Collective biography of Arvid Wiitaniemi, 1871-1961, compiled chiefly by various family members. Topics include his birth in Finland in 1871; coming to the U.S. in 1887; his two marriages; family life; working in the sandstone quarry in Jacobsville;…
Topics include his father clearing land and building a home; starting a farm; working in lumber camps and mines; the 1913 strike; ethnic conflicts; religious life; keeping country roads open in the winter; a home remedy; moving to Pontiac in 1922;…
Topics include attending school; graduating (1930) from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wis.; her work as a librarian in Calumet, first with the Calumet and Hecla library and later with the Calumet Public Library 1944-1966); the impact of World War…
Topics include coming to the U.S. from Italy; getting a job in the mines; boardinghouses; medical care and physicians; playing with the Calumet & Hecla Band; Allouez; and the visit of Theodore Roosevelt to Copper Country.
Interview also includes Walter S. Holmlund--1908-1993 and Minnie Marsi. Interview relates chiefly to various aspects of life in Jacobsville,Michigan, a sandstone quarrying location at the mouth of the Copper Country's Portage Lake Entry.
Topics include community life in Calumet. Includes references to ethnic groups; copper mines and mining; 1913 copper miners' strike; Fourth of July; summer and winter pastimes; churches; schools; and hospitals.
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 Larson, and William Pelkie.
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 industry; the Depression; saloons; and tourism in the…