Interview with Blanche Crosson

Authors

Sheldon Hamilton

Files

Identifier

MS016_01_00_001/MS016_13-1_00-001

Description

An interview with Blanche Evelyn Gatten Crosson (1905-1972) on the topic of life during the Great Depression.

00:00:15 - Biographical information
00:01:37 - Entertainment on the farm
00:02:27 - Every day life
00:03:03 - Childhood illnesses
00:04:19 - Schooling
00:05:25 - The Great Depression
00:08:00 - Prohibition
00:10:00 - Entertainment during the period
00:11:10 - Surviving economically during the Depression
00:12:05 - World War II
00:15:20 - Work as a nurse in Dighton, KS

Location

Dodge City (Kan.)

Physical Description

Typed Transcript on paper; Audiocasette

Subject

Ness County (Kan.), Typhoid fever, medical treatments, Great Depression, Prohibition, Dighton (Kan.), World War II

Rights

© Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

Kansas Oral History Project Collection

Repository

Forsyth Library Special Collections

Comments

For questions or to request access to restricted material, please contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

Hamilton, Sheldon, "Interview with Blanche Crosson" (2024). Kansas Oral History Collection. 1.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/koh/1

Language

eng