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Title	Jennie Elenbaas Interview
Date	1980-07-16
Interviewee	Elenbaas, Jennie
Description	Interview by Kathryn Anderson as part of Washington Women's Heritage Project Interview topics include : Geographic Locations: Holland; Detroit, Michigan; Vancouver, BC; Everson, Washington Subjects: Family immigration from Holland, housework, farming, midwifery, migration west from Michigan by train for "golden opportunity" that was promised by land agents in the Midwest, Dutch language and barriers when moved to WA, gender roles relating to chores, sewing since childhood; occupations: sewing; meat preparation, canning, cheese making, Bellingham roads made of split logs, Guide Meridian description, food harvesting and storage, bread making, recreation including hayrides, camping, singing, church activities; farm equipment, school memories, dating, correspondence with husband when he was in Navy, mothering, child birth, child rearing, flu epidemic after WWI, illness, women’s hairstyles and reputation, hair care, women socializing.
Listen to Audio	Audio available online. Click here to listen to interview clip 1: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/ElenbaasJ19800716-1a.mp3 (30:45) Click here to listen to interview clip 2: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/ElenbaasJ19800716-1b.mp3 (30:35) Click here to listen to interview clip 3: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/ElenbaasJ19800716-2a.mp3 (30:01)
Transcript	Full transcript available at http://west.wwu.edu/cpnws/findingaids/cpnws/transcripts/wwhp/ElenbaasJ19800716transcript.pdf
Contributors	Anderson, Kathryn
Collection Name	Washington Women's Heritage Project records
Repository	Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University
Additional Information	For more information about this resource, contact the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123. Tel: (360) 650-7747. Please cite the Identifier name/number.
Document Type	oral histories (document genres)
Language	Materials entirely in English.
Digital Collection	Washington Women's History Consortium- Oral Histories
Digital Format	Audio cassette recording (two tapes, 60 minutes and 30 minutes) digitized as 44.1kHz (16 bit) WAV file (Archival Copy), with access copy saved in mp3 format.
Date of Digital Object	2007-02-28
Identifier	ElenbaasJ19800716
Grant Project	Funding to digitize this resource was made available by a grant from the Washington State Legislature to the Washington Women's History Consortium.
Publisher	Published by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Rights	Permission to publish or display this resource must be obtained from the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University.
Subject	Women--Washington (State)--History--Sources
Geographic Subject	Washington (State)

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