Margaret Robbins Oral History Project, 1992.

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Margaret Robbins Oral History Project, 1992.

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Two interviews, June and July 1992, with Margaret Robbins conducted by Linda Weintraut and Jane Nolan for Indiana Heritage Research Grant 92.3018. The interviews are available as tapes and typed transcripts. Topics include Robbins' family; local, state, and national politics, including her father's career; her studies at Indiana University; the Depression; the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana; her husband's career; and her own life and career.

3 folders and 6 sound cassettes.

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