Soap Creek Valley · Person
Wilma "Willie" Rohner
Wilma "Willie" Rohner— narrator, photographer, mentioned in the Soap Creek Valley oral history series.
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Provenance
- Dates
- 1925 – 1998
- Work
- farmer; photographer of the appendix Camp Adair photographs
- Home site
- Rohner Farm, northern slope of Coffin Butte, Benton County, Oregon
- Interview focus
- Military occupation
- Where this comes from
- #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner, title page, narrator profile; the 1999 thesis, p. 39, Table 4 (informant profile); the 1999 thesis, p. 39, born (from Table 4 lifetime); the 1999 thesis, p. 39, died (from Table 4 lifetime); #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner, p. 114, contributors / front matter credit; #10 Velma Carter Rawie, p. 56, contributors / front matter credit; #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner, p. 115, photograph credit; #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner, p. 116, photograph credit; #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner, p. 117, photograph credit; #5 John Jacob & Wilma Rohner, p. 118, photograph credit; SCARC OH 006 finding aid: interview dates and cassette counts; the 1999 thesis, p. 5, p. 20, p. 22, p. 39, p. 42, p. 45, p. 46, p. 47, p. 50, p. 56, p. 62, p. 68, p. 76, p. 84, p. 89, p. 90, p. 95, p. 101, p. 102, p. 106, p. 108, p. 115, p. 119, p. 120, p. 121, p. 122, p. 124, p. 136, p. 143, p. 146, p. 148, p. 152, p. 153, p. 154, p. 190, p. 192, p. 193, p. 198, p. 199, p. 230, p. 237, p. 253, p. 319, people mentioned in the thesis; the 1999 thesis, p. 5, Table 1 citation rule: cited as (Rohner 1993), referenced as (Zybach 1993b), #05; 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
Sessions
- September 30, 1990 — Jake Rohner's home, Benton County, Oregon (afternoon)
Worked on
Family named in the transcripts
Dates they give
- December 8, 1923 — [WILMA] According to that article ["Harding Grass Hand Harvested," Oregon Country Life: December 8, 1923.], there was quite a few, Dad had some and Stump had some, and.
- 1930-1933 — [In 1930-33 we grew navy beans, 14-15 acres.
- 1930s — But before, it was just -- I mean when somebody seen a deer, like in the 1930's, everybody hollered and called the others, "Look, look there's a deer!" I mean, it was really something to see.
- late 1930s and 1940s — [WILMA] That was after your time, that was in the late '30's and '40's, when I was going to school.
- World War II — Probably finished 'em in World War II.
- 1941 — PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAMP ADAIR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WERE TAKEN BY WILLIE ROHNER IN 1941.
- 1941 — Just Bud and I pretty much at home alone, milking and stuff. And I was about 16, so Bud was about 12 I think. Had to be, yeah.
- 1941 — Ask Babe Studack, he got his mouth full of barley beards and it darned near killed him.
- August 6, 1941 — that was in August, Bud's birthday was August 6, so we were still out there in on August 6, I know we was.
- 1942 — it had to be not too much before the '40's, because Bud went to the 8th grade over here in Oakville in '42.
- July 1 — mine was July 1, but they wasn't there yet.
How to cite this item
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- As printed
- The Zybach Collection, Soap Creek Valley series: Wilma "Willie" Rohner (person record).
- This page
- Soap Creek Valley: Wilma "Willie" Rohner. America's School Trust Library, The Zybach Collection. https://schooltrusts.org/collections/zybach/soap-creek/people/wilma-rohner/
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