Colleen Mahoney and Sharon Taylor Hall
Recorded
August 11, 2020
Archived
August 11, 2020
39:55 minutes
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Id:
mby019958
Description
Friends Colleen Mahoney (89) and Sharon Taylor Hall (81) talk about Sharon’s upbringing in various parts of the western US, Sharon's career as a linguistics and sculpture professor, and Sharon’s large, beautiful family.Subject Log / Time Code
CM asks STH where she was born and STH says she was born in Bend, Oregon but then talks about being on the road for awhile with her mother and “mentally ill” step father who was convinced people were chasing them could “run away from their ghosts”. STH was 8 years old.
STH talks about how her mother supported her step-father and how he abandoned them when the money ran out in Bakersfield.
STH talks about her career teaching linguistics and sculpture and describes how hard it was sometimes in her sculpture class.
STH describes her sister Muriel and how she was taken care of so well by her and says they are still so close.
STH describes her views on death and what might happen once you die.
STH talks about what inspired her to be a sculptor.
STH talks about her art that is on display in Lewiston.
STH names and describes the various members of her family.
STH and CM talk about the wedding of one of STH's children.
Participants
- Colleen Mahoney
- Sharon Taylor Hall