Archive Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2014.11 |
Title |
Norman Priest Oral History |
Date |
ca. 1990-1998 |
Scope & Content |
In this short interview, Norman Priest discusses Hill's Grove, a dancehall that his grandfather, Wilbur Hills, built and operated on the family property. He also talks about the dairy farm. |
Orgnaizational or Biographical History |
Norman Priest was born June 26, 1912, grew up in South Windsor, Connecticut and graduated from Bates' College in Maine. He owned a dairy farm on his family's ancestral land on Sullivan Avenue in South Windsor. Priest died on March 16, 1998. |
Creator |
Priest, Norman |
Other Creators |
Cooke, June |
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Interviewer |
Cooke, June |
People |
Bushnell, Dr. Cooke, June Hills, Wilbur Priest, Norman |
Subjects |
Dance halls Livestock National Grange Rural families Tobacco farmers Veterinarians |
Search Terms |
1407 Sullivan Avenue Colts Band Hills Grove, Sullivan Avenue Humbug Club South Windsor Fire Department |