| Title | Transcript of interview with Mrs. Violet Updike, July 16, 1975 |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1975 |
| Authors | Oregon State University Jouralism Department,, Judith Carol Carlson, Francois Archibald Gilfillan, Thurman James Starker, and August Leroy Strand |
| Secondary Title | Oregon Pioneers Oral History Collection, 1975-1976 (bulk 1975) |
| Pagination | 19 p. |
| Institution | Oregon Pioneers Oral History Collection (OH 01), Oregon State University Archives |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Call Number | Special Collections and Archives Available , Main Collection ; SCARC-OH 01 |
| Keywords | Aquatic invertebrate, bivalves, commercial fisheries – shellfish, Craigie Point, historical, mollusks, Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), Oyster City, Oysterville, Toledo (Or.), Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | This oral history gives a delightful look into early days on Yaquina Bay, especially of the oyster industry, in which the speaker’s father participated. Daily life and education are featured. Mrs. Updike was an early teacher in Lincoln County. The interview was originally tape-recorded as part of a journalism project at Oregon State University to commemorate the American bicentennial. While the tape has deteriorated, a transcript of the interview is available by contacting the University Library’s Special Collections and Archives department: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/ . |
