Oral history collection, 1979.

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Oral history collection, 1979.

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Local history interviews, with an emphasis on the canals, include Olive Hamilton discussing dairying, churches, recreation, and her courtship; Fred Galster, Rev. Baden Mudge, Joseph Wentworth, and Wilbur Galster on canals, lock tenders, family life on the canals, and immigrants; Charles Andrews on farming, dairying, and family life; Clara Brown on girls' and women's farm activities, family history, and community life; Almira Kinne Mason on changes in the countryside with the growth of Syracuse; and Ruth Edwards Wilcox on the neighborhood around DeWitt, community life, the Underground Railroad, and education. Includes outlines of the tapes and partial transcripts of some stories.

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DeWitt Community Library (DeWitt, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: Local history. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155460997 ...

Mudge, Baden.

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Mason, Almira Kinne.

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Wentworth, Joseph.

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Galster, Wilbur.

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Brown, Clara D.

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Mrs. Brown did much research on the history of her hometown of Truscott and Knox County, Texas. From the description of Papers, 1935. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25777418 ...

Hamilton, Oliver

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Wilcox, Ruth Edwards.

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Andrews, Charles T.

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Businessman from Armada, Macomb County, Michigan. From the description of Charles Andrews account books, 1869-1892. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302265 ...

Galster, Fred.

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