Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse

Collection

Identifier: SR 9561

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on January 26, 1977, as part of the oral history program at the society’s research library. Hildreth H. Lupton was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview.

In this interview, Lupton reads from Krausse’s memoir. Krausse then discusses her family background and early life in the King’s Hill area in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland. She also talks about spending summers in Long Beach, Washington.

Dates

1977 January 26

Creator

Krausse, Margaret B. (Margaret Bronaugh), 1896-1987 (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 Margaret B. Krausse. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Margaret Bronaugh Krausse, nee Margaret Bronaugh, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1896. In 1922, she and Rudolph Kinsey Krausse were married; they later had one child. She died in 1987.

Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Krausse in her interview.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (12 min., 41 sec.) + transcript (7 pages))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 26, 1977. Krausse discusses her early life in the King’s Hill area in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, and talks about spending summers in Long Beach, Washington.