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Title	Arta Lawrence Interview
Date	1980-07-18
Interviewee	Lawrence, Arta
Description	Interview by Linda Mariz as part of Washington Women's Heritage Project .Interview topics include : Geographic Locations: Olympia, Tenino, Bellingham, Davenport, Cheney, Marietta. Outside of WA: San Jose, California; LaGrande, Oregon Subjects: Interview begins with memories of Lawrence's teacher and pioneer parents who migrated to Washington Territory in 1888 from Ohio. Interview continues with family history in Davenport, WA., school, family finances, Normal School, University of Washington, teaching degree, library science degree, women in advanced education, educational theory, Progressive Education Movement, influenced by Horace Mann, John Dewey. Intuitive teaching (not from books) including more of the arts, teaching in rural areas. Standardized testing member of the 20th Century Club in Bellingham, mentions Helen Keller guest lecturer at Beck's Theater. Women's Suffrage, Tuskegee Singers, Booker T. Washington's visits, racial issues, Judge Lindsey's visit, gangs, lecture by Senator LaFollettes, relations between WWU and the Bellingham community, YWCA and affiliations with WWU, Seabeck summer camp/YWCA, Easter Seal Society member and fundraiser, Senior Activities Program formed from ESS, grant agencies, Senior Citizen's Center, other services for the elderly…White House Conference on Aging, reports on nursing homes in Whatcom County, social services in Whatcom County, philanthropic activities in Bellingham, development of the orthopedic wing of St. Joseph's Hospital.
Listen to Audio	Audio available online. Click here to listen to interview clip 1: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/LawrenceA19800718-1a.mp3 (30:48) Click here to listen to interview clip 2: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/LawrenceA19800718-1b.mp3 (30:48) Click here to listen to interview clip 3: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/LawrenceA19800718-2a.mp3 (11:27)
Transcript	Transcript available in-house.
Contributors	Mariz, Linda
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 (2 tapes, 60 minutes each) digitized as 44.1kHz (16 bit) WAV file (Archival Copy), with access copy saved in mp3 format.
Date of Digital Object	2007-03-15 and 2007-03-16
Identifier	LawrenceA19800718
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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