Mabel Ella Campbell oral memoir

Collection

Identifier: SR 9664

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral memoir of Mabel Ella Campbell was recorded at Campbell’s home in Laguna Hills, California, on December 30, 1980.

In this recording, Campbell discusses the life and career of her father, John Montcalm Brown, a Methodist minister, and describes how the family came to Nehalem, Oregon, in 1912. She talks about her early life in Nehalem from 1912 to 1914, including her education and recreational activities. She describes the town, talks about the major industries of the area, and discusses the family’s daily activities. She talks about people who lived in the town, and shares her memories of attending funerals and weddings over which her father presided. She describes the Methodist church in Nehalem and talks about the community’s church activities, including Christmas celebrations. She describes moving with her family to Salem in 1914, and talks about churches her father worked at in other towns in Oregon.

Dates

1980 December 30

Creator

Campbell, Mabel Ella, 1902-2002 (Speaker, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Biographical note

Mabel Ella Campbell, nee Brown, was born in Linden, Indiana, in 1902. In 1912, she moved with her family to Nehalem, Oregon. Her family moved to Salem, Oregon, two years later, and to Southern California before 1920. In the 1920s, she and Harry Neal Dow Sweet were married; they later had two children. She later remarried to Gerald Paul Campbell, and changed her surname to Campbell. She died in 2002.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (21 min., 23 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral memoir by Mabel Ella Campbell, recorded on December 30, 1980. Campbell discusses the life and career of her father, Methodist minister John Montcalm Brown, and her life in Nehalem and Salem, Oregon, in the 1910s.