Oral history interview with Wayne and David Simington , 1978 July 10.

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Oral history interview with Wayne and David Simington , 1978 July 10.

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Wayne and his son, David, discuss family history and the arrival of ancestors from Ireland; land acquisition and inheritance; the story of Templeton rye whiskey; schools and school teachers; the 1929 depression; the formation of the Fostoria Co-op Creamery; livestock marketing and railroad transportation of hay; rural electrification around 1940; amusements such as dances and box socials; scarcity of soap and other items during World War II; use of horses on the farm; etc.

Transcript: 10 leavesSound recording: 1 sound cassette

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...

Simington, David, b. 1944,

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O'Brien family.

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Simington family.

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Simington, Wayne, b. 1915,

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Mendelson, Michael

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