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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska
"These reminiscences of life in Nebraska during the 1870s and 1880s have been obtained through personal interviews with pioneers by members of the Nebraska Writers' Project."
Includes several stories about pranks, information on pioneer remedies and medicine, as well as tales of a more historical nature.
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Call Number
Special Collections GR110.N2 F4 no.25
Library Record Link
https://unk.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UON_K/19cpdq/alma991004120679706388
Publication Date
1-1940
Publisher
Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska
City
Lincoln
Keywords
folklore, Federal Writers' Project, colonization, emigration and immigration, local history
Disciplines
American Studies | United States History
Recommended Citation
Federal Writers' Project, "Pioneer Recollections - Nebraska Folklore" (1940). Special Collections. 38.
https://openspaces.unk.edu/spec-coll/38