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Oral Interview of Ruth Janice Schillerstrom Hoglund
Ruth Janice Schillerstrom Hoglund
Ruth Janice Schillerstrom Hoglund describes growing up in Moorhead, Minnesota, and her experiences at the Campus School at the Moorhead State Teacher’s College, and her transition to undergraduate education at MSTC, including reminiscences of instructors and students.
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Oral Interview of John M. Jenkins
John M. Jenkins
John M. Jenkins, a counselor, teacher, and administrator at Moorhead State, discusses the changes caused by World War II and the effects of the returning veterans after the war on the Moorhead State Campus: its curriculum, its faculty, and its changing emphasis towards the Liberal Arts. He also relates some of his experiences with present and past faculty and administrators, such as President O.W. Snarr, Virginia Grantham, Flora Frick, and Maude Wenck.
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Oral Interview of Edgar Johnson
Edgar J. Johnson
Edgar J. Johnson discusses German prisoners of war who worked for him from 1944-1945. He also talks about his feelings towards them, their reactions to Minnesota, and the type of work they did.
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Oral Interview of Lenora Isaacson Johnson
Lenora Johnson
Lenora Johnson discusses Norman County schools and other aspects of rural life in the 1930s.
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Oral Interview of Myrtle Irene Allen Johnson
Myrtle Allen Johnson
Myrtle Irene Allen Johnson discusses her life.
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Oral Interview of Karen Kivi
Karen Kivi
Oral Interview of former librarian, associate professor at Moorhead State University. The interview concerns the Finnish community and culture in Minnesota and the Great Depression.
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Oral Interview of Lottie J. Leeby
Lottie J. Leeby
Lottie J. Leeby is a retired housewife and partner in Leeby's Food Market in Fargo, North Dakota.. She discusses her childhood and schooling in Mayville, North Dakota, and her working life. She also talks about Leeby also discusses the Great Depression and organizations she was involved with in Fargo.
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Oral Interview of Stephen Adolph Lockwood
Stephen Adolph Lockwood
Stephen Adolph Lockwood relates stories told by his grandfather about his participation in the Civil War. He also discusses his occupations through the years and his perspectives on historical events like the First World War, Prohibition and bootlegging, and the Great Depression.
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Oral Interview of Manny Marget
Manny Marget
Interview with Manny Marget, primarily on radio broadcasting in the Red River Valley.
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Oral Interview of Thomas McGrath
Thomas McGrath
This interview deals with Thomas McGrath’s involvement in the Communist Party.
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Oral Interview of Tessie Buckley Murphy and Vivian Murphy
Tessie Buckley Murphy and Vivian Murphy
Tessie Buckley Murphy and her daughter Vivian Murphy discuss their lives, including experiences teaching and farming, life during the Great Depression, and American politics.
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Oral Interview of John P. Nemzek
John P. Nemzek
John P. Nemzek discusses his childhood, including jobs he held while growing up, and World War I. He also talks about his police work from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Oral Interview of John J. Neumaier
John J. Neumaier
John J. Neumaier discusses his career, focusing on his time as president of Moorhead State College, from 1958-1968.
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Oral interview of Henry Nycklemoe
Henry Nycklemoe
Nycklemoe was a Farmer-Laborite, a judge and state legislator (1955-1957). Discusses his opposition to World War II, his service in military, navy and participating World War I and his involvement in politics. The interview was conducted in 1973 by Timothy Madigan.
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Oral Interview of Karl Nygard
Karl Emil Nygard
Interview with Karl Nygard, the first Communist mayor of the United States, in Crosby, Minnesota.
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Oral Interview of Byron and Irene (Iverson) Ogren
Byron Ogren and Irene Iverson Ogren
This interview deals with the Ogrens' life on their farm in the 1930s and 1940s in the Red River Valley.
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Oral Interview of Ole A. Olson
Ole A. Olson
Ole A. Olson, at the age of 100, talks about his early years in Norway, emigrating to America, and growing up on a homestead in South Dakota. He also discusses major events in United States history during this century, including the assassination of William McKinley, World War I, the Great Depression and New Deal, and World War II and its aftermath.
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Oral Interview of Tina Amanda Olson
Tina Amanda Olson
Tina Amanda Olson discusses her family’s immigration to Prairie View Township (Wilkin County), early churches in the area, and other aspects of pioneering life. She also talks about her years as a schoolteacher, World Wars I and II, and the Great Depression
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Oral Interview of Russell O. Parta
Russell O. Parta
Russell O. Parta, publisher of a Finnish-language newspaper in New York Mills, Minnesota, discusses the Finnish immigrant experience in Minnesota, including European history, churches and social activities, and radical politics.
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Oral Interview of Jesse Peddycoart
Jesse Peddycoart
Jesse Peddycoart discusses his life homesteading in Canada in 1915, logging in British Columbia, and working in Fargo-Moorhead from 1926 to the present, including work on the Fargo Forum building and the Black Building in downtown Fargo, and the Moorhead State Teachers College campus.
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Oral Interview of Henry Peterson and Paul Horn
Henry Peterson and Paul Horn
Henry Peterson and Paul Horn talk about the German prisoners of war who worked on their farms in 1944-1945. They talk about the work done, the pay, the housing, Moorhead’s reactions to the prisoners, and the Germans’ reaction to Moorhead.
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Oral Interview of Daniel L. Preston
Daniel L. Preston
Daniel L. Preston talks about early music programs and groups at Moorhead State, the male choruses that he directed, and the recognition these groups received regionally and nationally. He also discusses his philosophy and techniques in the teaching of vocal music.
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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 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 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.
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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