Oral history interview with Donald and Agnes Dunham, 1978 July 7.

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Oral history interview with Donald and Agnes Dunham, 1978 July 7.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181208359

Donald and Agnes Dunham discuss the acquisition of the original farm land from the government and the passing of the farm from generation to generation, interactions with Indians, family ties to the Mormon faith, farm life and chores, floods, clearing land, raising cattle, weddings, prohibition, Templeton Rye Whiskey, farmers holidays, employment at International Harvester, the impact of the Great Depression, etc.

Transcript: 34 leaves.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...

Dunham, Agnes, b. 1912,

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Dunham, Donald (Donald Ralph), 1908-1983

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International Harvester company

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Dunham family.

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Mendelson, Michael

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