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Processed By:
Paul Brockman
5 July 1996
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 3 folders, 147 pages of transcripts
COLLECTION DATES: 1993-1994
PROVENANCE: Indiana Heritage Research Grant 93.3027
RESTRICTIONS: No photocopying or extensive use of the transcripts.
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: Krapf, Norbert. Finding the Grain (F 532, .D8, F 56, 1977); Bigham, Darrel E. Reflections of A Heritage: The German-Americans in Southwestern Indiana (pam F, 534, .E94, B59, 1980); Bartholomew County Historical Society, Compilers. Back Then: Selected Stories From Oral History Interviews (pam F, 532, .B2, B23, 1989).
ACCESSION NUMBER: 96.0546
NOTES: The materials were accepted as part of the Indiana Heritage Research Grant (IHRG) program, cosponsored by the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Humanities Council. Grant number 93.3027.
Lillian Fehrenbach Doane (1913- ) was born in Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, of German descent. She was locally educated and spent her entire life working and raising a family in Dubois County. Norbert Krapf (1943- ) was also born in Jasper and received a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of ten books and is a Professor of English at Long Island University, New York. Heiko Muehr (1970- ) is a native of Bremen, Germany, and is a graduate student at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Sources: Information in collection.
Office files of processor.
The collection is comprised of oral history transcripts from three interviews conducted by Heiko Muehr, a graduate student at Indiana University, Bloomington, for the Oral History Research Center, and funded by an Indiana Heritage Research Grant. Muehr interviewed Lillian Doane on 23 October 1993 and 24 January 1994, and Norbert Krapf on 6 August 1993. The Doane interview contains reminiscences about life in German-American community of Jasper, Indiana, personal and family stories, and genealogical information about the Fehrenbach family in Germany and the United States. The Krapf interview contains accounts of the author's life and literary career, and his efforts to preserve the German-American culture of southwestern Indiana.
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Norbert Krapf Interview, 6 August 1993
2 Lillian Doane Interview, 23 October 1993
3 Lillian Doane Interview, 24 January 1994
MAIN ENTRY: Reclaiming a German-American past: the Dubois County area oral history interviews, 1993-1994
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Fehrenbach family
Krapf family
German Americans--Indiana--Dubois County
Dubois County (Ind.)
ADDED ENTRIES: Muehr, Heiko, 1970-, interviewer
Doane, Lillian Fehrenbach, 1913, interviewee
Krapf, Norbert, 1943-, interviewee
Indiana Heritage Research Grant
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