Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

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Identifier: SR 9672

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Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

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Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell was conducted by Thomas Vaughan on August 31, 1979, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library’s oral history program.

In this interview, Cabell shares her memories of visiting the ranch owned by her grandfather, Thomas Burgess, in Bakeoven, Oregon. She discusses riding a stagecoach from Portland to Bakeoven, talks about the general store her grandfather ran, and speaks about daily life on the ranch. She looks at photographs of the Bakeover area and talks about them.

Dates

Creation: 1979 August 31

Creator

Cabell, Margaret M. (Margaret Malarkey), 1894-1985 (Interviewee, Person)
Vaughan, Thomas, 1924-2013 (Interviewer, 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 M. Cabell. 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 Malarkey Cabell, nee Margaret Malarkey, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1894. In 1914, she and Vernon Alexander Cartwright were married; they later had two children, then divorced in 1928. In 1931, she remarried to Henry Failing Cabell. She was a charter member of the Portland Garden Club, and later served as secretary and president of the club's board. She also served as director of the board of the Garden Club of America, and was involved in the founding of Portland's Japanese Garden, as well as a Portland chapter of the Bonsai Society. She was also member of the Junior League and a charter member of the Town Club. She died in 1985.

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

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (29 min., 40 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

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Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell conducted by Thomas Vaughan on August 31, 1979. Cabell shares her memories of visiting the ranch owned by her grandfather, Thomas Burgess, in Bakeoven, Oregon.