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Oral history interview with Elizabeth Pollack Graff
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Graff discusses her childhood and education in Sparta, Wisconsin, and her life in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where her career as secretary to presidents of the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse spann...
Graff discusses her childhood and education in Sparta, Wisconsin, and her life in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where her career as secretary to presidents of the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse spanned over 40 years. She describes the campus and mentions university presidents George M. Snodgrass, Rexford Samuel Mitchell, and Samuel G. Gates, as well as professors and her husband Maurice Graff.
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- Creator
- interviewed by Howard Fredricks
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- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
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- 1978
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- 3 audiotape reels (approximately 300 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in. + 1 transcript (93 leaves ; 28 cm)+ 4 audiocassettes+1 DVD-ROM (sound ; 4 3/4 in.)
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- ocm45848908
- Family ancestry, grandparents, Germany, 1843-Grandfather, German carpenter, military, immigration, 1860s-Grandparents marriage, migration to Wisconsin-Grandparents, farming, Sparta, Wisconsin 1911- Absent father, meeting for the first time, age 11, 1926-Mother, only-parent waitressing-Earliest memories, grandmother, 1918-Sickness, flu epidemic story, Spanish Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919- Early education, enjoyment of school-Notable teachers, Violet Turner, Sparta, Wisconsin-Household duties, chores, cooking, Sparta, Wisconsin-Grandfather's death, family/personal emotional toll- Grandfather's pneumonia, cause of death-Religious affiliation, Lutheran, varying pastors-Childhood recreation, park games, hopscotch-Contrast of public and private schools-Parochial school, experiences, memories-Negative experience, Hazel Melcher, story-High school, early career aspirations, experiences- Sparta, Wisconsin, diverse population, 1910s-Early studies, Sparta Business College, 1933-Business college, curriculum, classes, work-Job offerings, River Falls, Wisconsin, La Crosse, Wisconsin-Comparing jobs, bosses-Welfare vouchers, office work, Great Depression 1929-1939
Subjects
- Graff, Elizabeth Pollack.
- Graff, Maurice Otto, 1907-
- Snodgrass, George M.
- Mitchell, Rexford Samuel.
- Gates, Samuel G.
- Wisconsin. State Teachers College (La Crosse)
- Wisconsin State College (La Crosse)
- Wisconsin State University (La Crosse)
- University of Wisconsin--La Crosse.
- Secretaries -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse.
- College presidents -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse.
- Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- Administration.
- Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- Employees.
- La Crosse (Wis.)