Transcript of interviews with federal Judge Avern Cohn, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Discusses: personal background; education; Democratic Party; Michigan Civil Rights Commission; Detroit Board of Police…
Topics include working as a blacksmith; his father's coming from Canada; clannishness among nationalities; politics in the Copper Country; Democratic clubs in Houghton County; Finnish interest in politics; Democratic Party support; effect of World…
Topics include his family, including his parents who were born in Finland; his career as a judge; his involvement with the Ontonagon County Historical Society and the Upper Peninsula Chapter of the Michigan Archaeological Society; and Ontonagon…
Topics include farm and family life; picking berries; Christmas; cross-country skiing; forest fires; schools; and the Lutheran Church and pastors Edward M. Groop, Frans Koski, and Lauri Pikkusaari.