Oral history interviews of the Earthwatch-SHSI Oral History Project, 1978 July-August.

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Oral history interviews of the Earthwatch-SHSI Oral History Project, 1978 July-August.

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Transcripts and recordings of interviews conducted in July and August 1978 with century farm owners or residents in northwest Iowa. Important topics covered in the interviews include land inheritance and succession; conservation; home life and customs; social life; crop and livestock diseases; the first and second world wars; Norwegians, Germans and Irish in Iowa; the Great Depression; the dairy industry; weather; tornadoes; education; the Farmer's Holiday Association; agricultural cooperatives; prohibition; livestock; Society of Friends; flood control; music; marriage customs; sports; aviation; Iowa colleges and universities; hunting; and travel. The collection also includes correspondence and working files, field notes and photo negatives.

Sound recordings: 65 cassettes, 36 reelsTranscripts: 69 v.

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6913208

Iowa State Historical Society

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State Historical Society of Iowa

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Earthwatch-SHSI Oral History Project.

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"Folklife in Rural Iowa" was an oral history project conducted in the summer of 1978 and funded by Earthwatch, a national organization encouraging public participation in field research. Interviewers worked in 2 teams under the direction of field director Rebecca Conard and assistant field director Michael Mendelson. Peter Harstad, director of the State Historical Society of Iowa, served as the project's principal investigator. From the description of Oral history interviews of the E...

Mendelson, Michael

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Earthwatch (Organization)

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Folklife in Rural Iowa.

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Conard, Rebecca

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Harstad, Peter T.

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