Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typed transcript and an audiotape reel with two recorded oral history interviews with Katharine Atkins, conducted by F. Gerald Handfield for the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October 11, 1977 and January 10, 1978, regarding her childhood, education, marriage, political career, and family.
The transcript was initially generated on May 22, 2026 using Otter.ai and editing completed by Brittany Kropf on June 2, 2026.
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