Oral history interview with Cyrus and Maud Knapp , 1978 August 2.

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Oral history interview with Cyrus and Maud Knapp , 1978 August 2.

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The Knapps discuss family history including the family's English roots; the acquisition of the farmland; a sawmill on the property; livestock; horse-powered equipment and tractors; farm finances especially during the Depression; Maud's experiences in country schools, her marriage, and various social events; and pasture plants and grazing cattle.

Transcript: 19 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...

Knapp, Cyrus A., b. 1809,

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Knapp, Maud Fry, b. 1887,

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Duke, Pam,

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Mendelson, Michael

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