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1. Bethel Seminary Oral History Recorded at Carol Stream, Illinois, Interview Tape 1, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Marsh; Hanson, O.; Norstrom, Robert; Peterson, Don; Dahlquist, Lloyd; Anderson, Gordon; Olson, Walter.
Date Created:
1991-10-04
Description:
Interviewees share memories from their time at Bethel Seminary and initial ministry in Baptist General Conference churches.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Bethel Seminary Oral History Recorded at Carol Stream, Illinois, Interview Tape 3, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, O.; Hanson, R.; Norstrom, D.; Peterson, L.; Dahlquist, G.; Anerson, G.; Olson, W.
Date Created:
1991-10-04
Description:
Interviewees share memories from their time at Bethel Seminary and initial ministry in Baptist General Conference churches.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Bethel Seminary Oral History Recorded at Carol Stream, Illinois, Interview Tape 2, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Marsh; Hanson, O.; Norstrom, Robert; Peterson, Don; Dahlquist, Lloyd; Anderson, Gordon; Olson, Walter.
Date Created:
1991-10-04
Description:
Interviewees share memories from their time at Bethel Seminary and initial ministry in Baptist General Conference churches.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. 1973 Bethel Story, Bethel University Promotional Audio, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Bethel College and Seminary
Date Created:
1973
Description:
The promotional audio describes Bethel College and Seminary campuses, academic and extra-curricular opportunities, and encourages listeners to support Bethel financially.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

5. Clamming and the Manufacture of Pearl Buttons in Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Howatt, Henrietta 1917-2003
Description:
Henrietta Howatt (1917-2003) discusses clamming on Lake Pepin, and the pearl button manufacturing business. At one time there were two factories in Lake City, Minnesota where buttons were cut from Lake Pepin shells.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

6. Collections Tour and Native American Music with John G. Morrison, Jr., Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1955 - 1963
Description:
The recording is a tour by John G. Morrison, Jr., of items he donated to the BCHS, before a small group. Morrison discusses baby boards; snowshoes; an item that depicts the life of a Sioux hunter and warrior; war clubs; a tomahawk; a Paiute root that was chewed; a doll; moccasins; dancing regalia; several pipes; tobacco pouches; and grand medicine paraphernalia. In the middle of the recording, a man is singing Native American (probably Ojibwe) songs. Brown Oak Grove could be the man singing or drumming. Morrison discusses headdresses; the knuckle game; dancing regalia; a water drum; and other drums. Next, one man is singing Native American songs; either the same man or another person is drumming. One of the songs was written by Robert Gibbs about his son, who died in World War II. Finally, a man demonstrates a water drum and Morrison answers a few questions. This record contains parts of multiple interviews. Please refer to the transcripts for help understanding these.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

7. Collections Tour 2 with John G. Morrison, Jr., Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1963
Description:
The recording is John G. Morrison, Jr., providing a tour of a museum in Bemidji, featuring artifacts he donated, probably to members of the Beltrami County Historical Society. On the tour, he describes a violin that belonged to his father; his collection of pipes; Navajo rugs; his grandfather's snuffbox and wallet; an assortment of drums and their purposes; bowls; a shopping bag; a battle flag; baby boards; snowshoes; a model tipi; a gambling game; tools and utensils; buckskin bags to carry food; a flint-lock musket; lacrosse sticks; war clubs; powder horns; a quiver; the knuckle game; sashes; headdresses; a stick detailing the training of a warrior; necklaces; and tobacco pouches. The tour continues as he describes necklaces; ladies' gowns; a beaded sack; a skirt; a doll; a necklace made of human bones; ladies' shopping bags; more beaded sacks; leggings; gloves; a dancing costume; a display of sugar-making equipment; baskets; birchbark floral designs; moccasins; belts; moose hides; sweet grass blankets; grand medicine bags and paraphernalia; and drums of medicine men. This record contains parts of multiple interviews. Please refer to the transcripts for help understanding these.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

8. Dentistry in Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Campion, Robert, 1923-2017
Description:
Dr. Robert Campion (1923-2017) discusses dentistry in Lake City, Minnesota. He also discusses his business partnership with his father, Dr. Martin Campion (1895-1983), advances in dentistry materials and tools, his family's homes in Lake City, the World War I draft, Dr. Will Mayo, and anecdotes from the end of his father's life.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

9. Elmer Holstrom (1882-1973) and Boat Building at Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Bremer, Patricia, 1936-2023
Description:
Patricia "Pat" Bremer (1936-2023) discusses Elmer Holstrom (1882-1973), his family history and boat building at Lake City, Minnesota on Lake Pepin.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

10. Excursion Boats in Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Carlson, Roy, 1886-1992
Description:
Roy Carlson (1886-1992) discusses excursion boats in Lake City, Minnesota. He and the audience also discuss storms, using the boats for commuting and dancing, and the fires at Gillett & Eaton. A man name Otto mentions immigrating from Germany.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

11. First Oral History Session "Advance," Trout Lake Conference, Interview Tape 2, Trout Lake Camp, Pine River, Minnesota

Creator:
Carroll, Leonard; Lundberg, John; Tellgren, Vincent; Nelson, Franklin.
Date Created:
1981-05-18
Description:
Interviewees discuss the home and foreign mission work of the Baptist General Conference after 1944.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

12. First Oral History Session "Advance," Trout Lake Conference, Interview Tape 1, Trout Lake Camp, Pine River, Minnesota

Creator:
Carroll, Leonard; Lundberg, John; Tellgren, Vincent; Nelson, Franklin.
Date Created:
1981-05-18
Description:
Interviewees discuss the home and foreign mission work of Baptist General Conference after 1944.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

13. Harbor and Fishing Pontoon at Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Simons, Ben, 1912-1995
Description:
Bernard "Ben" Simons (1912-1995) discusses the fishing barge at Lake City, Minnesota. He also discusses being the Lake City harbormaster, replacing the fishing barge, excursion boats, recent development of Lake City, the ice skating rink, Vietnamese fishers, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's visit to Lake City.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

14. History of the Foundry at Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Wallace, Robert ""Bob"", 1923-2007
Description:
Robert "Bob" Wallace (1923-2007) presents the history of the foundry in Lake City, Minnesota including its many name changes from H. Gillett and Sons to Gillett & Eaton and eventually to AE Goetz.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

15. History of Wabasha County, Minnesota Snowmobile Trails

Creator:
Howatt, Marvin, 1941-
Description:
Marvin Howatt (1941-), of the Cliff and Coulee Climbers Club, presents the history of snowmobiling in Lake City and Wabasha County, Minnesota. Marvin also discusses snowmobile registration, grant-in-aid funding, trail building, landowner permits, landowner liability, trail signage, trail maintenance, and trail maps.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

16. Interivew with Curt Buck; Whitewater State Park Oral History Project, Altura, Minnesota

Creator:
Buck, Curt
Date Created:
2017-07-27
Description:
Curt was a boy scout in the 1960s and participated in the Scout Camporees held at Whitewater State Park.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

17. Interivew with Margaret Kronebusch; Whitewater State Park Oral History Project, Altura, Minnesota

Creator:
Kronebusch, Margaret
Date Created:
2018-03-15
Description:
Margaret was 101 years old at the time of this interview. She shared memories farming and raising her family in the Whitewater Valley.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

18. Interivew with Marie Ehrenberg, Whitewater State Park Oral History Project, St. Charles, Minnesota

Creator:
Ehrenberg, Marie
Date Created:
2019-10-03
Description:
Marie Ehrenberg was living in hospice care in St. Charles and her last wish was to visit Whitewater State Park. She shares about growing up on a farm in the area and her memories of spending time at the park with her father. The Whitewater State Park Oral History project began in 2017 to commemorate the Centennial Anniversary of the State Park.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

19. Interivew with Mike Mauer; Whitewater State Park Oral History Project, Altura, Minnesota

Creator:
Mauer, Mike
Date Created:
2017-08-25
Description:
Mike's family has lived in the Whitewater Valley since 1890. Mike shared memories growing up in the valley and the family business at Mauer Brothers Tavern in Elba, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

20. Interviews with Charlie Wight and Albert D. Johnson, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Wight, Charlie; Johnson, Albert D.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Several different clips of interviews are present in the first quarter of the recording; the bulk of the recording is an interview with Charlie Wight. The first clip of significant length is an interview with a man, possibly Albert D. Johnson, who tells Vandersluis about the men who helped prepare legislation for the state game preserve. The recording then jumps to an interview between Vandersluis and timber cruiser Charlie Wight. Wight talks about S. C. Bagley's work on the Schoolcraft River, and what other companies Bagley worked for. Then the recording returns to Johnson, about how Lake of the Woods County was also invested in a state game preserve; whether beavers spoiled the ditches; and the boundaries of the game reserve. Finally, Wight discusses how the Wells brothers owned the Brainerd Lumber Company; how Clark and Dempsey sued the Brainerd Lumber Company for damage on a drive; a narrow-gauge railroad built by the Gull River Lumber Company; conversion to standard gauge; working for Irwin and O'Brien; early history of the Duluth and Winnipeg right-of-way; other trails and canoe routes; how the dam affected Lake Winnibigoshish; what other companies he worked for; working for the Crookston Lumber Company; about R. E. White and White and McDevitt; the Freestone boys; Old Man Dixon; how settlers used scrip; bits about early Kelliher; and other early loggers he knew.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

21. Interviews with eight elderly people at Pioneer Apartments, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982 - 1983
Description:
Part 1 of 2: Elderly residents of Pioneer Apartments in 1977. They discuss school memories from early 1900s including teachers, activities, and sports. They also discuss after school activities including their chores, outdoor games, winter sports, dances, picnics, and family life. Other topics include: boarding houses and boarders, the Pengilly Mine, and the Ojibwe families on Burntside Lake and Basswood Lake. Also discussed are the 1910 forest fire and the Vail Hotel fire. Part 2 of 2: Interview with former teacher Mrs. Evancho...? Teacher and principal at the 26-Zenith-Savoy location school which had two classrooms and two teachers. She taught grades 3-6. Mr. Burns, superintendent.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

22. Interviews with Frank Smuk and Stan Smuk, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Smuk, Frank; Smuck, Stan
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Interview with Frank and Stan Smuk. Frank and Stan were the sons of Yugoslav immigrant parents. The two men began work in the mines in 1941 and 1947 respectively. Stan worked with the mine credit union while Frank was a contract miner. They spoke of the pranks they pulled on other workers. Accidents were frequent. Rocks fell on workers and the tunnels collapsed. Even with broken bones men would go to work and be given light duty. The Smuk brothers did a lot of hunting and fishing. The whole family played the accordion. They also played on the city softball teams that competed against other towns. Frank belongs to the American Legion and the VFW. He had served in the Air Force during World War II. Stan was blind in one eye so was turned down for the army.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

23. Interviews with Joseph Evan Carson, 1951, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Carson, Joseph Evan; Carson, Jennie Newell
Date Created:
1951-08-01
Description:
The first part of the recording was made August 1, 1951, in St. Paul. Ralph Carson interviews his father, Joseph Evan Carson, about when his mother died; and where his parents came from. Ralph then reads the flyleaf of the Pondsfordian, by Reverend Benno Watrin, regarding some Carson family history. Evan then talks about the names of his family; their leaving Carsonville; when and where his brothers started their stores where they got their stock; when and where his father built a stopping place; the Beltrami Eagle; his mother's hotel; early Bemidji buildings; earliest Bemidji residents; the Alex Cameron family as the first family at their hotel; memories of Chief Bemidji; where the first school was and early teachers; receiving Chief Bemidji's gun from Mary Carson; and the swimming hole. Evan's wife, Jennie Newell Carson, makes a few suggestions. The recording then transitions to an interview of Evan Carson by Dr. Charles Vandersluis in Bemidji. Carson describes some photographs; street grading; unmarked burials; lumberjacks trying to protect their money; his father serving as probate judge. This record contains parts of multiple interviews. Please refer to the transcripts for help understanding these.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interviews with Laura Carson Moore, Ralph Carson, and Carson family members, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Moore, Laura Carson; Carson, Ralph
Date Created:
1964-08-17
Description:
The first part of the interview features Laura Carson Moore, daughter of El and Mary Carson and granddaughter of Chief Bemidji. Moore talks about her parents' names, when and where she was born, how her parents met, her family, her childhood, her family's move to Texas, how she met her husband, their golden wedding anniversary, her Ojibwe grandparents, her grandfather drinking, trying to find their homestead, her Carson grandparents, her pet deer, her grandchildren, any artifacts she owns, and how quickly her mother forgot the Ojibwe language. The second part of the interview features Moore's cousin, Ralph Carson. Carson dicusses his history, his early memories fishing, his aunt Jessie Carson Spain and her family, his father's pet bears, and his father stealing feathers out of Chief Bemidji's headdress. Other people during the interview include Moore's husband, William Moore, their daughter Eva Mae Moore Long, Carson's wife Grace White Carson, and a secondary interviewer possibly Theo Johnson. The final part of the recording features Ralph Carson, son of Evan Carson. Carson discusses family stories of his grandmother, Susannah Carson, scaring away a bear and making bread from horse feed; family artifacts; and his family history in newspaper work. Other people present during the interview include his cousin Laura Carson Moore, her husband William Moore, their daughter Eva Mae Moore Long, and a secondary interviewer, possibly Theo Johnson. Carson's wife, Grace White Carson, also briefly speaks about her own family; her memories of Susannah Carson, and two of Susannah Carson's platters.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interviews with Mary Mackie, Mary Berrini, and Beatrice Masnari, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Mackie, Mary, Berrini, Mary; Masnari, Beatrice
Date Created:
1982 - 1983
Description:
Interviews with Mary Mackie, Mary Berrini, and Beatrice Masnari. They discuss immigration. Mackie's and Berrini's parents emigrated from Italy seeking better lives and jobs. Masnari arrived in 1931 to join her husband who had come to Ely some years before. Italian was spoken at home, but they learned English at school. They lived in the Chandler Location where the housing costs were paid by the owners. They discuss their chores, including hauling water in boilers on sleds or wagons, carrying buckets of water using yokes, and pumping well water. Lake water was used for gardens and washing clothes. Drinking water was dipped from a pail. Bringing in wood and hauling out ashes, shoveling snow, scrubbing floors (three times a week). Sense of community: People got along well, helping each other out. Groups of men would hunt together and share game. Families shared garden produce and people would help each other building homes. In addition to gardens, families had chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and cows. Many home remedies were used for illnesses. Making grappa (wine). Games and entertainment included Bocce ball, Briscola, and adult card game, movies, Duck on the Rock, making skimmers from barrel staves, rolling hoops, carnivals and circuses. Shops and peddlers: The Chocolate Shop, Mr. Bismark's candy store, grocery stores that delivered, Mr. Giacomo's ice cream cart, the door-to-door scissors sharpener who came to Ely once a year, the organ grinder and his monkey. They discuss their Christmas memories, when Italian traditions were observed with Italian foods. The Christmas tree was decorated with candy, popcorn, and candles. Christmas gifts included fruit, nuts, and candy.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

26. Interview with Aaron Nathenson (1939 - ), Urban Exodus: St. Louis Park Oral History Project, St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Creator:
Nathenson, Aaron, (1939 - )
Date Created:
2012-08-28
Description:
In this interview, Aaron Nathenson (1939 - ) gives an account of his life and some related history of Saint Louis Park, Minnesota. He discusses how he was born in 1939 in North Minneapolis and raised there before studying ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. Nathenson reflects on growing up Jewish in North Minneapolis, provides information about the neighborhoods racial tensions and demographics, Jewish schooling, his parents moving to Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, residency and military service, and later his relocating to Saint Louis Park and practice of ophthalmology. The interview concludes on the topic of Saint Louis Park Public schools and his connection to the city today. This interview was conducted by Jeanie Anderson, a volunteer for the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest. "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project" explores the post-World War II migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb of
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

27. Interview with Abdisalam Adam

Creator:
Adam, Abdisalam
Date Created:
2004-06-24
Description:
Abdisalam Adam grew up in Somalia, went to school in Nigeria, and came to the United States on a student visa. Adam worked for a magazine in Madison, Wisconsin, before coming to Minnesota. He has been married and raised a family since moving to Minnesota, and he currently works as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. Subjects discussed include: Growing up in Somalia; attending school in Nigeria; living in Saudi Arabia; moving to the United States on a student visa; first impression of the United States; working for a magazine in Madison, Wisconsin; Somali communities in Minnesota; religious awareness of Minnesotans; Somali weddings; recently visiting Somalia and returning in the future; important aspects of Somali culture; maintaining Islamic and Somali culture in the United States; the role of families in Somali culture; influence of television; opportunities for Somali teens; working as an ESL teacher.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

28. Interview with Abdi Sheikh

Creator:
Sheikh, Abdi
Date Created:
2004-06-04
Description:
Abdi Sheikh is from Somalia and came to Minneapolis in 2001. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School and transferred to Wellstone International High School. After high school graduation he plans on attending Normandale Community College. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Attending Koraning School in Kenya; moving to Nairobi from Somalia; troubles with the police in Kenya; learning English and Swahili; thoughts on America pre-immigration; leaving friends in Kenya; immigrating to the United States; struggling in high school; transferring to Wellstone International High School; being interested in religious history; high school graduation; plans to attend Normandale Community College; recreational activities in the city.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

29. Interview with Abe Calmenson, United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Calmenson, Abe
Date Created:
1978 - 1983
Description:
In this interview, Abe Calmenson gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan. He describes involvement in the early Zionist movement around the United States and what was then Palestine. While there Calmenson co-founded the Jerusalem School of Music. Topics associated with Zionism in this interview were the ZLA, Theodore Herzl, and Henrietta Zoild. The bulk of the interview is however devoted to Calmenson's family and his life in the early 20th century on the East Side of St. Paul, with special consideration given to his father who was a scrap peddler. This interview was conducted by an unknown interviewer as a part of the United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project focusing on the West Side Flats/Lower West Side Jewish community in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

30. Interview with Ada Rubenstein (1917 - ), Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Rubenstein, Ada, (1917 - )
Date Created:
1984-09-18
Description:
Ada Rubenstein (1917 - ) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota; became involved with Jewish organizations at an early age and later took on several leadership positions. In this interview, the women discuss Rubenstein's career in community service and the community's needs at the time, with detailed discussion about various organizations such as Hadassah, the Council of Jewish Women, Sholom Residence, and the United Jewish Fund. This interview was conducted by Dr. Linda Mack Schloff, former director of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, in effort to document the stories of Jewish immigration to and community leaders in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

31. Interview with Adelbert Batica

Creator:
Batica, Adelbert
Date Created:
2011-01-26
Description:
Adelbert Batica was born in Manila, Philippines. He was imprisoned by Ferdinand Marcos for his opposition to martial law in the Philippines. After being released Batica and his wife left the Philippines for the U.S. He lives in Minnesota with his family working for the Department of Transportation and acting as a leader in the Filipino community. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family - childhood - poverty in the Philippines - college - martial law under Ferdinand Marcos - being a political prisoner - marriage - immigrating - traveling to Peru - the Filipino-American community - People Power Revolution - politics - personal heroes - activism.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

32. Interview with Adele Johnson, Regional Oral History Project, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota

Creator:
Johnson, Adele
Description:
Adele Johnson was born in Casselton, ND. She discusses her first teaching experiences, including private music lessons, after graduating from MSC. She later taught music at Concordia College and then Moorhead State. During this time period, her involvement in community affairs, politics, the Democratic Party, and also she worked for Congressman Bob Berglund. She is now retired.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

33. Interview with Adeline Fremland, United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Fremland, Adeline
Date Created:
1978-04-17
Description:
In this interview, Adeline Fremland (Tendser) gives an account of her early life as a Jewish Minnesotan. She was born in Mankato, Minnesota to Maurice Tendser and Fanny Silverman, who were Russian immigrants. She discusses how they came through Canada in the late 1800s, living at first in a log cabin, and describes how Maurice peddled merchandise to farms in Minnesota, eventually settling in Mankato. There he set up a store and arranged for other immigrants to do the same, although in different Minnesota towns. Fremland discusses Mankato life, how there were few Jews, and how the family used to take the train up to St. Paul, Minnesota, where they soon after opened up a shop. She discusses riding the streetcar, other Jewish families in business, life in Jewish neighborhoods such as the West Side, high school rivalries, Selby-Dale neighborhood, Crocus Hill, Irving School, Central High School, Hebrew School and Temple of Aaron, Zionist organizations, the National Jewish Fund, Jewish debate teams in high school, and working after high school. This interview was conducted by Ellen Lipschultz as a part of the United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project focusing on the West Side Flats/Lower West Side Jewish community in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

34. Interview with Ahmay Ya

Creator:
Ya, Ahmay
Date Created:
2011-05-11
Description:
Ahmay Ya was born in 1987 in Sanchaung in Rangoon, Burma. She graduated from the University in Burma in 2003-2004. She immigrated to the United States in 2008 as a Karen refugee. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life - her father the revolutionary Mahn Nyein Maung - family and how the Karen people name their children - her childhood in Rangoon - her mother working as a trader while her father was in prison - being questioned by the authorities - escaping from Burma - volunteering to help deliver babies, and helping other refugees - coming to the United States alone - getting an education and working in Minnesota - her father's book Against the Storm: Across the Sea" and her father's imprisonment and release - hopes for herself and the Karen - working with the Karen in Minnesota and mental health issues - "
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

35. Interview with Aishat Adedayo; Whitewater State Park Oral History Project, Altura, Minnesota

Creator:
Adedayo, Aishat
Date Created:
2017-08-13
Description:
Aishat was born in Nigeria and shared memories visiting Whitewater State Park and organizing youth leadership activities for her peers.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

36. Interview with Alan Phillips (?- ), St. Cloud State University Oral History, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1982-05-14
Description:
In an oral history conducted by St. Cloud State University Professor of History Calvin (Cal) Gower on May 14, 1982, Alan Phillips provided a brief account of his educational career. Phillips received his undergraduate degree from Knox College in Illinois. Phillips attended the University of Chicago Divinity School for a year before dropping out and joining the army for two years. He then went to Michigan State where he got his master's and doctorate degrees in philosophy. He taught for one year at West Virginia University, and came to St. Cloud State in September 1966. Phillips chronicled how he became involved with the Faculty Association and collective bargaining. He devoted a great deal of time to discussing the election of 1975, a process he calls very difficult. Phillips discussed his opinions on the Inter-Faculty Organization (IFO) joining forces with the Minnesota Education Association (MEA), as well as what he considers to be the biggest differences between the IFO and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). He talked about the strengths and weaknesses of the AAUP and what may have cost it the election. Phillips talked about the effects of the IFO/MEA's victory and how successful collective bargaining in general was for St. Cloud State faculty. He was reluctant to join the IFO after the AAUP was defeated. Phillips believed that more people should be able to join voluntarily, believing that forced membership was not as effective. He believed that collective bargaining was good economically for the faculty, but not been great for local decision-making. Phillips discussed his involvement on the IFO's Academic Affairs Committee. To end, he offered some suggestions for improving the IFO and current collective bargaining situation at St. Cloud State.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

37. Interview with Alan Stiegler (1925-?), Judges and Lawyers Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Stiegler, Alan, 1925-?
Date Created:
2009-06-13
Description:
In this interview, Alan Stiegler gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan, World War II veteran and legal practitioner. He was born in 1925 and raised in Minneapolis. His family background in is Russia and he describes some of their stories that involve working in a sweatshop in St. Paul and homesteading in North Dakota. Stiegler describes how he was drafted at age 18 to fight in World War II, how he began specialized training but wound up in general infantry, having experienced some anti-Semitism. He describes how he fought through the Siegfired Line and the Battle of the Bulge, encountering new rocket propelled bombs developed by the Germans, and tells a story about how he was injured by a roadside bomb. In addition, he describes his life occupying Germany after the war and his subsequent career as a medical mal practice lawyer in great detail. He tells specific stories of anti-Semitism in Minnesota and North Dakota during his law career. He concludes with a description of his personal life after retirement and his family. This interview was conducted by Helen Rubenstein as a part of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest World War II Veterans Oral History Project.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

38. Interview with Albert Bye, Crow Wing County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

Creator:
Bye, Albert
Date Created:
1975-05
Description:
In an oral history, Albert Bye describes his parents coming from Norway to Minnesota, his family life growing up starting with his birth in 1894, him being drafted during World War I, and his life as a young adult.
Contributing Institution:
Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

39. Interview with Albert G. Minda

Creator:
Minda, Albert Greenberg
Date Created:
1967-07 - 1967-11
Description:
Albert G. Minda was born July 30, 1895, in Holton, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1918, did postgraduate work at the Universities of Chicago, Columbia and Minnesota, and was ordained rabbi at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1919. He served as rabbi at Temple Beth El in South Bend, Indiana, from 1919 to 1922, when he became rabbi at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. He was granted an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1947 by the Hebrew Union College. In 1963 he was appointed Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Israel. He died in 1977. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal history, including his education, early rabbinical duties in Indiana, marriage and writing - history and development of Temple Israel - the Jewish community in Minneapolis, Talmud Torah, Jewish charity and community services - anti-Semitism and the status of Jews in Minneapolis - duties of a rabbi - and his travels, lectures and participation in Jewish and inter-faith organizations. COMENTS ON INTERVIEW: MHS received the interview material in 1972 from Mrs. Nathan Berman of the Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Service.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

40. Interview with Alberto Monserrate

Creator:
Monserrate, Alberto
Date Created:
2010-12-29
Description:
Alberto Monserrate was born in Middlebury, Vermont. Monserrate grew up in Puerto Rico and England. He moved to Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota majoring in sociology. He has held several positions including the state chair of the Minnesota Young DFL, Ameriprise, Board of La Oportunidad Incorporated, Prudential Securities as a financial advisor, and founding board of the KIPP Stand (Knowledge Is Power Program). Monserrate is currently a Latino Media owner of La Prensa, La Invasora, and LCN. He is currently serving on the Minneapolis School Board. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Jobs held - family background - being bilingual in Spanish and English - playing sports - crime exposure - Minnesota weather - scholarships - lack of Latino community in 1980s - racism - relationships - financial struggles - immigration - Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio - Latino non-profits - education - technology - Lake Street - community involvement - Latino businesses - Latino rally - anti-immigrant sentiment - English as a Second Language - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

41. Interview with Alberto Villarreal

Creator:
Villarreal, Alberto
Date Created:
1976-07-12
Description:
Alberto Villarreal was born in Blue Earth, Minn., in 1933 and grew up in Iowa and Albert Lea, Minn. He has worked in a packing house, a foundry, construction, a hospital and a furniture store. Since 1960 he has been a member of the Albert Lea Police Department. Subjects discussed include: Education, work and family history - involvement with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) - and the Azteca Club.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

42. Interview with Albert Wedell, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, Milaca, Minnesota

Creator:
Wedell, Albert, 1911-2000
Date Created:
1990-02-11
Description:
This was an interview conducted on February 11, 1990 by Richard Olson. Albert Wedell was born September 29, 1911 in Milaca, Minnesota. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and trained in California. He was assigned to the repair division of the U.S.S. Louisville, on which he served in the Aleutian Islands and the South Pacific. He discussed the armaments of the ship, the conditions aboard, men he met in the crew, and some of the attacks on the ship by Japanese ships and aircraft. While in the Navy, Wedell married Velma Swenson on March 14, 1945, and was honorably discharged on October 27, 1945. After the war, he ran a dairy farm near Milaca for 45 years and served on the Chase Brook School Board, the local telephone and creamery boards, and the county ASCA. Wedell passed away on March 16, 2000 and was buried in Borgholm Cemetery in Bock, Minnesota. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

43. Interview with Albert Ziegler, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-13
Description:
Reflection by Albert H. Ziegler, Concordia College class of 1918, from Marianna, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Ziegler talks about the events leading up to his two missionary trips to China, the first coming in 1922 (four years after graduating from Concordia) and some of the joys and trials of those experiences. He also talks, among other things, about being POWs (prisoners of war) after the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941, his children's return to America and Concordia for their education, and what those he graduated with are currently doing. Finally, he discusses his professors. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

44. Interview with Aleck Christiansen, North Shore Commercial Fishing Oral History Project, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Christiansen, Aleck, 1891-1979
Date Created:
1977-06-22
Description:
Of Norwegian descent, Aleck, his father and brother operated the H. Christiansen & Sons dealership started in 1898. His spouse's name was Minnie Wiggins Christensen. Betty (of Betty's Pies just north of Two Harbors, is Aleck Christensen's daughter. The interview was taken at H. Christiansen, Inc. Sporting Goods, in Duluth, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

45. Interview with Alec Ruttger, Crow Wing County Historical Society Oral History Collection

Creator:
Ruttger, Alec
Date Created:
1975-10-23
Description:
In an oral history, Alec Ruttger discusses how his parents started a resort in Crow Wing County, how he took it over and expanded it, and that his three brothers also got involved in the resort business. As a family, they built up the very well known Ruttger empire of resort locations.
Contributing Institution:
Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

46. Interview with Alex Tankenoff (1905 - ), Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Tankenoff, Alex, (1905 - )
Date Created:
2005-08-29
Description:
Alex Tankenoff (1905 - ) grew up poor and Jewish in St. Paul, Minnesota, eventually owning a successful brewery and brewery equipment company. In this interview, the discussion follows Tankenoff's life story, brewery business and involvement in the Bremer Foundation of St. Paul, Minnesota. This interview was conducted by Dr. Linda Mack Schloff, former director of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, in effort to document the stories of Jewish immigration to and community leaders in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

47. Interview with Alfonso de Leon

Creator:
de Leon, Alfonso
Date Created:
1975-07-08
Description:
Alfonso de Leon was born in Antila de Nopales, Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1902. He traveled with a military band during the Mexican Revolution and in 1918 came to the United States, where he worked in a mine in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He got married in 1922 in Bridgeport, Texas, where their first child was born. From 1923 to 1929 he worked in beet fields in Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota. They moved to Minnesota in 1929, and he started working in the Armour Packing House. He became involved in Mexican-American community organizations and activities in St. Paul. He retired from Armour in 1965. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in Mexico - the Mexican Revolution - life in Texas - work in the beet fields - the early Mexican-American community in St. Paul, including its organizations and festivals - his family - and personal views and philosophy of life. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English. This is an extremely valuable interview on the early history of the Mexican-American community on St. Paul's West Side.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

48. Interview with Alfonso Galvan

Creator:
Galvan, Alfonso
Date Created:
1975-07-30
Description:
Alfonso Galvan was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in 1898. He fought in the Mexican Revolution and came to the United States in 1919. In 1923 he came to Chaska, Minnesota, and worked in the fields. He also worked as a butcher, for Armour for four years and for Swift for six years. He worked for Cudahy's for twenty-five years until 1954, when the plant closed. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The Mexican Revolution - crossing the river and entering the United States - working for railroads, in farm fields and in the meatpacking industry - the first people in the West Side neighborhood of St. Paul - the Anahuac Society - celebrations on the West Side - his philosophy and advice to the young. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

49. Interview with Alice Baldwin (1910 - 2001), Lake of the Woods County oral history project, Baudette, Minnesota

Creator:
Baldwin, Alice (1910 - 2001)
Date Created:
1983-09-28
Description:
Alice Baldwin, interviewed by Florence Ferrier, talks about her father homesteading, businesses in Baudette, Minnesota, and her life in Baudette, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

50. Interview with Alice Grannis Murdoch (1894-1988), Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Murdoch, Alice (Grannis), 1894-1988
Description:
Alice Grannis Murdoch (1894-1988) of Lake City, Minnesota discusses her interest in researching local history, her collection of Native American artifacts, and her teaching career.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories
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