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An Interview with Carroll Dolve: A Contribution to a Survey of Life and Structures on the Comstock

Carroll Gladding Dolve was born into a mining family in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1908. She grew up in Virginia City and attended the Fourth Ward School, graduating from there in 1925. Mrs. Dolve then moved to San Francisco to become a secretary and returned to Virginia City in 1973. Mrs. Dolve reminisces about her childhood experiences growing up on the Comstock with her brother and sister. Through her eyes the reader can glimpse the active life of children in Virginia City in the opening decades of the twentieth century. She also recounts the numerous household chores she observed her mother engage in while she grew up, and discusses the activities of an Indian woman who worked for her family. This gives the reader a rare glimpse into life of women on the Comstock and helps to round out the picture historians have drawn of work on the Comstock.

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