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Title
Gladys Whipple Goode Oral History Interview (1 of 2)
Description
A native Oregonian, Gladys Whipple Goode spent most of her life here, but did move out of state to attend college and later to accept a job as the head of a department at a university in Illinois. After returning to Oregon, she married Delmer Goode, a fellow instructor and editor of publications for OAC. For a time, Goode taught at the college in the Home Arts Department. She and her husband officially settled in Corvallis in 1928, where both were active members of the community. In Goode’s first interview, she begins with what background information she can recall about her parents’ families.
She speaks at length about her maternal grandfather’s unfortunate loss of his bridge company to an uncouth business partner. It was ill-timed because her grandmother had cancer at that time. Shifting the focus from tragedy, Goode speaks about her parents and her siblings. She talks about her father’s work as an engineer for the railroad. The interview later segues into her activities as a teenager in Portland, which would inspire her to become a librarian. According to Goode, she was a branch librarian for two years.
She speaks at length about her maternal grandfather’s unfortunate loss of his bridge company to an uncouth business partner. It was ill-timed because her grandmother had cancer at that time. Shifting the focus from tragedy, Goode speaks about her parents and her siblings. She talks about her father’s work as an engineer for the railroad. The interview later segues into her activities as a teenager in Portland, which would inspire her to become a librarian. According to Goode, she was a branch librarian for two years.
Creator
Gladys Whipple Goode
Source
Horner Museum Oral History Collection
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
July 24, 1979
Contributor
Jennifer Lee
Format
Digitized Audiocassette
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
OH10-goode-gladys-19790724
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Jennifer Lee
Interviewee
Gladys Whipple Goode
Location
Goode residence, Corvallis, Oregon
Original Format
Audiocassette
Duration
1:48:54
OHMS Object
Interview Format
audio