Oral history interview with Merlin E. Theis, 1978 July 11

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Oral history interview with Merlin E. Theis, 1978 July 11

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Merlin Theis discusses his great grandfather's homesteading; his father's life during the depression; a farmers' co-op in Hospers, Iowa; agricultural machinery, crops and livestock; the creation of a rural water system; soil conservation efforts; various amusements; storms and tornadoes; bootlegged liquor; gypsies passing through the area; wind generated electricity; rural schools; the Catholic Church; etc.

Transcript: leavesSound 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...

Theis, Merlin E., b. 1943,

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Mendelson, Michael

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