Oral history interview with Florence Castle, 1978 July 13.

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Oral history interview with Florence Castle, 1978 July 13.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183027368

Florence Castle discusses her family history including the arrival of her grandfather in America from England in 1775; the acquisition of the farm near Correctionville, Iowa (Woodbury County); features of the farm property; farm chores and equipment; household chores and appliances; social events; anecdotes involving rattlesnakes and a bobcat; sewing; the arrival of electricity in 1946; prohibition; making beer to soothe an upset stomach; attending school; social events; family illnesses; dislike of the Germans during World War I; etc.

Transcript: 8 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...

Mendelson, Michael

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Castle family.

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Castle, Florence, b. 1884,

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Conrath, Elaine,

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