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Peterson, Carl (1900-1987): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-P443

Scope and Contents

Peterson, farmer, discusses early 20th century rural life in Virginia, Illinois: farming, butchering; country schools, and high school; education at the University of Illinois in Urbana; recreation, holidays, socials, weddings and churches; race relations; his trip to Sweden; the Depression and WWII; and family life as a Swedish-American.

7 tapes, 630 mins., 2 vols., 169 pp. Interview by Nancy Cogburn, 1979 OPEN See collateral file

Dates

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Extent

8.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and memoir in the Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,3578

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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