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Allen R. Good Oral History Interview
Topics include his genealogy; background and schooling; and the use of hydraulic air compressors in mines.
Amanda Larson Oral History Interview
Topics include her family history; education; her work as a teacher; and teaching Finnish immigrants English.
Andrew Mickelson Oral History Interview
Topics include his religious beliefs and awakening and his involvement with the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America.
Anna Isola Oral History Interview
Topics include her birth in Calumet, Mich., and her family; teaching; problems teaching English; amusements; boardinghouses; the Tamarack co-op; Vertin Brothers department store in Calumet; home reme...
Anna Kangas Oral History Interview
Topics include her work at Suomi College as a housemother; coming to America; school in Finland; Finnish foods; ethnic conflicts; boardinghouses in Hancock; Fourth of July celebrations; crime; home r...
Charles Hohl Oral History Interview
Topics include being the oldest living alumnus of Michigan Tech; copper mines and mining; the 1913 strike; ethnic relations; medical care for miners; geological work; World War I and the mining indu...
Annie Broan Aldrich Oral History Interview
Topics include family history; the reasons her parents came to Copper Country; her father's work as a mine captain; celebrating Christmas and the Fourth of July; school; marriage to physician Addiso...
Bill Waisanen Oral History Interview
Also present during the interview is Matt Waisanen--1894-1976 and Arthur Waisanen--1900-1978. Topics include various aspects of life in Pelkie, Mich. Persons represented include Urho Erikainen, Evert...
Beverly Harper Oral History
Jason Upchurch with individuals involved with Tulip Time.
Arthur J. Niemi Oral History Interview
Interview also includes Ilma Niemi. Topics include growing up in Virginia; home life; Fourth of July celebrations; memories of Eveleth and Payne, Minn.; church life; working in mines; and lumber cam...

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