Oral history interview with Myrne Detloff Bogh, 1978 July 11.

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Oral history interview with Myrne Detloff Bogh, 1978 July 11.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181343247

Myrne Bogh describes her grandparents' migration to Iowa from Germany; acquisiton of the farm lands from the railroad companies; farm chores; livestock and crops; agricultural equipment such as plows; soil erosion and steps taken to prevent it; her career as a rural school teacher; social events such as chivarees, box socials and dances with polka bands; and working alongside her husband.

Transcript: 19 leaves.Sound recording: 1 sound cassette.

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, Mary Jo,

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Bogh, Myrne Detloff, b. 1917,

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Conard, Rebecca

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