Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story
Description:
Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date:
November 7, 1975
Creator:
Earney, Ann
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Partner:
Marfa Public Library