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.
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…
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.
Topics include picking blueberries; the Depression; clearing land; logging; early Pelkie, including the coop, creamery, and cheese factory; making hay; school; peddlers and beggars; ethnic relations; working in the mines; copper miners' strike…