Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
Recorded
December 19, 2008
Archived
December 19, 2008
00:00 minutes
Audio not available
Interview ID: MBX004727
Description
Violet Hittle, 97, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Doreen Myers,50.Subject Log / Time Code
remembers her 5th Xmas; got a rocking chair and a doll; doll had real hair
Violet was the baby; brother loved her the best; her brother lived to be one hundred years old; story of her brother carrying her downstairs to see the Xmas tree
“impatience that was me”; job in Philadelphia; story of how she was hired; getting to work, running for the train
husband was beat as a child; description of her husband, “the golden boy”; abused as a child
“I’m proud of my life”; living to be one hundred years old; falling, “The older you get the harder it is when you fall.”
Participants
- Violet Hittle
- Doreen Myers
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- apprenticeships
- birth of first child
- Bowling
- card parties
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- craft, skills, and procedures
- Dancing
- family in-jokes
- family naming and nicknames
- German
- Germany
- Lifesavers
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- Philadelphia, PA
- pinochle
- pregnancy and pre-natal care
- school day memories
- Spouse
Subjects
- Achievements and Awards
- Birth
- Bosses
- Changes In Education
- Childcare
- Children
- Christmas
- Coming Of Age
- Dances
- Earliest Memories
- Extended Family
- First Job
- First Meetings
- Genealogy
- Immigration Stories
- Job Satisfaction
- Marriage
- Neighborhood Life
- Parents
- Schools
- Siblings
- Students
- Teachers
- Urban Life
- Workday Life