Carola Gough Life Story: Chronology
As a first step in attempting to write a book about Carola’s life, to carry out one of her own wishes, we need to assemble a detailed chronology of her life. This chronology should have dates and links to photographs, letters, stories, andecdotes, interviews, etc from which I will draw the content to edit the book.
Below is my (JSG) first pass at a chronology. If you can and would like to assist, I’ll add you to the editor list. Just email me.
Document Conventions
Please initial yourself when you make reference to yourself.
JSG = Josh
Resources
- NOTE: If these are too faded to read, you can use GIMP or Photoshop to adjust the “Curves” by dragging from the center to the right a small amount. If too many are that bad, LET ME KNOW, and I’ll write a quick batch command using ImageMagick to correct all of them and upoad those images)
- More will come on-line in due time.
- I’ll update this document to keep an inventory soon along with a “status”.
Personal Ancestry
Date | Description | Details (Notes, Links, Photos etc) |
| Downer Family History |
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| Particularly relevant ancestors (Artists, writers, etc?) |
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| Carola's great-grandparents |
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| Carola's grandparents |
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| Carola's parents |
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Life Chronology
Date | Description | Details (Notes, Links, Photos etc) |
| Birth in Washington State (Wenatchee county) |
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| Early childhood |
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| Elementary school |
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| High school |
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| Early exposure to art and education |
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| Meeting Elmo Eugene Gough | Include Letters and notes, images links |
| Art school in California |
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| Marriage |
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| Children |
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| Life in Alaska | - Artwork "In the evenings" from newspaper articles
- Creating children's book
- Newspaper articles
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| Life in California |
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| Moving to Africa | - Letters to and from Africa (See Flickr collection linked above so far)
- Teaching Art in Africa
- Attitude toward teaching (articles discuss her using anything available to create paints)
- Her personal attitude toward “others” contrasted with some of the other workers -- (Based on conversations on the pier in California when she was 96.)
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| Life in Colorado | - Painting in Colorado during late 80s and early 90s
- Newspaper articles
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| Death of husband at age 88 after 65 years of marriage |
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| Volunteering with children after husband's death |
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| 90th birthday party |
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| Climbing Amicalola falls at age 90 |
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| Breaking hip in Georgia |
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| Recovery from broken hip | - Her “Teddy Bear” journal contains her own writing about this experience
- JSG personal observation and writings of this process (self-determination, will to survive and thrive)
- Taking a painting lesson with her (prior to hip fracture)
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| Breaking hip again |
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| Moving to California |
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| Family reunion in April of 2007 and 96th birthday party | - Videos
- Photographs
- Spoken tributes
- “Virtual” art gallery
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| Stroke in July of 2007 |
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| Family visiting her |
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| JSG final visit with her (her incredible presence of mind to speak to me emphatically and the strength I draw from this) |
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| Legacy as an artist | - Her web site
- Where are her paintings?
- Future projects to commemorate her art and raise money for causes for community and art
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Non-Chronology-Specific Topics
- Artwork
- Awards
- Commendations
- Writings
- Films
- Interviews with her children
- Interviews with her grand-children
- Interviews with her great-grandchildren
- Interviews with her friends
- Eulogists speeches at her memorial service
- Lessons learned from her by her descendants
- Quotes from her