Anna Kathryn Witt (1895-1988) oral history
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- Creators:
- Witt, Anna Kathryn, 1895-1988, Interviewee
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Maselli, Briggs , Interviewer
- Media Type:
- Audio
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- Item Type:
- Audiocassettes
- Description:
- Interview with Anna Witt by Briggs Maselli in Wilmette on December 9, 1975.
Abstract:
Sold milk from 800 block of Forest Avenue
Moved to Harms Road on Lake Avenue farm (Wilmette Golf Club grounds)
Returned to Wilmette — bottling plant — ice house eventually sold to Bowman Dairy Co.
Mother’s role — horse and buggy — run away!
School at Lake/Waukegan Road
German background of Mother
Central School experience
East-west Wilmette rivalries
Clothing of children around 1910
Violin lessons for a milk bill
Marriage — Plochman’s mustard
Tornado — Palm Sunday- 1920
“New library” - 1950
Miss Siniff — 1953 — Mrs. Witt and her work for Wilmette Library to present — 1981
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmette, Illinois
- Date of Original:
- December 9, 1975
- Subject(s):
- Local identifier:
- R977.31 WI
- Language of Item:
- English
- Copyright Statement:
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date:
- 1975
- Copyright Holder:
- Wilmette Public Library
- Copyright Holder Contact Information:
- 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
U.S.A.
- Recommended Citation:
- Witt, Anna Kathryn, and Briggs Maselli. Anna Witt. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1975.
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Wilmette Public Library
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Agency street/mail address 1242 Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette, IL
60091-2558
U.S.A.
Phone: 847-256-6930
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