Oral history interview with Lynne E. Scott

Collection

Identifier: SR 3272

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Lynne E. Scott was conducted by an unidentified woman in May 1978. In this interview, Scott shares her memories of life in Brownsville, Oregon, from 1900 to 1909. She talks about her education and her recreational activities. She describes the houses her family lived in, and downtown Brownsville. She talks about her marriage to David Sterling and about their life in Cottage Grove. She also speaks about her family’s journey from Nebraska to Oregon in 1898.

Dates

1978 May

Creator

Scott, Lynne E. (Lynne Etta), 1886-1978 (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Lynne Scott. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Lynne Etta Scott, nee Linnie Etta Warner, was born in Hooper, Nebraska, in 1886. Her family came to Oregon in 1898, and settled in Brownsville around 1900. In 1904, she and David Sterling were married; they later had two children. She divorced in the 1930s, and in 1944, she and Walter Lee Scott were married. Scott was a teacher in Cottage Grove, where she had moved during her first marriage. She died in 1978.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (4 audiotape reels (1 hr., 19 min., 45 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lynne E. Scott conducted in May 1978. Scott shares her memories of life in Brownsville, Oregon, from 1900 to 1909, and also talks about her family’s journey from Nebraska to Oregon in 1898.