Title
Effie Tyberg Interview, ca. 1979
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Lee Tempte
Interviewee
Effie Tyberg
Date Recorded
1979
Date Digital
7-29-2020
County
Grant County
Keywords
Farm life--Minnesota; Dairy products; Rural schools--Minnesota; Cooking; Automobiles--Minnesota; Housewives--Minnesota; Turkeys; Dry-goods; Electricity
Description
Effie Tyberg grew up on a farm in South Central Minnesota. She was 86 years old and lived in Hoffman at the time of the interview.
In this interview, she recalls farm life in the early years of the century. She talks about the dairy products made from the farm and going to a rural school. She was a farm wife for 45 years. She talks about the chores she did, including cooking, milking, and farming turkeys. She also recalls the first cars in the area. She talks about some of the dry-goods they purchased, such as coffee and flour. She discusses getting electricity as well.
Run Time
00:11:42
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
KMRSTyberg01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1019
Recommended Citation
Tyberg, Effie, "Effie Tyberg Interview, ca. 1979" (1979). Reminiscing in West Central Minnesota (KMRS Feature). 126.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/kmrs/126
Primo Type
Audio
Notes
The digitization and transcription of this oral history was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Any views, findings, opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, or the Minnesota Historic Resources Advisory Committee.