Scholer, Margaret (Oral history)

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Object description

British civilian in Shrewsbury, GB, 1939-1945; married American serviceman and emigrated to US, 1946.

Content description

Recording contains racist and discriminatory language REEL 1: Aspects of period in Shrewsbury, GB, 1939-1945: family; employment; attitude of local civilians to presence of US soldiers; story of meeting future husband in Red Cross club; reputation of GIs; reaction to seeing first Black soldiers; relations between British and US troops; parents' reaction to marrying US serviceman; story of marriage, 22/Jun/1944; problem of husband's illness; US military procedure for allowing marriage including visit to home by Commanding Officer; story of US ambulance delivering food to home on wedding day; description of wedding dress; story of wedding, reception and honeymoon in Llangollen; reaction of husband's mother to marriage; attitude to living in US REEL 2 Continues: description of living conditions with parents and husband's domestic arrangements; story of visiting base for dance; attitude to long periods of separation from husband; description of preparations for journey to US; allowed to take $40; story of being sent to camp at Tidworth with other GI brides; attitude to wearing label; opinion of medical examination; problem of lack of information about life in US; story of friend refusing to join husband in US; description of ten day voyage aboard the John Ericsson to New York, 1946. Aspects of period in US and GB, 1946-1986: first impressions of New York; confined to ship over weekend; description of train journey to Chicago; story of shopping at Marshall Fields; description of train journey to Sacramento; opinion of NCO in charge of British wives; story about sight-seeing tour of Sacramento REEL 3 Continues: description of train journey to Oregon; story of meeting husband's family and reaction to seeing husband in civilian clothes for the first time; various memories of husband's family; husband's employment as carpenter in navy yard; description of accommodation in beach cabin in Shelton; story of husband re-joining US Army; moved to Tacoma; story of living at YWCA following husband's posting; story of joining husband after posting to England and voyage aboard Queen Elizabeth to Southampton; problem of homesickness and reaction of husband; attitude of Americans to British and language differences; adjustment to climate; story of husband suffering cerebral haemorrhage; attitude to taking becoming US citizen.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Stovold, Jan R (Recorder)
Scholer, Margaret (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1986-10-06
Dimensions: whole: Duration 90, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 9441

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Scholer, Margaret
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31/6(73)
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GB, England
US
Associated keywords

Black Americans in Britain
Black Americans

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