Siam: Margaret's Letter: Language Exam, Madam Butterfly

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Title

Siam: Margaret's Letter: Language Exam, Madam Butterfly

Description

Margaret cannot trust the younger woman who was working for her. She passed her second year exam and was starting her third year. She got a new servant, very capable. Her mother was Siamese and her father a Czechoslovakian who left the family and never returned home. Margaret tells of Peggy learning her letters, and Bill wanting to be spanked. She talks about a dinner with the Bulkleys and the animals that Dr. Bulkley enjoyed. 

Creator

Landon, Margaret (1903-1993)

Date

January 1, 1930

Rights

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Format

.mp3

Identifier

LC55-09

Provenance

Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewee

Margaret Landon (1903-1993)

Duration

5:04

Sound File Location

Box 78: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles" Tapes 55-60

Clip Location

Hour 55, clip 9

Sub-Collection

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Main Collection

Series 1: Biographical

Citation

Landon, Margaret (1903-1993), “Siam: Margaret's Letter: Language Exam, Madam Butterfly,” Digital Exhibits of Wheaton College, accessed March 28, 2024, https://omeka.wheaton.edu/items/show/775.