Description
Alma Satersmoen talks about her ancestry and early life in the Pelican Rapids area. A doctor’s wife who assisted in his hospital, she discusses medical practices and hospital service, including during the flu epidemic of 1918, as well as social changes.
Biography
Alma Josephine Johnson Satersmoen was born June 20, 1884, to Swedish parents, growing up on a farm near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. In 1915, she married Dr. Theodore Satersmoen, who set up a practice in Pelican Rapids.
Date of Interview
3-1-1976
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Length (Time)
31:56
Original Format
Audio tape
Current Format
Mp3
Named Persons
Theodore Satersmoen, Willard Lathrop Burnap, Olaf Scherping, Adolf Hitler
Professions
Hospitals—Employees
Places
Minnesota--Pelican Rapids. Sweden, Minnesota--Fergus Falls, Minnesota—Holloway, Minnesota—Star Lake, North Dakota, Minnesota--Detroit Lakes, Minnesota--Prairie Lake (Otter Tail County), Minnesota--Saint Paul, Europe
Keywords
Emigration and immigration, Hospitals, Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919), Drugs, Indians of North America, Great Depression
ID Number
S738 739
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 | Social History
Recommended Citation
Satersmoen, Alma Josephine Johnson, "Oral Interview of Alma Josephine Johnson Satersmoen" (1976). Oral Interviews. 34.
https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/34