Little Girl in Wallowa Country

Collection

Identifier: Coll 494

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Delight C. Wiebe's reminiscences, re-typed by her daughter Rose Mary Schuette. The reminiscences detail Wiebe's childhood memories growing up on a ranch near Enterprise, Oregon, and in Elgin, Oregon, during the 1910s. Some family photographs are included. The reminiscences also include a preface by Schuette, explaining that they were based on letters that Wiebe wrote to the Enterprise Chieftain newspaper in the 1960s, and that she later wrote the combined reminiscences for publication but was unsuccessful in finding a publisher. The last two pages provide the lyrics to a song that Wiebe's father knew.

Dates

Creation: circa 1975; 2002

Creator

Wiebe, Delight C. (Delight Clawson), 1905-1986 (Person)
Schuette, Rose Mary, 1926- (Transcriber, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical Note

Delight Wiebe, nee Clawson, was born in 1905 in Walkerton, Indiana, but her family moved to Washington state when she was still an infant. The family moved to a ranch outside of Enterprise, Oregon, in 1913. In 1916, they moved to Elgin, Oregon, where Wiebe's father worked as school superintendent. Wiebe married Eli Wiebe (1900-1987) in 1923; the couple had three daughters, including Rose Mary (later Rose Mary Schuette). Wiebe later lived in Tillamook County, Oregon. She died in 1986.

Sources: Vital and census records on Ancestry.com.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Reminiscences of Delight C. Wiebe (nee Clawson, 1905-1986) about her childhood near Enterprise, Oregon, and in Elgin, Oregon, retyped by her daughter Rose Mary Schuette. Wiebe lived in eastern Oregon in the 1910s.