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Audiocassettes

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

1918 Fire, Remembered by Dagmar Westin Michler

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S6030
Abstract

One brief tape, recorded when Dagmar Westin Michler was 78 years old.

Dates: 1918

Aftenro Society records

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2254
Abstract

The collection includes minutes of the Aftenro Society, some written in Norwegian; historical logs; scrapbooks; correspondence; annual reports; and photographs.  It also includes one audiotape of Mrs. Arnold Berg, Aftenro historian, recounting the history of Aftenro Society.

Dates: 1910-1976

Rosalie Alstadt oral history interview

 Collection
Identifier: S4560
Abstract

The collection consists of one 60 minute audiocassette tape. Subjects include Morgan Park.

Dates: 1994 October 8

Blatnik Bridge Dedication recording

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3711
Abstract

The collection consists of one audiocassette of the Blatnik Bridge Dedication on September 24, 1971.

Dates: 1971 September 24

Boundary Changes on the Fond du Lac Reservation oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2331
Abstract In 1978 and 1979 historian Barbara Sommer interviewed residents of the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota. The participants discussed and defined changes in the boundary of the Fond du Lac Reservation, MN. They also identified some changes in land use that occurred on the reservation and identified historic sites. The interviews include some spoken Ojibwe words and place names. The collection consists of audiorecordings of the interviews and one volume containing the project's final...
Dates: 1978-1979

Paul Buffalo oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6035
Abstract

Oral history project of Dr. Timothy Roufs interviewing Paul P. Buffalo (1900-6/1977) from March 1967 – 1977. Mr. Buffalo resided at Ball Club, Minnesota, and the Leech Lake Reservation.

Dates: 1967-1977

Margaret Carroll oral history interview

 Collection — Box OH
Identifier: S4558
Abstract

The collection consists of one audiocassette tape of an oral history interview about life in Morgan Park.

Dates: 1994

Cook County Historical Society oral history recordings

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2318
Abstract

The collection consists of copies of interviews and conversations recorded by the Cook County Historical Society.

Dates: 1978

Duluth Bicentennial Living History Project oral history recordings

 Collection
Identifier: S2358a
Abstract

The collection consists of audiocassette recordings of four individuals discussing their lives and businesses in Duluth, Minnesota. The discussions were recorded in 1975.

Dates: 1975

Duluth News Tribune slide shows

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S6086
Abstract

The collection consists of two 25 minute slide shows from 1977.

Dates: 1977

Walter and Goldie Eldot papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S4527
Abstract

The collection consists of 1956 articles of incorporation for Duluth Community Chest; a 90 minute interview on cassette tape with 89-year old Glen Merritt on October 26, 1983, about Merritt’s recollections of YMCA’s Camp Miller; and black and white photographs collected by Eldot that may have illustrated his articles in Outlook and Cosmopolitan sections of the newspaper when he was editor.

Dates: 1956-1984; Majority of material found in 1967-1983

Karl W. Emanuel oral history interview

 Collection — Box OH
Identifier: S6111
Abstract

The tape includes information about Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel's education, careers, the founding of the clinic, and the Duluth Symphony. Dr. Emanuel speaks in the third person.

Dates: 1982

Frank Whitebird oral history interview concerning historic resources of the Fond du Lac Reservation (Minn.), May 1, 1980

 Item — Item tapes
Scope and Contents

Two audio recordings of an interview with Frank Whitebird. The interview took place on May 1, 1980 and was conducted as a part of the Historic Resources Inventory of the Fond du Lac Reservation. An index to this interview is available.

In the intervew Frank Whitebird discussed the location of mounds, fishing camps and flint pits; fishing; names and location of villages, schools, missions, latter cemeteries, and logging railroads.

Dates: May 1, 1980

Newton S. Friedman oral history interview

 Collection — Box OH
Identifier: S4542
Abstract

The collection consists of an interview with civil rights attorney Newton S. Friedman on March 18, 1993.

Dates: 1993

H. Watson Wilson oral history interview

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2210
Abstract

Consists of two audio recordings of an interview with H. Watson Wilson. The interview, conducted by Barbara Sommer on behalf of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Center, took place on March 23, 1977.

Dates: 1977

Evert Haglund oral history interview

 Collection — Box OH
Identifier: S4493
Abstract

The collection consists of 2 interviews of Evert Haglund on two cassettes.

Dates: 1991

Historic Resources Inventory of the Fond du Lac Reservation, Carlton and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2377
Abstract

The collection consists of a report compiled for Beck and Associates, Inc. of Duluth, Minnesota by Barbara Sommer. The purpose of the report was to identify historic sites on the Fond du Lac Reservation which is located in Carlton and St. Louis Counties near the town of Cloquet, Minnesota.

Dates: 1979-1980

History of Business Development in Duluth oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2376
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.

Dates: 1980-1981

Isle Royale Commercial Fishing oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2457
Abstract

The collection consists of 15 audiotapes comprising approximately 11 hours of conversation with three Isle Royale commercial fishing people. The interviews were conducted in conjunction with research for a master’s thesis paper.

Dates: 1980

Albertine Johnson oral history interview

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2319
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.

Dates: 1977-1978

Margot Klaber oral history interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4592
Abstract

Professor Richard Hudelson, Ph.D. interviewed Mrs. Klaber on September 19, 25, 1997. The tapes chronicle her life from Germany to the United States, from before throughout and after WWII and her relocation to the United States.

Dates: 1997

KQDS Radio documentaries

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S3718
Abstract

The collection consists of two documentaries on tape: The Vietnam Era and Street People.

Dates: 1982

Labor Relations and Union Development in Duluth oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2220
Abstract

The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth, Minnesota area businesses and labor unions. Barbara Sommer conducted the interviews in 1980-1981.

Dates: 1980-1981

Larsmont, Minnesota oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4444
Abstract

The collection consists of three interviews on five cassette tapes and corresponding transcriptions: Gordy and Magda Hendrickson, March 30, 1981, have always lived in Larsmont; a second interview with Gordy and Magda Hendrickson on April 23, 1981; Ted Whalberg spoke June 3, 1981 about the history of his family of Larsmont.

Dates: 1981

League of Women Voters of Duluth records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2201
Abstract

Contains the business records of the organization including minutes, annual reports, and correspondence, information on local study items, selected newspaper clippings scrapbooks, and audiocassettes and films on various topics.

Dates: 1924-2009

Mike Shabaiash oral history interview concerning historic resources of the Fond du Lac Reservation (Minn.), October 10 - 12, 1979

 Item — Item tapes
Scope and Contents

Two audio recordings of interviews with Mike Shabaiash. The interviews took place on October 10 and 12, 1979 and were conducted as a part of the Historic Resources Inventory of the Fond du Lac Reservation. An index to this interview is available.

In the interview Mike Shabaiash discussed location and use of traditional villages, cemeteries, mounds, wild rice, and logging on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Carlton and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota.

Dates: October 10 - 12, 1979

Saime Monson oral history interview

 Collection — Box OH
Identifier: S4507
Abstract

The collection consists of one cassette tape of an interview of Saime Monson by Professor Richard H. Hudelson, Ph.D., UMD professor of philosopy.

Dates: 1991

North Shore Commercial Fishing oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2207
Abstract

Contains interviews with ten participants, documenting the history of commercial fishing on Lake Superior's North Shore. The interviewees are individuals who themselves, or whose families, engaged in commercial fishing in this region. The interviewer is Barbara Sommer.

Dates: 1977

Oral history methods in research, interviews and documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6036
Abstract

This collection contains oral history work from college history courses taught by Professor Mari Trine with a focus on using primary sources and oral history methods in research.

Dates: 2002-2007

Milton E. Pelletier papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S6001
Abstract

The collection includes 2 slide presentations; personal letters from 1968-2003; letters to and from politicians including John A. Blatnik, President Richard Nixon, MN Governor Anderson, District 8 representative Jim Oberstar, and Senator Walter Mondale; information on Lake Superior Conferences, City of Duluth Legislation, BWCA legislation, the Lake Superior Water quality, and Wet Lands Action Program.

Dates: 1968-1993