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Oral history interview with Frances S. Charlton and Mary H. Clair [Sound Recording 01]
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- 1977-02-02 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:31:46
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Frances Spaulding Charlton, nee Frances E. Spaulding, was born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1905. She graduated from Mills College in Portland, Oregon. In 1930, she and David Barry Charlton were married; they later had four children. She served on the boards of the Women's Convalescent Home and the Portland Mills College Alumnae. She died in 1977.
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Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with sisters Frances S. Charlton and Mary H. Clair was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on February 2, 1977, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library.
In this interview, Charlton and Clair discuss their early life living with their grandparents in the King's Hill neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. They describe the house they lived in, talk about other families in the neighborhood, and discuss the manners and customs of wealthy people in early 20th-century Portland. They talk about spending summers in Ocean Beach, Washington, and winters in Santa Barbara, California. They also share their experiences during the 1918 flu pandemic. They talk about their education and lessons, about their leisure activities, and about businesses in the neighborhood.
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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estates of Frances S. Charlton and Mary H. Clair. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
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- English
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- Digregorio, Charles (Contributor)