Oral history interview with Amy Bilsland, 1978 July 31.

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Oral history interview with Amy Bilsland, 1978 July 31.

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Amy Bilsland discusses her family history including the story of her adoption; the acquisition and inheritance of the century farm; inheritance taxes; surviving during the Depression; meeting her husband and their wedding; threshing; children's games, dances, chautauquas, and music; raising chickens; farm chores; foods that the family ate; candy making; changes to daily life when electricity became available; and toys and dolls.

Transcript: 18 leavesSound recording: 2 sound cassettes

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...

Bilsland, Amy, b. 1895,

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Mendelson, Michael

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Ongley, Elizabeth A.

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