Interviewer
Timothy Madigan
Description
This interview deals with the Ogrens' life on their farm in the 1930s and 1940s in the Red River Valley.
Date of Interview
3-9-1973
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Length (Time)
42:32
Original Format
Cassette tape
Current Format
mp3
Named Persons
Byron Ogren, Irene (Iverson) Ogren, Ole Lundin, P.J. Landins, William Langer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Floyd B. Olson, Elmer Benson, Father Coughlin
Professions
Farmer, School Bus Driver
Organizations
Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Moorhead State Teachers College, School District 79, Farmers Union, American Farm Bureau Federation, Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Places
Minnesota, Moorhead (Minn.), Sabin (Minn.), Sweden, Froid, (Mont.), Norway, Hillsboro (N. Dak.), Clay County (Minn.), Sisseton (S. Dak.), Canada
Keywords
Great Depression, Farming, Rural Electrification Act, Radios, World War II, Cattle
ID Number
S231 228
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce these oral interviews must be obtained in writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead Archives.
Disciplines
Agricultural and Resource Economics | Agriculture | Oral History | Political Science
Recommended Citation
Ogren, Byron and Ogren, Irene Iverson, "Oral Interview of Byron and Irene (Iverson) Ogren" (1973). Oral Interviews. 9.
https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/9