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52751. Interview with Senja Maki, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Maki, Senja
Date Created:
1983-01-04
Description:
Interview with Senja Maki. Senja Maki was born in Finland in 1888 and immigrated to the United States when she was 4. She moved to Ely when she was 16. Her parents divorced because her father was an alcoholic and her mother remarried. Senja moved to Ely where she worked waiting tables at a hotel. The hotel burned and she looked for a new job where she worked until she broke her knee. In 1907 she married Gust Maki who owned "Maki Clothing." They had five children and her husband died in 1964. Senja marched for women's right to vote and was part of the Delphin Society. The Delphin Society was a study group for women to learn about art, music, and literature. She has lived in the same house for 77 years. Her philosophy of life is to learn to live the proper way and always do what is right.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

52752. Interview with B. S. "Ben" Richards, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Richards, B. S. (Ben)
Date Created:
1983-01-05
Description:
Interview with Ben Richards. Ben Richards was born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin and moved to Ely in 1916 when he was 21. He worked for the Todd Stanbow Mining Company and then in the Xenith Mine in 1928 as a superintendent. He would go underground three days a week to inspect the work. He had mostly Finnish and Slovak workers and was responsible for more than 400 men. He attended the Presbyterian church. The population of Ely was around 6,000, so there were many students attending school. The mines provided 90% of the funding for the schools. He loved working in the underground mine. The draft during World War II took most of the younger men so they had to hire men in their late 50s early 60s. He worked in the mines from 1916 to 1959. Ben noted that he didn't see much of a future for Ely without mining.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

52753. Andy Valenty broadcasts at KVSC, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1983-02
Description:
Andy Valenty broadcasts in a booth at St. Cloud State University's FM radio station KVSC.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52754. Economist Charles L. Schultze speaks at the Winter Institute, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-02
Description:
Economist Charles L. Schultze speaks at the Winter Institute.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52755. Minnesota Weavers Guild newsletter and calendar, February/March 1983, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1983-02
Description:
The Minnesota Weavers Guild newsletter for February and March 1983 containing a schedule of upcoming classes, workshops, and the March member meeting; notes from the December board meeting, and a report on the Scandinavian Touch exhibit.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

52756. Standley Lewis holds a buffalo head fossil, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1983-02
Description:
St. Cloud State University faculty member Standley Lewis holds a buffalo head fossil.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52757. The Minnesota Horticulturist for the Northern Gardener, Volume 111, Number 2, February 1983

Date Created:
1983-02
Description:
February 1983 issue of The Minnesota Horticulturist.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Magazines (periodicals)

52758. George Plimpton, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1983-02-07
Description:
George Plimpton speaks at St. Cloud State University.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52759. Tau Kappa Epsilon members Doug Winter and Pete Taffe sun tan, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1983-02-07
Description:
Tau Kappa Epsilon members Doug Winter and Pete Taffe sun tan on the roof of their fraternity house.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52760. President Brendan McDonald inauguration, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-02-26
Description:
President Brendan McDonald's inauguration. George Budd, Robert Wick, Charles Graham, Lowell (Ted) Gillett, and Brendan McDonald all served as president of St. Cloud State University.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52761. President Brendan McDonald's inauguration, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-02-26
Description:
President Brendan McDonald's inauguration. View of a man, wearing academic gowns, standing behind a podium, while three men, wearing academic gowns and suits, look on.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52762. President Brendan McDonald's inauguration, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-02-26
Description:
President Brendan McDonald's inauguration. View of a man, wearing academic gowns, shaking hands with a man, who is wearing a suit, while people in the background clap, podium in foreground.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52763. President Brendan McDonald's inauguration, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-02-26
Description:
President Brendan McDonald's inauguration. View of a man, wearing a suit, standing behind a podium, two women sit at table near podium, sign in background reads: "Congratulations President McDonald."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52764. President Brendan McDonald's inauguration, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-02-26
Description:
President Brendan McDonald's inauguration.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52765. DOT Scene, March 1983, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1983-03
Description:
DOT Scene was a newsletter published by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as an official medium of information to correlate the work of its employees throughout the state and to stimulate dedicated and efficient public service in all transportation activities. (1976 - 1987).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

52766. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, March 1983

Creator:
Minnesota Library Association; Panzer Morris, Adele (co-editor); Wagner, Mary (co-editor)
Date Created:
1983-03
Description:
Volume 10, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in March of 1983. Contents include an editorial article titled "The Small Press and the Great Midwestern Bookshow" which advocates library support of small presses, highlights of the December MLA Board meeting, a Legislative Update, an announcement of the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries spring conference, a schedule of events for the Great Midwestern Bookshow, a special report on cable system development, a listing of job opportunities, news briefs on individual members, a memorial notice for Flora T. Rogge, ALA News, and a master calendar of MLA meetings and deadlines.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

52767. Phil and the Blanks compete at KVSC's trivia weekend, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-03
Description:
KVSC-FM, the campus radio station, has held an annual weekend trivia contest since 1980.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52768. Phil Moen and his Phil and the Blanks teammates search for an answer, KVSC trivia weekend, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1983-03
Description:
Phil Moen and his Phil and the Blanks teammates search for an answer during St. Cloud State University's radio station KVSC annual trivia contest.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52769. The Minnesota Horticulturist for the Northern Gardener, Volume 111, Number 3, March 1983

Date Created:
1983-03
Description:
March 1983 issue of The Minnesota Horticulturist.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Magazines (periodicals)

52770. Interview with Frank Muvich, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Muvich, Frank
Date Created:
1983-03-11
Description:
Interview with Frank Muvich. Frank's parents were born in Yugoslavia, but they met in Michigan where his father worked as a stevedore on the boats. He had a cousin in Michigan. His mother came to this country because others were immigrating and life was so hard there that she felt it had to be better in the United States. They arrived in Ely in the late 1880s where he worked at the Chandler Mine and later the Pioneer Mine. Conditions were terrible as the only tools used were the pick, shovel, and dynamite. There were nine children in the family with Frank being the eighth child. His younger sister died. Frank started working at 19 and was given his father position when he retired after 35 years. He was glad to have the position as it was 1936 and during the Great Depression. He became a contract miner but the Pioneer Mine didn't play fair with the contracts and cut the price if they felt the miners were earning too much. He joined the union on day 1. They met at Pink Hall where the company would position people to write down the names of the men attending the meetings. The company tried to organize their own union for their favorites but as it was illegal they had to disband. Frank talks about mine accidents, acid rain in the mine, and of his relief when the Pioneer Mine closed for good. He liked the crew, but he hated the work. Happy and relieved, Frank went to work for the EPA and felt he had been let out of prison.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

52771. Interview with Lee Brownell, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Brownell, Lee
Date Created:
1983-03-14
Description:
Interview with Lee Brownell. Lee Brownell was born in Wisconsin. His mother was from Wisconsin. His father was from Michigan. Lee's father came to Tower in 1886, and later arrived in Ely in 1888. His father was a supervisor for the Forest Service in Ely until 1919 and then transferred to Colorado. When he came back from Colorado he quit the Forest Service and opened a meat market. Lee discusses his work as a miner, including the Pioneer Mine in Ely.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

52772. Interview with Mary Anderson, Ely, Minnesota

Creator:
Mary Anderson
Date Created:
1983-03-27
Description:
Interview with Mary Anderson. Mary Anderson was born on Burntside Lake. Her mother was an Objiwe (sometimes called Chippewa) who was born on the Indian Reservation near Tower, Minnesota, the Bois Forte Indian Reservation. Her father, who was French and Irish, was born in Norway, Michigan. When her father was 14 his family moved to Tower. Mary said her parents each had to learn the other's language. Mary explained about how her father's family never accepted his Native American wife.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

52773. DOT Scene, April 1983, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1983-04
Description:
DOT Scene was a newsletter published by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as an official medium of information to correlate the work of its employees throughout the state and to stimulate dedicated and efficient public service in all transportation activities. (1976 - 1987).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

52774. Harry Goehring, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1983-04
Description:
Long-time faculty member Harry Goehring.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

52775. Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, April 1983

Creator:
Minnesota Library Association; Panzer Morris, Adele (co-editor); Wagner, Mary (co-editor)
Date Created:
1983-04
Description:
Volume 10, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in April of 1983. Contents include news of the upcoming MLA annual conference, reports from the Intellectual Freedom Committee and the Special Libraries Round Table, library news briefs from around the state, a special report on software for the creation of free-text searchable databases, various library-related news briefs, a listing of job opportunities, and a listing of educational events.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters
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