Interviewer
Jerri Berg
Description
Gertrude Branigan discusses city life in Minneapolis during the Great Depression. She talks about welfare programs, the Works Progress Administration, medical facilities, recreation, and personal family life.
Biography
Gertrude Branigan lived in Minneapolis during the Great Depression, getting married in 1931.
Date of Interview
4-12-1974
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Length (Time)
33:12
Original Format
Audio tape
Current Format
Mp3
Named Persons
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John Saman, August Saman
Professions
Legal secretaries
Organizations
Abbott and Kerr, United States. Works Progress Administration, United States Postal Service
Places
Washington (D.C.), Minnesota—Minneapolis, Illinois—Chicago, Minnesota—Minnehaha Falls, United States—Hoover Dam, Washington (State)—Coulee Dam
Keywords
S274 876
ID Number
Great Depression, Prohibition
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
Branigan, Gertrude Allman, "Oral Interview of Gertrude Allman Branigan" (1974). Oral Interviews. 46.
https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/46