Oral history interview with Murlan and Harriett Haight , 1978 July 15.

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Oral history interview with Murlan and Harriett Haight , 1978 July 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183027450

Murlan and Harriett Haight discuss family history and the acquisition and inheritance of the farm near Aurelia, Iowa (Cherokee County); livestock and crop diseases; crop rotation and soil erosion; rural schools; shorthorn cattle; Harriett's experiences as a teacher; music; threshing parties; social events; etc. The collection also includes a 2 p. family history and a photograph.

Transcript: 6 leavesSound recording: 1 reel to reel tape

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6944522

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...

Haight, Harriett O.,

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Haight, Murlan G.,

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Conard, Rebecca

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Haight family.

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Mendelson, Michael

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