Saturday, April 30, 2011

Dust Bowl Oklahoma: Oral Histories and Letters

This oral history collection from Oklahoma State University Library includes interviews with women who lived through the Dust Bowl, primarily in the seven western-most counties of Oklahoma where the Dust Bowl hit the hardest. Some of the topics covered include the WPA, President Roosevelt, the challenges of domestic life, experiencing dust storms as a child, rabbit drives, gypsies, and Saturday evenings in town. The  site also offers an excellent Bibliography of the Dust Bowl Era



Henderson, Caroline A., and Alvin O. Turner. Letters from the Dust Bowl. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. This collection of Henderson’s letters and articles published from 1908 to1966 also includes photographs of  Henderson, her family, and of dust storms in the 1930s.

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