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This is an interview with William McLean, which had previously been recorded and has been included in the "Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas" project conducted by the Kinsley Public Library, as an example of a man with a farm deferment who invented a silo unloader because of the shortage of help during the war. Also included in the folder is an article from the Kansas Farmer, dated March 2, 1957, titled "Kansas-Invented Silo Unloader Develops Into Progressive Business of Silage Equipment, Inc., Wichita" by Carl Eiche.
Creator: McLean, William
Date: November 02, 2005
Item Number: 227251
Call Number: 2010-176.01
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227251
Agriculture - Implements and machinery
Agriculture - Implements and machinery - Tractors
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Agriculture - Structures - Silos
Collections - Oral History - Kansas Veterans of World War II - Kinsley Public Library
Date - 2000s - 2005
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Transcript
Places - Cities and towns - Lewis
Places - Counties - Edwards
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Transcript
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