Originally featured in the May 8, 2015 Scout Report, we've decided to re-feature The Latah County Oral History Collection, which offers a fascinating view into life in northwestern Idaho in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The collection contains almost 600 hours of oral history recordings from 200 individuals. These interviews were collected by Sam Schrager in the 1970s - the project received support from the Latah County Historical Society and is housed in the University of Idaho Library (and made available online by the University of Idaho Digital Initiatives). Visitors can browse this collection by location (either by looking at place names or by exploring a map) or by people. The "people" section includes a detailed list of interview participants accompanied by short biographical descriptions. However, visitors may find that the collection is best explored by subject, where visitors can browse subject tags including railroads, religion, dances, lore, and moonshine. Visitors can listen to each interview in full, and interviews are indexed in detail so that listeners can quickly identify sections of interest.
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