Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

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Identifier: SR 9608

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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 Gail H. Evans at Cabell’s home in Portland, Oregon, on May 4, 1978, as part of the Portland Neighborhood History Project. The project was conducted by Portland Parks and Recreation in the late 1970s, and consisted of interviews with people who moved to or lived in the Portland metropolitan area from the early to mid-1900s.

In this interview, Cabell discusses her life in the King’s Hill area of the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland after her marriage to Henry F. Cabell in 1931. She describes the house she lived in. She describes other houses in the area, talks about people who lived there, and speaks about business in the area. She also talks about her early life in the Portland Heights neighborhood, including riding the streetcar. She closes the interview by talking about how the neighborhoods have changed over her lifetime.

Dates

Creation: 1978 May 4

Creator

Cabell, Margaret M. (Margaret Malarkey), 1894-1985 (Interviewee, Person)
Evans, Gail H. (Interviewer, 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, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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 (53 min., 19 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell conducted by Gail H. Evans on May 4, 1978, as part of the Portland Neighborhood History Project. Cabell discusses her life in the King's Hill area of the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the early and mid-20th century.

Existence and Location of Copies

Audio available online in OHS Digital Collections.

Related Materials

Two additional oral history interviews with Margaret M. Cabell, SR 9390 and SR 9672, are also held at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

General

An incomplete transcript (29 pages) and a handwritten index (1 page) are available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.