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Oral History Program Interview: Hazel Oleta Thompson Smalling
Smalling was born in Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma in 1918. She came to Pixley, California on March 26, 1937. Her account of life during the Great Depression includes employee/employer relations, California's border inspection, what it was like to camp in the open, life as a fruit tramp, a description of government camps, New Deal programs like the WPA, reasons why "Okie" was a good or bad term depending on users' intentions, and her thoughts on The Grapes of Wrath.
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