Oral history interview with Elvia W. King

Collection

Identifier: SR 9576

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Elvia W. King was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on October 18, 1976, as part of the oral history program at the society’s research library.

In this interview, King discusses the life of her father, William Tagg, and reads from a letter he wrote soon after he immigrated to Oregon from England in the 1880s. She talks about her early life on a farm in the Clatsop Plains community in Oregon, which is now part of Gearhart, including her recreational activities, other families who lived in the area, and her family’s guest house.

Dates

1976 October 18

Creator

King, Elvia W. (Elvia Wain), 1894-1989 (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 Elvia W. King. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Elvia Wain King, nee Tagg, was born in Oregon in 1894. In 1915, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Oregon Agricultural College, now Oregon State University. In 1918, she and William Olaff King were married; they later had four children. She died in 1989.

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

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (31 min., 23 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Elvia W. King conducted by Charles Digregorio on October 18, 1976. King discusses the life of her father, William Tagg, and her early life in the Clatsop Plains community, which is now part of Gearhart, Oregon.