Archive Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2014.09 |
Title |
Edith Vibert Oral History |
Date |
1976 May 28 |
Scope & Content |
The interviewer, John Koenig, was nine years old at the time of this interview and apparently conducted it as part of a school report. In this interview, Edith Miller Vibert discusses her experiences growing up in a farming family with two sisters. She talks about her childhood games and hobbies, about going to school in a one-room schoolhouse, about becoming a teacher, and her memories of the Flood of 1936. |
Orgnaizational or Biographical History |
Edith Miller Vibert was born February 15, 1902, the daughter of Richard and Ida Miller, and was raised in South Windsor, CT. She attended Barber Hill School and Rockville High School. After graduating high school, earned a teaching certificate, and became a schoolteacher. Later in life, she served as librarian of Wood Memorial Library. Edith Miller married J. Watson Bidwell, a dairy farmer, in 1926 and they later had two children. She died on March 18, 1979. |
Creator |
Vibert, Edith Miller |
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Interviewer |
Koenig, John |
Interview date |
1976-05-28 |
People |
Bidwell, Arline R. (Miller), 1904-2000 Doan, Mrs Koenig, John Miller, Agnes Miller, Ida Miller, Richard Penny, Bernice Vibert, Caroline Vibert, Edith Miller, 1902-1979 Vibert, J. Watson, 1897-1975 Vibert, Joseph W., Jr., 1927-2008 |
Subjects |
Childhood & youth Dairy farming Farm life Ford Model T automobile Games Poultry Rural families Tatting |
Search Terms |
1936 Flood Barber Hill School Maxwell family Rockville High School Rockville Hospital Rockville, CT |