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Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: The Home Front in Western Minnesota

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: The Home Front in Western Minnesota (Supplied title)

Description: This project chronicles the lives of those who lived through the era of World War II, primarily on the home front. Some of the subjects discussed include involvement in the Rural Electrification Administration program; increase in employment of women during the war; affect of the war on rural communities; the draft; war bond drives; the black market; rationing problems; attitudes toward President Franklin Roosevelt and post-war attitudes towards Russians; service in the Army; general attitudes toward the war; the Great Depression years; shortages of supplies during the war; economic prosperity during the war; readjustment of veterans in society after the war; state of health care during war times; medical services during and after the war; patriotism; and post-war adjustments.

Dates

  • 1973 - 1980 (Creation)

Interviews

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 111
  • Accession Number: AV2007.25

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 19 hours sound cassettes 324 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Subjects

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