Oral history interview with Gisela Estes

Oral History

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2016.0005.0004

Scope and Content

Interview conducted in preparation for the 2016 Museum of the White Mountains' exhibition: “Taking the Lead: Women and the White Mountains” by students in the 2014 PSU American Women’s History course. Gisela Behrendt Estes was born in East Prussia, Germany and fled with her family from the Russian Army at the end of WWII. She grew up in what later became West Germany. After moving to Plymouth, NH in 1971, Gisela taught German at Plymouth State and led an effort that encouraged and assisted students to study, work, and live in Germany and Austria.

Collection

Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2016.0005

Source or Donor

Blaine, Marcia Schmidt

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Date Release Form Signed: 2014-05-05

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Memoir

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Women

Search Terms

White Mountains (New Hampshire : mountains), Plymouth (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Plymouth State University (Grafton county, New Hampshire : school), World War II, Childhood

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2017-03-07 Scan ID#: WM201700452, WM201700453