Oral history interview with Floyd, Phyllis and Philip Fanning , 1978 July 12.

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Oral history interview with Floyd, Phyllis and Philip Fanning , 1978 July 12.

The Fannings discuss the acquisition of the farm by Floyd's grandfather, Edmund Fanning and the inheritance by subsequent generations; raising shorthorn cattle; crops and crop prices; field drainage; cattle auctions; cattle diseases and feed; soil conservation; agricultural machinery; and 4-H projects. The collection also includes a photocopy of the publication: First Public Sale of Short Horns to be held at the farm near Nemaha, Iowa : the property of E.S. Fanning & Sons, Nemaha, Iowa, Wednesday, June 9, 1915.

Transcript: 16 leavesSound recording: 1 reel to reel

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SNAC Resource ID: 6939210

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...

Fanning, Floyd,

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Fanning, Philip Ashley, 1935-....

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Geiger, Veronica,

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Fanning, Phyllis,

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Conard, Rebecca

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