Oral history interview with sisters Nora Anderson and Helen Van Riper [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1978 Nov. 7.

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Oral history interview with sisters Nora Anderson and Helen Van Riper [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1978 Nov. 7.

Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Van Riper discuss childhood and farm life near Stevenstown, Wisconsin, their uncle Andrew Furuseth, World War I, the flu epidemic of 1918, funeral practices, the Great Depression, Prohibition, and the Work Projects Administration.

1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in. + 1 transcript (46 leaves ; 28 cm.)

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Fredricks, Howard R.

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Van Riper, Helen.

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Anderson, Nora 1979-

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