Oral history interview with Paul George Fox , 1978 June 26.

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Oral history interview with Paul George Fox , 1978 June 26.

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Paul Fox discusses the establishment of the farm in 1874, the farm's beef and dairy cattle, the beginning of the farm's electrical service, various issues associated with raising crops, the formation of a feed and grain coop, veterinary services, farm implements, crop rotation, weather forecasting, Henry Wallace's corn hybrids, family members, etc.

Transcript: 13 p.Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes

Iowa State Historical Society

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Iowa State Historical Society

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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...

Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...

Conard, Rebecca

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Fox, Paul George, b. 1907,

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Mendelson, Michael

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