Interviewer
Timothy Madigan
Files
Description
Interview with Alvin Arneson on schools and farming during the 1920s and 1930s, and his involvement in progressive politics in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Biography
Born in Wisconsin in 1898, Alvin Arneson was Superintendent of schools in different towns in North Dakota in the 1920s, and began farming in Minnesota in 1938. He was head of the WPA in Minot, North Dakota, in the 1930s, and active in the Democratic Party in both North Dakota and Minnesota.
Date of Interview
6-8-1973
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Length (Time)
1:34:41
Original Format
Audio tape
Current Format
Mp3
Named Persons
Robert Marion La Follette, Sr., Robert Marion La Follette, Jr., John James Blaine, Myron Olson, John White Boy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fred J. Frederickson, Obed Wyum, Leon Henderson, Herber Hoover, Henry Holt, Thomas H. Moodie, William Langer, Lydia Langer, Usher L. Burdick, Quentin N. Burdick, Owen J. Roberts, John Moses, Harry Lashkowitz, William Murray, William F. Lemke, Woodrow Wilson, Henry Agard Wallace, Hubert H. Humphrey, Elmer Austin Benson, Joseph McCarthy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Eugene J. McCarthy, Cornelia Gjesdal Knutson, Robert Bergland
Professions
Teachers, School superintendents, Works Progress Administration director, Farmers, Tire industry
Organizations
Republic Steel Corporation, Valparaiso University, United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps, American Society of Equity, Wisconsin. State Normal School (La Crosse), University of North Dakota, North Dakota Nonpartisan League, Democratic Party (U.S.), United States. Works Progress Administration, United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration, United States. Public Works Administration, United States. Resettlement Administration, Independent Voters Association (N.D.), National Farmers' Holiday Association (U.S.), Wisconsin Progressive Party, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Communist Party of the United States of America, United States. Army
Places
Wisconsin—Ehrick, Norway—Ilvig, Wisconsin—Beaver Creek Valley, North Dakota—Fargo, California, Indiana—Hammond, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota—Saint Paul, North Dakota—Sanish, North Dakota—Grand Forks, North Dakota—Van Hook, Wisconsin—Black River Falls, North Dakota—Minot, North Dakota—Leeds, North Dakota—Rugby, North Dakota—Valley City, Washington (D.C.), North Dakota—Bismarck, Minnesota, Minnesota--Clay County, Minnesota--Saint Paul Metropolitan Area, Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Keywords
Emigration and immigration, Agriculture, Appeal to Reason, New Republic, Education, Indians of North America, Black Hawk War (1832), Great Depression, Politics and government, Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act, Anti-communist movements, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Communism
ID Number
S236 234
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce these oral interviews must be obtained in writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead Archives.
Disciplines
American Politics | Educational Administration and Supervision | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Arneson, Alvin, "Oral Interview of Alvin Arneson" (1973). Oral Interviews. 13.
https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/13
Included in
American Politics Commons, Educational Administration and Supervision Commons, Oral History Commons