Series

Interview with Ruth Cave (Interview 19)

• 1976 (Creation)

1.75 audiocassettes; 1 hr., 15 min., 37 sec.

In this interview, Ruth Cave discusses her work as head teacher at day care centers funded by the Lanham Act of 1940 in Portland, Oregon, during World War II. She talks about some of the children she worked with in Portland; speaks about her teaching methods; and discusses the training available for early childhood educators during the 1940s. She describes some of the children's crafts and activities in the day care centers. She talks about the staff at and the services offered by the day care centers. She compares the Lanham-funded nurseries with the Kaiser day care centers. She speaks about the sanitation protocols at the Lanham-funded day cares. Incomplete transcript available (27 pages). The end of the recording is on Side 1 of a shared cassette. The next interview, with Frances M. Brandon, also begins on Side 1 of the cassette.

Joint copyright for audio recordings in the collection is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estates of each interviewee. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

• English

• Shipbuilding industry--Oregon--Portland
• World War, 1939-1945--Women--Oregon--Portland
• Women--Employment--Oregon--Portland
• Day care centers--Oregon--Portland--History

• Skold, Karen Beck (Contributor)
• Women's Advisory Committee (Portland, Or.) (Subject)
• Henry J. Kaiser Company (Subject)
• Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation (Subject)

• Interviews