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OH 1367

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeHAUGH, Grace I. (b. 1922)
ProfessionsHomemaker

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1367
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHomemaker. Her experiences as the wife of a serviceman (William Haugh) who was in Europe during World War II. Her education and youth on the family farm; effects of the Great Depression on her family; effects of the Rural Electrification Administration on farm life; her marriage to William Haugh on October 4, 1941; birth of their first son on December 23, 1942; her husband’s induction into the Army on June 16, 1944, and birth of their second son on September 9, 1944; economic adjustments as a result of her husband’s entering the military; creation of family support systems; church activities to support servicemen; wartime rationing; her husband’s homecoming, November, 1945; postwar family adjustments.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description48 pp.
Terms of UseOpen