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Oral History: Collecting & Preserving Personal Memories

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Nelson Evans
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Born in Chicago, Nelson Evans came to Iowa to attend Upper Iowa ...
Arthur David “Superman” Pennington
Arthur David “Superman” Pennington
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Art Pennington was born in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1940, at the age of ...
Freda Long
Freda Long
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Freda Carole Blakey Long was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ...
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