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Paul Bechtel Audio Interview, part 1

Paul Bechtel acted as Director of the Physical Plant at Central Washington University, 1957-1988.

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Marko Briski Audio Interview, part 1

Marko Briski (b. 1893) describes his family's immigration from Yugoslavia to Ronald, Washington, in 1915. He describes cultural customs, religion, school, farming, logging, musical traditions,…

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Stella Walsh Audio Interview, 1983, part 6

Stella Walsh discusses her family?s background in homesteading and running the Walsh sawmill in the Teanaway River Valley, Washington, until 1908, when they moved the mill to Lake Cle Elum. Walsh…

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Mary Fassero Audio Interview, part 1

Mary Fassero speaks about her family's Italian roots and involvement in lodges, mushrooming, holidays, seamstress work, hunting, and bocce ball. She describes her father's work as fire boss…

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Lylia and Marguerite Fay Audio Interview, part 4

Lylia and Marguerite Fay talk about Easton, Washington, including the Easton Tollgate; the McGuiness Homestead; and the development of travel, business, logging, and communications in Easton. They…

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Marie Burchak Audio Interview, part 3

Marie Budiselich Burchak (b. 1917 in Ronald, Washington) speaks about her family's Yugoslavian roots and cultural traditions. She describes schooling, cooking, languages, home remedies,…

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George and Mary Favero Audio Interview, part 2

George (b. October 9, 1920) and Mary Favero (b. February 1920) talk about their Italian roots and immigration to Roslyn, Washington, in the early 1900s. They describe ethnic traditions like…

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Lorraine Livero Audio Interview, part 2

Lorraine Livero talks about her parents, Alice Koch and Henry Richard, and their background in farming in the Swauk Creek area of Washington state. She talks about transportation and recreation in…

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Christina Malano Audio Interview, part 3

Christina Malano (b. 1911) was born in Roslyn, Washington, moved away when she was six, and moved back to Roslyn when she married in 1935. Both her father and husband, George Malano, worked in the…

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James (Jim) Larrigan Audio Interview, part 2

James (Jim) Larrigan talks about his parents, James (Jim) Larrigan, Sr., and Janette Hogan. He talks about his Canadian, Scottish, and Irish roots, and describes his childhood in the Ronald,…

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Angela Mrak Audio Interview, part 8

Angela Mrak (b. 1899 in Austria) immigrated to the United States in 1923 and moved to Ronald, Washington, in 1928. She discusses growing up in Austria, her move to the United States, finally settling…

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Josephine Rigek Audio Interview, part 9

Josephine Rigek speaks about her time working as an operator for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (later the Cle Elum Telephone Company) from 1920 to 1966. She talks about the history of…

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