Soap Creek Valley · Person

Neil Elton Vanderburg

Neil Elton Vanderburg— narrator, interviewer, co-author, mentioned in the Soap Creek Valley oral history series.

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Provenance

Dates: 1923-07-09 – unknown
Work: Farmer, sawmill hand and timber faller; later farm owner near Independence, Oregon
Home site: Berry Creek, Benton County, Oregon (1935-1941); later Independence, Oregon
Interview focus: Sawmilling
Where this comes from: #8 Neil Vanderburg, p. 148, narrator profile; the 1999 thesis, p. 39, Table 4 (informant profile); #3 Donald Dickey, p. 1, contributors / front matter credit; #3 Donald Dickey, cover, contributors / front matter credit; #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner, vi, contributors / front matter credit; #3 Donald Dickey, session of August 18, 1990, session interviewer; SCARC OH 006 finding aid: interview dates and cassette counts; #8 Neil Vanderburg, p. 1, p. 27, p. 115, p. 137, p. 140, p. 148, p. 151, p. 152, p. 38, p. 47, p. 51, p. 53, p. 67, p. 77, p. 99, p. 129, p. 131, p. 135, p. 146, p. 149, printed back index; #14 Charles and Norman Hindes, p. 3, p. 2, printed back index; the 1999 thesis, p. 5, p. 20, p. 21, p. 22, p. 23, p. 26, p. 39, p. 46, p. 50, p. 62, p. 76, p. 84, p. 112, p. 119, p. 121, p. 124, p. 127, p. 128, p. 129, p. 130, p. 138, p. 198, p. 232, p. 235, p. 237, people mentioned in the thesis; the 1999 thesis, p. 5, Table 1 citation rule: cited as (Vanderburg 1995), referenced as (Zybach and Wisner 1995), #08; SCARC OH 006 finding aid, Scope and Content Notes; the 1999 thesis, p. 235, p. 236, p. 237, Appendix A, Table A.1 (monograph numbers and titles) and Table A.2 (page counts)
Accessioned: From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026

Home site

Plotted at The Vanderburg Place, as on Map 9 of the 1999 thesis.

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Sessions

August 18, 1990 — Green Valley Care Center, Eugene, Oregon Interviewers: Bob Zybach, Neil Vanderburg · interview
August 8, 1990 — 530 NW 15th [Street], the home of Bob Zybach, Corvallis, Oregon Interviewer: Bob Zybach · interview
September 1, 1990 — Soap Creek / Berry Creek, Benton County, Oregon (driving tour, stops A-P) Interviewer: Bob Zybach · tour
January 26, 1991 — Berry Creek and Oak Creek, Benton County, Oregon (driving/walking tour, stops Q-Z) Interviewer: Bob Zybach · tour
October 11, 1991 — the narrator's home, Independence, Oregon Interviewer: George Wisner · interview

Where others mention them

#8 Neil Vanderburg Narrator: Neil Elton Vanderburg p. 1, p. 27, p. 115, p. 137, p. 140, p. 151, p. 152, p. 38, p. 47, p. 51, p. 53, p. 67, p. 77, p. 99, p. 129, p. 131, p. 135
#14 Charles and Norman Hindes Narrator: Charles Hindes and Norman Hindes p. 3, p. 2

Family named in the transcripts

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In the Series Index

Vanderburg, Neil 14:2, 14:3
Vanderburg, Neil Elton [b. 1923] 08:1, 08:27, 08:38, 08:47, 08:51, 08:53, 08:67, 08:77, 08:99, 08:115, 08:129, 08:131, 08:135, 08:137, 08:140, 08:151, 08:152

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