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In Her Own Voice: Oral Histories of Farm Women

In Her Own Voice: Oral Histories of Farm Women

Throughout history, literacy and access to the materials required to record day-to-day life and experiences have been limited to those with the time, ability, and supplies to write. Many people from marginalized groups–like people with low incomes, people of color,...
A Farm Boy Comes to Omaha, 1888

A Farm Boy Comes to Omaha, 1888

“I guess there ain’t any end to Omaha,” wrote sixteen-year-old Frisby Rasp in a letter to his parents in 1888. “You can walk till you are tired out in any direction you choose, and the houses are as thick as ever….” Rasp’s letters show us how the city...