Difference between revisions of "Grimm, Roscoe J 1971-07-10"

From SWC Oral History Collection
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
Line 1: Line 1:
Roscoe Grimm, member of a pioneer Oklahoma  
+
Roscoe Grimm, member of a pioneer Oklahoma family, discusses his early life in Kansas and particularly Oklahoma during its transition to statehood. He continues with his activities  
family, discusses his early life in Kansas and particularly Oklahoma  
+
during and after World War I, and life and conditions during the Depression of the 1930s, the Oklahoma oil boom, and public attitudes between the world wars.  
during its transition to statehood. He continues with his activities  
 
during and after World War I, and life and conditions during the  
 
Depression of the 1930s, the Oklahoma oil boom, and public attitudes  
 
between the world wars.  
 
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
Line 18: Line 14:
 
'''Interviewer:''' David Nail
 
'''Interviewer:''' David Nail
  
'''Length:''' 1 hour, 15 minutes
+
'''Length:''' 01:21:24 (1 hour, 21 minutes)
  
  
Line 67: Line 63:
 
==Access Information==
 
==Access Information==
  
'''Original Recording Format:'''
+
'''Original Recording Format:''' 1/4" reel to reel audio tape
  
'''Recording Format Notes:'''
+
'''Recording Format Notes:''' digitized March 2016, audio CDs available for listening in Reading Room
  
'''Transcript:'''
+
'''Transcript:''' no
  
  
Line 78: Line 74:
 
{{UsageStatement}}
 
{{UsageStatement}}
  
[[Category: Needs Review ]]
+
[[Category: 1970s ]] [[Category: SWC Interviews]] [[Category: Family Life and Background]] [[Category: Agriculture]] [[Category: Great Depression]] [[Category: Dust Storms]] [[Category: Petroleum Industry]] [[Category: Insurance Business]] [[Category: World War II]] [[Category: World War I]]

Latest revision as of 15:50, 4 April 2016

Roscoe Grimm, member of a pioneer Oklahoma family, discusses his early life in Kansas and particularly Oklahoma during its transition to statehood. He continues with his activities during and after World War I, and life and conditions during the Depression of the 1930s, the Oklahoma oil boom, and public attitudes between the world wars.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Roscoe J. Grimm

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: July 10, 1971

Location: Enid, Oklahoma

Interviewer: David Nail

Length: 01:21:24 (1 hour, 21 minutes)


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Tells of early childhood experiences in Oklahoma, and Kansas, Effect of railroad coming to Carmen Oklahoma discussed, Father camped in Enid before its existence as a town, Education summarized, Taught by mother in grade school, Afterwards attended Enid Business College, Later returned and finished high school, Describes his attempts to enter military service during World War I.

Tape 1, Side 2: Blank

Tape 2, Side 1: Taught school briefly, Military service in Washington summarized, Early farming methods in Oklahoma discussed, Worked as a wheat elevator, Was an insurance agent during the 1930s, Dust storms of the 1930s described, Recalls a bank which refused to close during the bank holiday.

Tape 2, Side 2: Blank

Tape 3, Side 1: Depression of the 1930s discussed, Poverty of some people recalled, Describes oil boom in Oklahoma, States public attitude in Oklahoma toward presidents Woodrow, Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, Rationing during World War II mentioned.

Tape 3, Side 2: Blank

Range Dates: c. 1900-1945

Bulk Dates: 1917-1945


Access Information

Original Recording Format: 1/4" reel to reel audio tape

Recording Format Notes: digitized March 2016, audio CDs available for listening in Reading Room

Transcript: no



Thank you for your interest in this oral history interview. Our oral history collection is available to patrons in the Southwest Collection's Reading Room, located on the campus of Texas Tech University. For reading room hours, visit our website. Please contact Reference Staff at least one week prior to your visit to ensure the oral history you are interested in will be available. Due to copyright issues, duplications of our oral histories can only be made for family members. If an oral history transcript has been made available online, the link will be provided on this page. More information on accessing our oral histories is located here. Preferred citation style can be found here.