Grapes of Wrath

An online exhibit by English 690 (Spring 2017) at San Francisco State University

Family Farming

Dublin Core

Title

Family Farming

Subject

Family Farms in the 1930's

Creator

Michaela O'Brien, Julia Zanette

Date

May 8 2017

Collection Items

Farming
Young men deciding what to do with their futures and realizing that farming is a life-long sentence.

[Human Kindness]
An interview account of daily life on a farm in North Carolina

Cotton pickers, Arkansas
Cotton pickers on the Alexander Plantation at 6:30 a.m., waiting for the workday to start

[Living on the Richards' Farm]
An interview with Carrie Dunlap regarding her life

[The Experiences of a Farm Owner]
An account of life on the farm

- Although Geraldine Johnson's notes indicate that this interview was cut short due to Mrs. Shockley's need to leave to take care of her mother, they nonetheless covered a lot of useful information within the limited time. Mrs. Shockley learned to…

Portrait of a farm boy
- Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
- General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
- Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
- Additional information about this…

xxxi, 466 p. illus. 20 cm.
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