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  Oral Interview of Roy L. Anderson

  Roy L. Anderson

  Roy L. Anderson reflects on his years at the Fergus Falls State Hospital, including such topics as changing attitudes towards mental health therapy and psychiatric help, and the expansion of the mental health program in Minnesota. He speaks of his early years as a groundbreaker in Minnesota in modern psychiatric therapy. He also mentions his plans for retirement in December of 1983.

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  Oral Interview of Alvin Arneson

  Alvin Arneson

  Interview with Alvin Arneson on schools and farming during the 1920s and 1930s, and his involvement in progressive politics in North Dakota and Minnesota.

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  Oral Interview of Robert Badal

  Robert Badal

  Interview of former Dean of Arts and Humanities at Moorhead State University.

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  Oral Interview of Joseph A. Belgum

  Joseph A. Belgum

  Joseph A. Belgum discusses the attitudes of pastors and the Lutheran Church towards counseling and psychiatry in the 1930s and 1940s, including how this led to his attending the School of Social Work at Columbia University in New York. Belgum also tells how the Lutheran Social Services in Fargo developed and describes the agency’s relations with Children’s Village. He also describes the development of training programs for prison and mental health hospital chaplains. Belgum also mentions the North Dakota House of Mercy, settling refugees, and his involvement in the Model Cities program in Fargo, which included low cost housing for poor people. He also discusses attitude changes in social workers, the problems connected with social work, and how people’s attitudes have changed towards social problems.

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  Oral Interview of John Bloom

  John Bloom

  John Bloom discusses the conditions at Fergus Falls State Hospital from the 1950s to 1983. Topics include the population of the institution, and methods such as shock treatment, lobotomies, and drug treatment. He also talks about the growth of social services and the role of the social worker.

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  Oral Interview of Darrell A. Burkland

  Darrell A. Burkland

  Darrell Burkland describes the historic changes and developments of social work: the hiring practices, educational requirements and programs, change of attitude by the community towards mental illness and alcoholism, and the growing importance of legislation regarding social work.

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  Oral Interview of Roland Dille

  Roland Dille

  Dr. Dille discusses career, family, and Moorhead State University.

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  Oral Interview of William Dosland

  William Dosland

  Interview of William Dosland as part of the Heritage Education Committee's Oral History Project.

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  Oral Interview of Doris Eastman

  Doris Eastman

  Doris Eastman was born in Alexander, ND in 1916. She was employed by the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead from 1934-1979. She became women’s editor at the newspaper in 1959. After retiring, she stayed busy working at the Episcopal Church and Clay County Historical Society. The interview relates the importance of Wayne Peterson in her career, as well as her husband, Ed, who also worked for the Forum. She tells about the days of the Forum in Fargo as well as working for the Moorhead Daily News.

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  Oral Interview of Allen and Ruth Erickson

  Allen Erickson and Ruth Erickson

  Allen Erickson and his wife Ruth discuss their experience while students at Moorhead State during the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. They talk about classes, instructors, and conditions at Moorhead State during that time. Dr. Erickson also discusses his duties as a faculty member in the Departments of English and Speech.

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  Oral Interview of Raymond Gesell

  Raymond Gesell

  The interview deals with Mr. Gesell’s life as a Minnesota State Legislator (1945-1949). He discusses many aspects of his political life including information relative to Old Age Assistance and appropriations for state colleges.

  Mr. Gesell, a grandson of Randolph Probstfield, was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on March 19, 1896, and came to the Red River Valley in 1916. He inherited the Probstfield Farm. He died on February 15, 1981.

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  Oral Interview of Viena Hendrickson

  Viena Johnson Hendrickson

  Viena Hendrickson discussed her parent’s involvement with the socialist and workers’ movements among the Finns of northern Minnesota. She described their political and social organizations. Hendrickson also talked about her own involvement in the Socialist and Farmer-Labor parties and the latter’s eventual union with the Democratic Party. She described how women became involved in politics, especially in the Farmer-Labor Women’s Federation, and then shared her impressions of Eugene Debs, Floyd B. Olson, Elmer Benson, Henry Shipstead, Harold Stassen and Hubert Humphrey. Finally, Hendrickson discussed red baiting in the 1940s and 1950s, isolationism and her views on the United Nations.

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  Oral Interview of John M. Jenkins

  John M. Jenkins

  John M. Jenkins, a counselor, teacher, and administrator at Moorhead State, discusses the changes caused by World War II and the effects of the returning veterans after the war on the Moorhead State Campus: its curriculum, its faculty, and its changing emphasis towards the Liberal Arts. He also relates some of his experiences with present and past faculty and administrators, such as President O.W. Snarr, Virginia Grantham, Flora Frick, and Maude Wenck.

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  Oral Interview of Edgar Johnson

  Edgar J. Johnson

  Edgar J. Johnson discusses German prisoners of war who worked for him from 1944-1945. He also talks about his feelings towards them, their reactions to Minnesota, and the type of work they did.

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  Oral Interview of Lenora Isaacson Johnson

  Lenora Johnson

  Lenora Johnson discusses Norman County schools and other aspects of rural life in the 1930s.

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  Oral Interview of Karen Kivi

  Karen Kivi

  Oral Interview of former librarian, associate professor at Moorhead State University. The interview concerns the Finnish community and culture in Minnesota and the Great Depression.

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  Oral Interview of Manny Marget

  Manny Marget

  Interview with Manny Marget, primarily on radio broadcasting in the Red River Valley.

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  Oral Interview of Thomas McGrath

  Thomas McGrath

  This interview deals with Thomas McGrath’s involvement in the Communist Party.

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  Oral interview of Henry Nycklemoe

  Henry Nycklemoe

  Nycklemoe was a Farmer-Laborite, a judge and state legislator (1955-1957). Discusses his opposition to World War II, his service in military, navy and participating World War I and his involvement in politics. The interview was conducted in 1973 by Timothy Madigan.

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  Oral Interview of Karl Nygard

  Karl Emil Nygard

  Interview with Karl Nygard, the first Communist mayor of the United States, in Crosby, Minnesota.

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  Oral Interview of Byron and Irene (Iverson) Ogren

  Byron Ogren and Irene Iverson Ogren

  This interview deals with the Ogrens' life on their farm in the 1930s and 1940s in the Red River Valley.

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  Oral Interview of Russell O. Parta

  Russell O. Parta

  Russell O. Parta, publisher of a Finnish-language newspaper in New York Mills, Minnesota, discusses the Finnish immigrant experience in Minnesota, including European history, churches and social activities, and radical politics.

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  Oral Interview of Daniel L. Preston

  Daniel L. Preston

  Daniel L. Preston talks about early music programs and groups at Moorhead State, the male choruses that he directed, and the recognition these groups received regionally and nationally. He also discusses his philosophy and techniques in the teaching of vocal music.

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  Oral Interview of Lois Selberg

  Lois Selberg

  Selberg describes her background including being a student at Moorhead State. She comments on student culture and changes from the 1960s to the 1980s. She recalls her various positions at Moorhead State University. She recounts the history of Project E-Quality and recruitment of black students to the university.

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  Oral Interview of Lawrence Sherman

  Lawrence Sherman

  Lawrence Sherman describes the work he did as president of the Farm Bureau and also his seventeen years of work with the Farm Extension Board. He discusses the crops he grew (corn, wheat, and barley), and his production records for Holstein cows and how he accomplished them. His milk production was 15,000 pounds of milk and 500 pounds of fat, when the average ten was 1,200 pounds of milk and 350-400 pounds of fat. He attributes his success to the use of fertilizers to increase the nutritional value of the hay, and describes the early days of fertilizer use in the 1930s. He also describes how he met his wife and her career, his relationship with the Farmer’s Union, and his experiences with cooperatives.