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Albertine Johnson oral history interview

 Collection — Item: tapes
Identifier: S2319

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of three audio recordings of interviews with Albertine Johnson. The interviewer was her son, Rudy Johnson. Interviews took place on September 7, 1977 and May 7, 1978.

Tape 1:  1886-1917 Describes living conditions among fisherfolk in North Norway, going to school, church life, folk culture, etc., and work in Kerkenes 1914-1917, and emigration to the United States.

Tape 2:  1917-1925 Reasons for emigration, the crossing (1917), immigrant life in Thomson (Carlton County, Minnesota), 1917-1920 during the Armistice, the Great Cloquet Fire, the Flu epidemic, and early years in West Duluth in the immigrant community.

Tape 3:  1925-1978 Factory work in Duluth in the 1920’s, domestic work in the 1930’s, naturalization, retirement. (side two mostly family history).

Dates

  • Creation: 1977-1978

Creator

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

Albertine Svendsen Johnson immigrated from Norway to the United States in 1917, settling initially in Carlton County, Minnesota. She married to Ivar Johnson in 1915 and was the mother of former University of Minnesota Duluth Library Director Rudy Johnson. Her husband died in Duluth, Minnesota in 1921

Extent

3.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection consists of three audio recordings of interviews with Albertine Johnson. The interviewer was her son, Rudy Johnson. Interviews took place on September 7, 1977 and May 7, 1978.

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.

General

This collection is owned by the Minnesota Historical Society, but is housed at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives.

Title
Guide to the Albertine Johnson oral history interview
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
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

Contact:
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526