It’s just a small part of the transcript. But it’s stuck with Washington State University archivist Mark O’English.
He’s listened to dozens of hours of the tapes. And Helen McGreevy’s short discussion of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and her beloved George at Washington State College always gives him pause.
“There’s just something in her voice when she talks about him,” he says.
McGreevy was 77 in 1978 when she was interviewed for the Whitman County Historical Society’s oral history project.
She talks about her beau George like this: “One young man that I had gone with quite a bit, the young (Wieber) boy, had the flu and died … » More …
The Fallen Cougars Project memorializes soldiers and others with ties to Washington State University who gave their lives for the nation during World War II. It is a collaborative effort of WSU Department of History students and faculty.
Forty years ago, on a fateful day in May, a volcanic eruption—unprecedented in modern times—etched itself on the memories of Washingtonians from Vancouver to Pullman. » More ...
Lt. Adolphus W. Greely, commander of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, assessed the situation from the edge of the ice floe upon which he and his men were stranded.
It was dire.
They were adrift on a raft of ice, and it was 11 degrees Fahrenheit—cold for the time of year but not as low as the sub-zero temperatures they regularly experienced during their two years of exploration and data collection, … » More …
