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Oral history interview with Charmaine Ashcraft, June 3, 1999

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In 1908, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd opened a home in Wallingford for orphaned girls and troubled girls. For over 65 years, the Home of the Good Shepherd provided young women with shelter, counseling, and job training. The home closed in 1973. The buildings are now called Good Shepherd Center and are used by many community groups.

Interview with Charmaine (Char) Nissen Ashcraft, a former resident and later, a teacher, at the Home of the Good Shepherd. Toby Harris conducted this interview for the Home of the Good Shepherd Oral History Project on June 3, 1999.

This oral history interview may contain sensitive material, which may be upsetting particularly to survivors of past abuse.
ID Number: 2002.39.1
Date: 1999
Creator(s): Ashcraft, Charmaine, Interviewee; Harris, Toby, Interviewer
Physical Description: 3 sound cassette : analog + 1 transcript (49 pages)
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute of Museum and Library Services grant and inventoried as part of a 2018 4Culture Collections Care grant.
View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv344726
Audio interview online in University of Washington's Digital Collections at: https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsmohai/id/15806
Credit: MOHAI, Home of the Good Shepherd Oral History Project, 2002.39.1
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