Oral history interview with Brownie and Florence MacVey, 1978 July 5.

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Oral history interview with Brownie and Florence MacVey, 1978 July 5.

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The MacVeys discuss the acquisition of the farm property; family and neighbors; raising livestock; organic farming; field management and cultivating techniques; threshing parties; the Depression; moratorium and the Agricultural Adjustment Act; livestock and crop diseases; veterinary care; inheritance taxes; music, musicians and dances; prohibition; quilting bees; marriage customs and rural schools.

Transcript: 21 p.Sound recording: 1 sound cassette.

Iowa State Historical Society

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Iowa State Historical Society

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