Abstract
| Nuttleman discusses the following topics: Grandparents’ immigration from Germany, transportation from New York to Wisconsin, 1850s, maternal grandparents’ farm between Barre Mills and St. Joseph’s Ridge, Wisconsin—Electricity in home, ca. 1915, discipline at home, 1900s-1910s, Medary, Wisconsin—Farming, housework, farmhands, childbirth at home, house calls, Dr. Beckman, Dr. Evans, telephone, ca. 1904, newspapers, Medary, Wisconsin—Childhood daily schedule, chores, farmhouse rooms, parlor, kerosene lamps, house lights, 1900s-1910s, Medary, Wisconsin—Books, farm accident, mother’s housework, baking, mother’s work as maid in Chicago, ironing, 1880s—Attending church, horse and buggy, St. Joseph’s School, La Crosse, Wisconsin, eighth grade classes, ca. 1914—Smith Valley School, Medary, Wisconsin, country school, discipline at school, 1905-1912—Relationship between Protestants and Catholics in Medary and La Crosse, Wisconsin, ca. 1910s-1920s—Basket socials (women prepare baskets or boxes of food, men bid for the basket, the highest bidder goes on a date with the woman who prepared the basket), school fundraising, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin area, Dawson family, Dr. Herman E. Wolf (1879-1950)—Home remedies, Watkins Man (door-to-door salesman for J. R. Watkins Company, est. 1868), 1905—Childhood games, ca. 1900s—Christmas tree, Christmas traditions, presents, candy, J. R. Watkins Company (est. 1868), door-to-door salesmen, fish peddlers, food preservation, milk collection, ice collection—Social visiting, friends, dating, Central High School, La Crosse, Wisconsin, driving horse and buggy to school, high school events, ca. 1915-1918—World War One (1914-1918), German-American farming community, wheatless days, flour mill in Chaseburg, Wisconsin, German language instruction in Central High School curriculum, La Crosse Wisconsin, ca. 1917—Decision to go to college, nursing, La Crosse Normal School, boarding in La Crosse, Wisconsin, ca. 1919-1922. |
Content | 00:00:41—Grandparents’ immigration from Germany, transportation from New York to Wisconsin, 1850s, maternal grandparents’ farm between Barre Mills and St. Joseph’s Ridge, Wisconsin |
00:07:54—Electricity in home, ca. 1915, discipline at home, 1900s-1910s, Medary, Wisconsin |
00:10:10—Farming, housework, farmhands, childbirth at home, house calls, Dr. Beckman, Dr. Evans, telephone, ca. 1904, newspapers, Medary, Wisconsin |
00:14:17—Childhood daily schedule, chores, farmhouse rooms, parlor, kerosene lamps, house lights, 1900s-1910s, Medary, Wisconsin |
00:18:28—Books, farm accident, mother’s housework, baking, mother’s work as maid in Chicago, ironing, 1880s |
00:21:59—Attending church, horse and buggy, St. Joseph’s School, La Crosse, Wisconsin, eighth grade classes, ca. 1914 |
00:25:12—Smith Valley School, Medary, Wisconsin, country school, discipline at school, 1905-1912 |
00:30:10—Relationship between Protestants and Catholics in Medary and La Crosse, Wisconsin, ca. 1910s-1920s |
00:31:31—Basket socials (women prepare baskets or boxes of food, men bid for the basket, the highest bidder goes on a date with the woman who prepared the basket), school fundraising, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin area, Dawson family, Dr. Herman E. Wolf (1879-1950) |
00:38:49—Home remedies, Watkins Man (door-to-door salesman for J. R. Watkins Company, est. 1868), 1905 |
00:41:34—Childhood games, ca. 1900s |
00:42:58—Christmas tree, Christmas traditions, presents, candy, J. R. Watkins Company (est. 1868), door-to-door salesmen, fish peddlers, food preservation, milk collection, ice collection |
00:50:28—Social visiting, friends, dating, Central High School, La Crosse, Wisconsin, driving horse and buggy to school, high school events, ca. 1915-1918 |
00:56:03—World War One (1914-1918), German-American farming community, wheatless days, flour mill in Chaseburg, Wisconsin, German language instruction in Central High School curriculum, La Crosse Wisconsin, ca. 1917 |
01:00:55—Decision to go to college, nursing, La Crosse Normal School, boarding in La Crosse, Wisconsin, ca. 1919-1922 |