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1. Program describing the Non-Game Wildlife Management Fund by Headwaters Regional Environmental Education Council, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Headwaters Regional Environmental Education Council
Date Created:
1981-00-00;
Description:
Program describing the Non-Game Wildlife Management Fund by Headwaters Regional Environmental Education Council
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Interview with Laura Knochenmus about the Trucking Business, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Knochenmus, Laura
Date Created:
1983
Description:
Interview with Laura Knochenmus about how her husband, Ernest Knochenmus, got started in trucking in Roseau County Minnesota. She talks about what he hauled, for whom he hauled, and the time period of the business.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Interview with Pioneer Thresher Marshall Wiskow, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Wiskow, Marshall
Date Created:
1979-07
Description:
Interview with Marshall Wiskow in Roseau, Minnesota. The interview was conducted by Florence Klema. Marshall discussed his life after coming to Roseau County in 1904 at age 11 years. He discussed childhood to adulthood and a variety of events.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. Panel Discussions on Scandinavian Art, Music, Instruments and Traditions with three Minnesota professors, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Selkurt, Claire; Swanson, Mary; Karlen, Robert;
Date Created:
1981-05-17
Description:
A recording of the Panel Discussions on Scandinavian Art, Music, Instruments and Traditions with three Minnesota professors
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

5. Interview with Allan "Buddy" Magnusson, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Magnusson, Buddy
Date Created:
1987-01-04
Description:
Interview with Allan "Buddy" Magnusson, Roseau Minnesota. The interview was conducted by Helen Engebretson. Buddy discusses the Magnusson family history and past Christmas memoriies
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

6. Program about the Ojibwe and Dakota Indians in Northwest Minnesota by Kent Smith Bemidji State University, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Smith, Kent
Date Created:
1980-09-11;
Description:
Program about the Ojibwe and Dakota Indians in Northwest Minnesota by Kent Smith of Bemidji State University
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

7. Narrative of War History including the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War One, World War Two, Korean War and the Vietnam War

Creator:
Roseau County Historical Society
Description:
A narrative of War History to be used for a war artifacts exhibit. Wars included are : Civil War, Spanish/American, World War One, World War Two, Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

8. Program about Black Powder Guns with Larry Beach, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Beach, Larry
Date Created:
1980-06-14
Description:
Program with Larry Beach as he explains everything about black powder guns.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

9. Interview with David Johnson on Polaris Founders Day by Jack Swanson, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Johnson, David
Date Created:
1998-03-16;
Description:
Interview with David Johnson, one of the men who started Polaris in Roseau, Minnesota. The interview was done by Jack Swanson on the radio program Friends and Neighbors. David spoke of the beginnings and some of the other inventions they had.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

10. Interview with Andy and Oline Erickson, Badger, Minnesota

Creator:
Erickson, Andy and Oline
Date Created:
1977-09
Description:
Interview with Andy and Oline Erickson of Badger, Minnesota who took part in America's Bicentennial Wagon Train to Pennsylvania in 1976.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

11. Program about German Prince Maximilian's Journey by the Northern States Gas Company, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Northern States Gas Company
Date Created:
1980-08-08;
Description:
A narrative of Prince Maximilian's 1832 expedition across the United States, from Boston to near the headwaters of the Missouri River in the Rocky Mountains and back.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

12. Interviews with Alma Lee, Minnie (Lee) Jorgenson and Rosella (Dahlquist) Knochenmus, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Lee, Alma; Jorgenson, Minnie (Lee); Knochenmus, Rosella (Dahlquist);
Date Created:
1995-11-01;
Description:
Interviews with Alma Lee, Minie (Lee) Jorgenson and Rosella (Dahlquist) Knochenmus reminiscing about their lives in Roseau County Minnesota. They talk about Dieter, sawmill, Indians, Max Jones, Mickinock, Ross, bears,
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

13. Interview with Charles Hallman, "Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Resistance and Change in Minneapolis" Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hallman, Charles
Date Created:
2022-06-06
Description:
Interview with Charles Hallman, longtime Hall-of-Fame writer and reporter for Minneapolis Spokesman-Reporter.
Contributing Institution:
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Oral histories

14. Interview with Derek Reuban, "Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Resistance and Change in Minneapolis" Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Reuban, Derek
Date Created:
2022-06-03
Description:
Interview with Derek Reuben, Minneapolis high school basketball standout and co-organizer of 1990s era Ghetto Basketball Association and Inner-City All-Star Classic.
Contributing Institution:
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Oral histories

15. Interview with Cynthia Wilson, "Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Resistance and Change in Minneapolis" Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wilson, Cynthia
Date Created:
2022-05-20
Description:
Interview with Cynthia Wilson, a University of Minnesota women's basketball player from Michigan who was a career long public servant in Parks and Recreation, parent of sons very involved in Minneapolis youth and high school sports.
Contributing Institution:
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Oral histories

16. Interview with Steve Floyd, "Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Resistance and Change in Minneapolis" Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Floyd, Steve
Date Created:
2022-06-02
Description:
Interview with Steve Floyd, longtime Minneapolis coach and youth sport advocate; also well-known social worker, advocate, and activist
Contributing Institution:
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Oral histories

17. Interview with Luke Patterson and Darnell Brantton, "Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Resistance and Change in Minneapolis" Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Patterson, Luke; Brantton, Darnell
Date Created:
2022-05-19
Description:
Interview with Luke Patterson and Darnell Brantton, leaders of Minneapolis Prep Academy; focus also on Patterson's own experiences as a standout basketball player in the Twin Cities in the 1990s.
Contributing Institution:
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Oral histories

18. Interview with Odell Wilson, "Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Resistance and Change in Minneapolis" Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wilson, Odell
Date Created:
2022-06-02
Description:
Interview with Odell Wilson, parent very involved in Minneapolis Black middle class and youth sports scene.
Contributing Institution:
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Oral histories

19. Interview with Chris Rainey, "Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Resistance and Change in Minneapolis" Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Rainey, Chris
Date Created:
2022-06-01
Description:
Interview with Chris Rainay, local Black basketball legend about his athletic experiences in the Twin Cities and in college and his post-sports career.
Contributing Institution:
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Oral histories

20. Interview with Charles Wight, Part 2, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Wight, Charles
Date Created:
1955 - 1956
Description:
Charlie Wight discusses first meeting the McAllister brothers; cruising Balsam Lake with McAllister; his memories of a woodsman named William Taft; the Taft spurs; a spur from Red Lake to Lake Julia and the logging around Lake Julia; hoisting logs out of Mud Lake; what determined whether a company would trestle or hoist logs; Scanlon-Gipson operations around Little Turtle Lake in 1901-1902; his acquaintance with Dave Conners; Irwin and O'Brien landing logs in Whitefish Lake; where lumber was sawed; the first road into Funkley; whether he saw any Native Americans living around Bemidji early on; whether he noticed old native trails; the names of different portages; scouting out homesteads; early logging by the Keewatin Company; the equipment his outfit used on their trips; trying to find a folding-up oven to demonstrate baking biscuits; the length of his first cruising trip; where else he cruised; how Weyerhaeuser moved his timber to Little Falls; the type of ties used for an inland logging railroad; the operation at Cross Lake; how moving logs by rail is like portaging; the amount of timber in the Cross Lake area; who he worked for after leaving Weyerhaeuser and Billy Woods; buying his own timber; losing almost everything in the Panic of 1932; about his family; what he did after the panic; his knowledge of Billy Woods; and his method of cruising. Then Wight discusses how he burnt slash; trying to talk another cruiser out of burning in poor conditions; how state policies hindered safe burning conditions; claims that were heavily timbered, and buyers who sold low; cruising for Clerk of Court Rasmussen; his health; a tree scale table by Frank Hasty; Frank Hasty; his sight; where the best timber was; whether you drive timber from Clearwater to Winnipeg in a year; Eau Claire area timer companies; the interviewer briefly tells about Weyerhaeuser difficulties north of Grand Rapids; Wight's visit at Cloquet; value of stumpage. This record contains parts of multiple interviews. Please refer to the transcripts for help understanding these.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

21. Interview with Kate (Mrs. John) Hines Erickson, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Erickson, Kate (Mrs. John) Hines
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Kate Hines Erickson is interviewed by an unknown man with Dr. Charles Vandersluis present. Vandersluis refers to man with something rhyming with "rig," possibly Marvin J. Briggs of the Bemidji Pioneer. Erickson discusses where her parents were from and when and where they settled; how her uncle conceived of the Farmer-Hines Railroad; her recollection of the land as a child; her early work for the Crookston Lumber Company; being transferred to Shevlin-Hixon at Blind River, Ontario; whether she remembered the Bemidji mill; the 1924 fire at the Bemidji mill; where lumber milled at Bemidji came from; working for Weyerhaeuser for 9 years; how much lumber Minnesota produced; where Leonard Carpenter might be; how the plant's closing affected Bemdiji; jobs that she said native people preferred; how the Canadian lumber company hired eastern Europeans to build the mill; and Finnish nobility who came to Canada to learn the trade. This record contains parts of multiple interviews. Please refer to the transcripts for help understanding these.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

22. Interview with Reverend Samuel Blair, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Blair, Reverend Samuel
Date Created:
1952 - 1953
Description:
Reverend Samuel Blair discusses when and how he first came to Bemidji; what Bemidji looked like when he arrived; the service he held the first night he arrived; the timeline of his work; the first Presbyterian church in Bemidji; patroness Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick; the first ministers; services in tents; his memories of Chief Bemidji; memories of Reverend Frank Higgins; his service in Buena Vista; his service in Nebish; the Presbyterian church in Kelliher; Higgins' sled dogs; and the Bemidji overreaction to the uprising at Leech Lake. In the next part of the recording, Blair discusses his recollection of Moose; when Malzahn building was finished; when the Northern Hotel was finished; the territories that he and Dr. Adams covered; whether any Sunday Schools have persisted without parent churches; how modern roads are changing church-going habits; why he quit the American Sunday School Union; his personal background; his blacksmith work in lumber camps; and working his way through Moody Institute. This record contains parts of multiple interviews. Please refer to the transcripts for help understanding these.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

23. Interview with Frederick H. G. Messerschmidt, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Messerschmidt, Frederick H. G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The interview with Frederick Messerschmidt was conducted by an unknown interviewer on an unrecorded date in an unrecorded location. Mr. Messerschmidt discusses moving to Blackduck, Minnesota in 1900 and Quiring, Minnesota in 1912. He also discusses a murder that occurred in Quiring Township in 1903. He also describes the undeveloped town of Carter, establishing the Quiring Farmer's Club, and joining the Blackduck creamery.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interview with Henry Kolden, Part 2, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Kolden, Henry
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The interview with Henry Kolden was conducted by Dr. Charles Vandersluis on an unrecorded date in an unrecorded location. Henry Kolden discusses toting goods and operating the Summit Mercantile Company in Blackduck, Minnesota in the early 1900s. He also describes early fraternal organizations, churches, schools, railroads, travelling salesmen, and musicians. He also describes photographer Louis Halverson, the Palace Hotel, and early newspapers including the Blackduck Times and the Blackduck American. He also describes interactions between white settlers and Ojibwe people, including interactions like hiring an Ojibwe driver, boarding on the Red Lake reservation, attending a dance, and disagreements over timber. The interview is continued from BCHS020a, and continues in BCHS 130a/b and BCHS 131a/b.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interview with John Van House, Part 2, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Van House, John
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The interview with John Van House was conducted by Dr. Charles Vandersluis on an unrecorded date in an unrecorded location, probably Kelliher, Minnesota. Van House discusses living in Kelliher starting in 1906. He discusses logging, sawmills, and early mail delivery. He also describes development of the water and sewer system and an electric light plant. He describes fighting a fire at a local church. The interview is continued from BCHS 059a.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories
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