Oral history interview with Harold R. and Marilyn King, 1978 July 7.

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Oral history interview with Harold R. and Marilyn King, 1978 July 7.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/171292620

The Kings discuss how the farm was acquired and enlarged over the years; the construction of the 16-room farm house and barn; draining wetlands with tiling; raising hogs; family members; plans for passing the farm down to their children; crop yields; the digging of a new well; Harold's experiences at a country school; various driving experiences; Marilyn's years teaching school; farm machinery; planting corn; and contour farming. The collection also includes a newspaper clipping from the July 29, 1976 issue of the Schaller Herald which describes the history of the century farm.

Transcript: 19 leavesSound recording: 1 reel to reel tape

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6917377

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...

Conrath, Elaine,

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King, Harold R., b. 1931,

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King, Marilyn (Ada Marilyn Miller), b. 1935,

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Conard, Rebecca

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