Title

Oral Interview of Maude Irwin Boettger

Name of Person Interviewed

Maude Irwin Boettger

Interviewer

Jerri Berg

Files

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

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