Oral history interview with Mabel L. Krahmer

Collection

Identifier: SR 24

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Mabel L. Krahmer was conducted by Elizabeth Buehler on December 29, 1982, in Hillsboro, Oregon, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library’s oral history program. Krahmer’s daughter, Mildred Hubbard, was also present and contributed to the interview.

In this interview, Krahmer discusses her early life in Gaston, Oregon, and speaks about teaching at the one-room school in Gaston after earning a teaching credential at the Oregon State Normal School (now Western Oregon University) in Monmouth in 1902. She talks about her marriage to Herman F. Krahmer in 1906, and about his blacksmithing business. She describes life in early 20th-century Gaston, including early automobiles in the town, farming in the area, and people who lived there. She closes the interview by talking about the house she lived in, and about raising a family in Gaston.

Dates

1982 December 29

Creator

Krahmer, Mabel L. (Mabel LeClair), 1895-1982 (Interviewee, 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

Mabel LeClair Krahmer, nee Rolston, was born in Blooming, Washington, in 1885, and grew up in Gaston, Oregon. In 1902, she earned a teaching certificate at the Oregon State Normal School (now Western Oregon University) in Monmouth, and became a teacher in Gaston. In 1906, she and Herman F. Krahmer were married; they later had two children. Mabel Krahmer died in 1982.

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

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (49 min., 30 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Mabel L. Krahmer conducted by Elizabeth Beuhler on December 29, 1982. Krahmer discusses her life in Gaston, Oregon, and speaks about teaching at the one-room school in Gaston, beginning in 1902.