Interviewer
Jerri Berg
Description
Maude Boettger discusses the effects of the Great Depression on farming communities and her own life, and contrasts the Depression years to modern times
Biography
Maude Irwin Boettger married John Boettger and began farming in 1930.
Date of Interview
5-9-1974
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Length (Time)
52:30
Original Format
Audio tape
Current Format
Mp3
Named Persons
John Boettger, Henry M. Waldren, Robert Irwin Boettger, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Professions
Farmers
Organizations
United States. Rural Electrification Administration, United States. Works Progress Administration, Moorhead State College
Places
Illinois, North Dakota—Drayton, North Dakota—Pembina County, Minnesota—Minneapolis, Ontario—Toronto, North Dakota—Walhalla, Delaware, North Dakota—Fargo
Keywords
Agriculture, Great Depression, Livestock, Grasshoppers
ID Number
S273 877
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce these oral interviews must be obtained in writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead Archives.
Disciplines
Agriculture | Oral History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Boettger, Maude Irwin, "Oral Interview of Maude Irwin Boettger" (1974). Oral Interviews. 45.
https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/45