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Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

'Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry' Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-046
Scope and Contents Collection contains 49 interviews and supporting documentation and photographs from approximately 150 women and small number of men who lived through the Dust Bowl era in Oklahoma as adults or young adults. Project narrators came from 10 Oklahoma counties although the majority were from Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Ellis, Dewey, and Woodward counties. Interviews focused on home life, domestic duties, family relationships and the lasting personal and collective impact of the Dust Bowl era.
Dates: 2000 - 2001