MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ORAL/EPISTOLARY HISTORY PROJECT
Christina's
World
Andrew Wyeth
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CHILDHOOD
The family house
1. What type of house did you live in as a child?
2. Were there other buildings on the same property?
3. If you moved during your childhood, tell where and when and what you can
remember of each house and the family circumstances and the reason for the
move.
4. In what room did you eat? Kitchen? Dining room?
5. How was your home heated?
6. Did you have a fireplace?
7. What kind of kitchen stove did your parents cook on?
8. What fuel was used?
9. Did you have to buy the fuel or was this a chore, such as cutting wood,
with
which you had to help?
10. Did you always have electricity? If not, when did you get it?
11. Did you ever use candles or kerosene lamps?
12. Did your family have a cellar? Where did you store food?
13. Where did your family get water? Was it plentiful? What methods were used
to
conserve water?
Source: questions gathered by Dick Eastman
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