In the second interview session, conducted on August 19, 1990, Dickey describes the wildlife in the Berry Creek area, his recreational activities and social life, and people and places in neighboring towns. He speaks at length about the sawmills in the area. He then revisits the topic of his 35-year career in rodent control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He closes the interview by discussing his marriage.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Donald Charles Dickey was born in Yamhill, Oregon, in 1914. In 1928, his family relocated to Berry Creek. In 1942, he earned a degree from Oregon State University in fish and game management. That same year, he and Maxine Ann Van Patten were married; they later had three children. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in rodent control for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He died in 1990.
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Tape 2, Side 2. This oral history interview with Donald Dickey was conducted by Neil Vanderburg and Bob Zybach at the Green Valley Care Center in Eugene, Oregon, from August 18-19, 1990. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. Maxine Ann Dickey was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview. The interview was conducted in two sessions. In the second interview session, conducted on August 19, 1990, Dickey describes the wildlife in the Berry Creek area, his recreational activities and social life, and people and places in neighboring towns. He speaks at length about the sawmills in the area. He then revisits the topic of his 35-year career in rodent control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He closes the interview by discussing his marriage.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Donald Charles Dickey was born in Yamhill, Oregon, in 1914. In 1928, his family relocated to Berry Creek. In 1942, he earned a degree from Oregon State University in fish and game management. That same year, he and Maxine Ann Van Patten were married; they later had three children. He worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in rodent control for 35 years, retiring in 1980. He died in 1990.
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Tape 3, Side 1. This oral history interview with Donald Dickey was conducted by Neil Vanderburg and Bob Zybach at the Green Valley Care Center in Eugene, Oregon, from August 18-19, 1990. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. Maxine Ann Dickey was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview. The interview was conducted in two sessions. In the second interview session, conducted on August 19, 1990, Dickey describes the wildlife in the Berry Creek area, his recreational activities and social life, and people and places in neighboring towns. He speaks at length about the sawmills in the area. He then revisits the topic of his 35-year career in rodent control for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He closes the interview by discussing his marriage.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Preferred citation: Oral history interview with Lorna Grabe, by Bob Zybach, SR 466, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Forms part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project.
Transcript is available online at http://www.nwmapsco.com/ZybachB/Oral_Histories/Soap_Creek_Valley/01_Grabe/Zybach_1990.pdf.
Lorna Mae Grabe, nee Dohrer, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1928. She attended Iowa City High School and taught school for a few years. In 1950, she and Don Grabe were married; they later had three children. In 1968, the couple moved to Corvallis, Oregon, where Grabe studied art at Linn-Benton Community College. She became involved in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, which was formed to preserve the Soap Creek Schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. She died in 1993.
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This oral history interview with Lorna Grabe was conducted by Bob Zybach at Grabe's home in Corvallis, Oregon, on December 28, 1989. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon.
In this interview, Grabe discusses her family background and early life in Iowa City, Iowa. She then talks about her marriage to Don Grabe and about his career, and she describes how they came to live in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1968. She describes life in the Soap Creek Valley area, including other families in the area and recreational activities, particularly bird watching. She speaks at length about her involvement in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, including the history of the foundation, the preservation work it has sponsored for the schoolhouse, and other members of the foundation. She also speaks about the use of wildflowers in its landscaping and discusses the story of a ghost haunting a barn in the area. She closes the interview by talking about the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation's accomplishments and plans for the future, and by discussing the changes in the Soap Creek Valley from 1968 to the time of the interview in 1989.
Sarah Stroman
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Interview was also printed as a monograph, "Lorna Grabe: family history and story of the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation," published by OSU Research Forests, College of Forestry, 1990.
Lorna Mae Grabe, nee Dohrer, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1928. She attended Iowa City High School and taught school for a few years. In 1950, she and Don Grabe were married; they later had three children. In 1968, the couple moved to Corvallis, Oregon, where Grabe studied art at Linn-Benton Community College. She became involved in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, which was formed to preserve the Soap Creek Schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. She died in 1993.
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Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Lorna Grabe was conducted by Bob Zybach at Grabe's home in Corvallis, Oregon, on December 28, 1989. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. In this interview, Grabe discusses her family background and early life in Iowa City, Iowa. She then talks about her marriage to Don Grabe and about his career, and she describes how they came to live in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1968. She describes life in the Soap Creek Valley area, including other families in the area and recreational activities, particularly bird watching. She speaks at length about her involvement in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, including the history of the foundation, the preservation work it has sponsored for the schoolhouse, and other members of the foundation. She also speaks about the use of wildflowers in its landscaping and discusses the story of a ghost haunting a barn in the area. She closes the interview by talking about the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation's accomplishments and plans for the future, and by discussing the changes in the Soap Creek Valley from 1968 to the time of the interview in 1989.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Lorna Mae Grabe, nee Dohrer, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1928. She attended Iowa City High School and taught school for a few years. In 1950, she and Don Grabe were married; they later had three children. In 1968, the couple moved to Corvallis, Oregon, where Grabe studied art at Linn-Benton Community College. She became involved in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, which was formed to preserve the Soap Creek Schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. She died in 1993.
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Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Lorna Grabe was conducted by Bob Zybach at Grabe's home in Corvallis, Oregon, on December 28, 1989. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. In this interview, Grabe discusses her family background and early life in Iowa City, Iowa. She then talks about her marriage to Don Grabe and about his career, and she describes how they came to live in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1968. She describes life in the Soap Creek Valley area, including other families in the area and recreational activities, particularly bird watching. She speaks at length about her involvement in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, including the history of the foundation, the preservation work it has sponsored for the schoolhouse, and other members of the foundation. She also speaks about the use of wildflowers in its landscaping and discusses the story of a ghost haunting a barn in the area. She closes the interview by talking about the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation's accomplishments and plans for the future, and by discussing the changes in the Soap Creek Valley from 1968 to the time of the interview in 1989.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
Lorna Mae Grabe, nee Dohrer, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1928. She attended Iowa City High School and taught school for a few years. In 1950, she and Don Grabe were married; they later had three children. In 1968, the couple moved to Corvallis, Oregon, where Grabe studied art at Linn-Benton Community College. She became involved in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, which was formed to preserve the Soap Creek Schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. She died in 1993.
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Tape 2, Side 1. This oral history interview with Lorna Grabe was conducted by Bob Zybach at Grabe's home in Corvallis, Oregon, on December 28, 1989. The interview was conducted as part of the Soap Creek Valley History Project, which was conducted by the Oregon State University Research Forests to better understand the history, ecology, and culture of the Soap Creek Valley in Benton County, Oregon. In this interview, Grabe discusses her family background and early life in Iowa City, Iowa. She then talks about her marriage to Don Grabe and about his career, and she describes how they came to live in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1968. She describes life in the Soap Creek Valley area, including other families in the area and recreational activities, particularly bird watching. She speaks at length about her involvement in the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, including the history of the foundation, the preservation work it has sponsored for the schoolhouse, and other members of the foundation. She also speaks about the use of wildflowers in its landscaping and discusses the story of a ghost haunting a barn in the area. She closes the interview by talking about the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation's accomplishments and plans for the future, and by discussing the changes in the Soap Creek Valley from 1968 to the time of the interview in 1989.
Soap Creek Valley History Project Oral Histories (OH 006), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Copyright for this interview is held by Oregon State University. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.