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Oral Interview of Glenda Sanford and Ruth Halliday
Glenda Sanford and Ruth Halliday
Mrs. Halliday and Mrs. Sanford discuss their involvement in the "Drop-in" Center on Hotline. They of the Center's beginnings and fund raising efforts.
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Oral Interview of Alma Josephine Johnson Satersmoen
Alma Josephine Johnson Satersmoen
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.
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Oral Interview of Gertrude Saxman
Gertrude Saxman
Dr. Saxman discusses her experiences in medicine and her medical practice in Ulen, MN from 1960-1983.
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Oral Interview of Laura Scherfenberg
Laura Scherfenberg
Scherfenberg discusses her many years of activities with the Moorhead branch of Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She describes the organization's goals, finances, projects, and its role in the community.
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Oral Interview of Laura Scherfenberg
Laura Scherfenberg
Laura Scherfenberg taught from 1923 to 1972. She discusses her early teacher training, her many years of experiences in education, and her work at Moorhead State.
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Oral Interview of G.L. Schoberg
G. L. Schoberg
Mr. Schoberg discusses his experiences on the faculty of Concordia College from 1930 to 1970, both as instructor in the Language Department and in public affairs.
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Oral Interview of George Schonberger
George Schonberger
George Schonberger discusses his involvement in the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Oral Interview of Norman Schrader
Norman C. Schrader
Mr. Schrader joined the news staff at WDAY in 1949 and has served as president of the North Dakota Associated Press Broadcasters Association. He discusses his experiences at WDAY.
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Oral Interview of Bonnie Schultz
Bonnie Schultz
Ms. Schultz describes the beginnings of the Girl Scouts program. She discusses local activities, growth, and the participation of parents and volunteers.
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Oral Interview of Leveta Scott
Leveta Scott
Mrs. Scott describes her life as a homemaker on a farm in Borup, Minnesota from 1938 to the 1960s.
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Oral Interview of Leveta Scott
Leveta Scott
Mrs. Scott tells of her experiences on a dairy farm, and also discusses her 36 year teaching career.
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Oral Interview of Jeanne Seigel
Jeanne Seigel
Seigel discusses her involvement with the St. Ansgar Hospital Auxillary, of which she was president from 1975-77.
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Oral Interview of Lois Selberg
Lois Selberg
Selberg describes her background including being a student at Moorhead State. She comments on student culture and changes from the 1960s to the 1980s. She recalls her various positions at Moorhead State University. She recounts the history of Project E-Quality and recruitment of black students to the university.
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Oral Interview of Lois Selberg
Lois Cornell Selberg
Lois Selberg speaks first of her high school education and her early experiences at Moorhead State. She describes what entering college meant to her in the way of intellectual enlightenment. Topics covered include sorority life, working on the yearbook and the college newspaper, annual drama productions, chapel programs, and the status of the library. Mrs. Selberg discusses what the college was like during wartime, living arrangements off-campus during the time the cadets were at Moorhead State, the return of the veterans, and the changes that occurred on campus and in classes at that time. She also speaks of dormitory life, her work at the Student Exchange, and student teaching in the Campus School, as well as returning to Moorhead State as a faculty member herself.
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Oral Interview of Philip Seljevold
Philip Seljevold
Mr. Seljevold discusses in detail his experiences as Athletic Director at Moorhead High School. Topics discussed include tradition, girls athletics, coaches and facilities.
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Oral Interview of Lawrence Sherman
Lawrence Sherman
Lawrence Sherman describes the work he did as president of the Farm Bureau and also his seventeen years of work with the Farm Extension Board. He discusses the crops he grew (corn, wheat, and barley), and his production records for Holstein cows and how he accomplished them. His milk production was 15,000 pounds of milk and 500 pounds of fat, when the average ten was 1,200 pounds of milk and 350-400 pounds of fat. He attributes his success to the use of fertilizers to increase the nutritional value of the hay, and describes the early days of fertilizer use in the 1930s. He also describes how he met his wife and her career, his relationship with the Farmer’s Union, and his experiences with cooperatives.
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Oral Interview of Edith Skogen
Edith Skogen
Mrs. Skogen has served as teacher and principal from 1931 to 1975. She discusses the formation of the Soroptimist Club and the highlights of its history in Moorhead.
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Oral Interview of Edith Skogen
Edith Skogen
Mrs. Skogen served as teacher and principal from 1931 to 1975. She tells of her experiences as teacher, teaching principal, and as full time administrator.
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Oral Interview of William Smaby
William Smaby
Smaby reflects on his experiences as the Concordia College business office manager since 1952.
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Oral Interview of Ralph and Lila (Ohman) Smith
Ralph Smith and Lila Ohman Smith
The tape deals with teaching school in the Finnish community of New York Mills, Minnesota in the late 1930s, and other aspects of Finnish-American immigrant life.
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Oral Interview of Myrna Snider
Myrna Snider
Mrs. Snider gives a historical sketch of the local Salvation Army, describes its activities and its volunteer work force.
This collection consists of oral interviews of prominent people from northwest Minnesota. Some of these interviews are a part of the Heritage Education Commission's Regional Oral History Project.
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