Interviewer
Timothy Madigan
Description
Rudolph Otto Zuehlsdorff describes his experiences working in farming and railroad engineering, beginning in the 1920s. He also discusses the effects of the Great Depression, and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
Biography
Rudolph Otto Zuehlsdorff was born January 12, 1899, in the township of Sarpsborg, Minnesota, the son of German immigrants. He worked on his family’s farm in Clay County in the 1920s and worked for the Great Northern Railroad, out of Fargo, North Dakota, in the 1930s and 1940s. Following the Great Depression, he became active in Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party politics at the county level.
Date of Interview
8-25-1973
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Length (Time)
23:46
Original Format
Audio tape
Current Format
Mp3
Named Persons
James Fergus, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Professions
Farmers, Railroad engineers
Organizations
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Moorhead State College, Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.), American Federation of Labor, United States. Works Progress Administration, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Places
Minnesota—Sarpsborg Township, Minnesota—Fergus Falls, Minnesota—Breckenridge, Minnesota—Foxhome, Minnesota—Muskoda, Minnesota--Lake Park, Germany, Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Switzerland, France, Portugal, South America, North Dakota—Fargo, New York (State)--New York, North Dakota—Minot, Washington (State), Michigan, North Dakota, Minnesota—Moorhead, Washington (D.C.)
Keywords
Agriculture, Great Depression, Railroad engineering, Labor unions, Political parties
ID Number
S240 238
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce these oral interviews must be obtained in writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead Archives.
Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Zuehlsdorff, Rudolph Otto, "Oral Interview of Rudolph Otto Zuehlsdorff" (1973). Oral Interviews. 32.
https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/32