Mrs. F.R. Kirk (Elizabeth Crooks) 1883-1972
Mrs. Kirk was a member of a prominent Malone family whose husband, a succesful businessman died at a realively young age.
TAPE 1 Track 1
Family life; growing up in Malone in the 1890‟s; A.G. Crooks & Company wholesale grocer; house design and furniture; religion; gardening and landscape; hired help; primary education; girls‟ basketball team.
Tape 1 Track 1 (32.26 minutes)
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Track 2
Miss Fuller’s School for Girls; clothing; Sing Sing Prison; Episcopal Church service and Sunday School; music, dances, and other social events; marriage and honeymoon trip to Boston, New
York, and Pennsylvania; food and preservation; Frojoy ice cream company.
Tape 1 – Track 2 (32.18 minutes)
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