Transcripts of tape recorded interviews of Velva Diede Walden, circa Christmas 1984, for the book, To the best of my memory / compiled and edited by Sara Walden, [1985?].

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Transcripts of tape recorded interviews of Velva Diede Walden, circa Christmas 1984, for the book, To the best of my memory / compiled and edited by Sara Walden, [1985?].

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Contains typed transcriptions of interviews done by Sara Walden with her mother-in-law, Velva Walden. Discussions center around family life, her German-Russian ancestry with the last three sections devoted to her life in Washington, California and Oregon. Homes in Washington included Ellensburg and Kelso, in California they lived at Gridley, Pittsburg and Antioch, and Coos Bay Oregon. Much of the material appears verbatim in her published book.

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North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies

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Walden, Sara Cowles.

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Walden, Velva Magdalena Diede, 1915-

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Velva Diede was born in 1915 near Antelope in Stark County, N.D. After teaching a number of years, she moved to Washington. In 1940 she married Clarence Walden, also a teacher. They moved to Gridley, Calif. in 1942 and in 1971 to Coos Bay, Oregon. From the description of Transcripts of tape recorded interviews of Velva Diede Walden, circa Christmas 1984, for the book, To the best of my memory / compiled and edited by Sara Walden, [1985?]. (North Dakota State University Library). Worl...