Collection

Oral history interview with Mabel L. Krahmer

• 1982-12-29 (Creation)

0.1 cubic feet; 1 audiocassette (49 min., 30 sec.)

This oral history interview with Mabel L. Krahmer was conducted by Elizabeth Buehler on December 29, 1982, in Hillsboro, Oregon, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library's oral history program. Krahmer's daughter, Mildred Hubbard, was also present and contributed to the interview.

In this interview, Krahmer discusses her early life in Gaston, Oregon, and speaks about teaching at the one-room school in Gaston after earning a teaching credential at the Oregon State Normal School (now Western Oregon University) in Monmouth in 1902. She talks about her marriage to Herman F. Krahmer in 1906, and about his blacksmithing business. She describes life in early 20th-century Gaston, including early automobiles in the town, farming in the area, and people who lived there. She closes the interview by talking about the house she lived in, and about raising a family in Gaston.

Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

• English

Preferred citation: Oral history interview with Mabel L. Krahmer, by Elizabeth Buehler, SR 24, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

An incomplete transcript (24 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition.

Sarah Stroman

• Gaston (Or.)--20th century
• Blacksmiths--Oregon--Gaston
• Rural schools--Oregon--Gaston
• Teachers--Oregon--Gaston

• United States » Oregon » Washington County (Or.) » Gaston (Or.)

• Buehler, Elizabeth, 1921-2015 (Contributor)
• Krahmer, Herman F., 1877-1954 (Subject)
• Hubbard, Mildred H. (Mildred Helen), 1908-2001 (Subject)

• oral histories (literary genre)
• Interviews