History of Business Development in Duluth oral history interviews
Scope and Contents
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth area businesses and labor unions. Narrators comment, where appropriate, on the founding and growth of carious businesses or labor organizations, the formation of corporate policies, labor – management relations, urban renewal, union philosophy and strategy, government regulation, binding arbitrations, and the relationship of business and labor political and civic affairs. Barbara Sommer conducted the interviews for the project which was sponsored by Northeast Minnesota Historical Center.
The collection consists of audiorecordings of the interviews and typed indexes to the topics covered in the recordings. Please see individual entries for each interview; titles include participants' names and the name of the project.
Participants and Interview Dates:
John Andresen, August 25, 1980
Samuel F. Atkins, August 13, 1980
Christian F. Beukema, July 31, 1980
John C. Hunner, February 4, 1981
Arthur C. Josephs, October 15, 1980
Alex Kyyhkynen, January 14, 1981
Sylvester Laskin, September 9, 1980
Frederick C. Lewis, August 28, 1980
Robert Livingston, September 30, 1980
Odin S. Ramsland, August 6, 1980
Kenneth Ramsli, November 19, 1980
Rudolph T. Smith, December 2, 1980
Conrad Stephenson, September 11, 1980
William R. Stephenson, September 11, 1980
John E. Swanstrom, August 26, 1980
A. W. "Lon" Taylor, Jr., November 4, 1980
Stephen Wisocki, September 17, 1980
Dates
- 1980-1981
Creator
- History of Business Development in Duluth Oral History Project (Duluth, Minn.) (Organization)
- Taylor, A.W. "Lon", 1918 June 15-2000 July 1 (Person)
- Andresen, , John,, July 9 1924 (Person)
- Atkins , Samuel F, 1907 July 20-1982 September 25 (Person)
- Beukema, Christian F., 1918?-1999 May 14 (Person)
- Hunner, John C., 1906 July 6-1995 August 31 (Person)
- Josephs, Arthur C., 1906 December 20-2007 March 10 (Person)
- Kyyhkynen, Alex, 1888-1984 (Person)
- Laskin, Sylvester, 1914 June 18-1984 August 24 (Person)
- Lewis, Fred C, 1919 October 09-2013 April 10 (Person)
- Livingston, Robert, 1926 December 26-1990 September 14 (Person)
- Ramsland, Odin S., 1912 October 29-1997 December 11 (Person)
- Ramsli, M. Kenneth, 1917 September 17-2008 August 18 (Person)
- Smith, Rudolph T., 1907 January 24-1998 December 20 (Person)
- Sommer, Barbara (Person)
- Stephenson, Conrad, 1906 November 27-2003 February 10 (Person)
- Stephenson, William R., 1900 May 27-1991 October 23 (Person)
- Swanstrom, John "Jack", 1944-2002 May 28 (Person)
- Wisocki, Stephen (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth area businesses and labor unions. Narrators comment, where appropriate, on the founding and growth of carious businesses or labor organizations, the formation of corporate policies, labor – management relations, urban renewal, union philosophy and strategy, government regulation, binding arbitrations, and the relationship of business and labor political and civic affairs. Barbara J. Sommer conducted the interviews for the project which was sponsored by Northeast Minnesota Historical Center.
Extent
30.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth area businesses and labor unions. Narrators comment, where appropriate, on the founding and growth of carious businesses or labor organizations, the formation of corporate policies, labor – management relations, urban renewal, union philosophy and strategy, government regulation, binding arbitrations, and the relationship of business and labor political and civic affairs.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
Physical Description
The collection is approximately 27.5 hours long total.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- Audio Recordings Subject Source: Local sources
- Audiocassettes Subject Source: Local sources
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Local sources
- Business Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Businesses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--Economic conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Economic development Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Economic development--Minnesota Subject Source: Local sources
- Oral history Subject Source: Local sources
- Oral history interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the History of Business Development in Duluth oral history interviews
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: B. Sommer.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
