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- In this interview, Mary Ingalls chronicles her life in the Grand Haven area from the one-room schoolhouse where she was educated to living on a self-sufficient farm during the Depression. Her memories from the farm include feeding the thrashers, canning and pickling, keeping a root cellar, hiring migrant workers, and steamboats traveling to Bruce's Bayou to retrieve the farm's produce for market. She remembers her courting days, various large manufacturing companies in the area, and her husband's death from a railroad accident. Her recollection further includes land ownership through the years, times of illness, and stories about holiday and family gatherings.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Mary Ingalls chronicles her life in the Grand Haven area from the one-room schoolhouse where she was educated to living on a self-sufficient farm during the Depression. Her memories from the farm include feeding the thrashers, canning and pickling, keeping a root cellar, hiring migrant workers, and steamboats traveling to Bruce's Bayou to retrieve the farm's produce for market. She remembers her courting days, various large manufacturing companies in the area, and her husband's death from a railroad accident. Her recollection further includes land ownership through the years, times of illness, and stories about holiday and family gatherings.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection