Balaban, N.H.; McSwiggen, P.L.; Aronow, Saul; Hobbs, Howard C.
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Map showing interpretations of Quaternary (Pleistocene [glacial] and Holocene [post-glacial]) surficial geology (distribution and type of materials at the land surface), scale 1:100,000, Scott County. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn21120.pdf
Balaban, N.H.; McSwiggen, P.L.; Isaacs, Patricia; Little R.L.; Olsen, Bruce M.
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Interpretation of land surface topography. Map showing locations of water wells, soil borings, outcrops and cuttings samples collected during water well drilling. Distribution and sources of primary information tthat guide the geologic interpretations used to make the geologic maps in the series, scale 1:100,000. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn21119.pdf
Balaban, N.H.; McSwiggen, P.L.; Kanivetsky, Roman; Palen, Barbara
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Maps showing water table configuration, transmissivity (ability of an aquifer to allow movement of water) and potentiometric conditions (potential direction of ground water movement) of surficial and bedrock aquifers, scale 1:200,000, Scott County. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn21124.pdf
Balaban, N.H.; McSwiggen, P.L.; Meyer, Gary N.; Olsen, Bruce M.
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Maps showing cross sections of Quaternary geologic units and thickness of the Quaternary glacial materials, scale 1:100,000, Scott County. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn21121.pdf
Map showing interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) with cross section diagrams, scale 1:100,000, Scott County. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn21123.pdf
Balaban, N.H.; McSwiggen, P.L.; Olsen, Bruce M.; Little R.L.; Isaacs, Patricia; Kannivetsky, Roman
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Maps showing the topography of the bedrock surface, well construction characteristics, physiography (geographic forms) of the bedrock surface and susceptibility of bedrock aquifers to contamination, scale 1:100,000;, scale 1:200,000, Scott County. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn21122.pdf
A two-page account of the author's experience of emigrating to the United States, first to Virginia, Minnesota, and then to Duluth from Croatia in 1912.
In this interview, Esther Brody discusses her early Jewish life in St. Paul and involvement in the Jewish community. She was born in 1906 to Rose and Isaac Weinstein, of Russia in St. Paul, in what is now called Lower Town, where she was raised. Brody recounts decades of work with Junior and Senior Hadassah, B'nai B'rith where she was president in the 1940s, National Jewish Welfare Board, Hillel, Young Judea, United Jewish Fund and the building of St. Paul JCC. The two conclude the interview by discussing Jewish events, people, fundraising and holidays during these years. This interview was conducted by Ruth Markowitz as a part of the United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project focusing on the West Side Flats/Lower West Side Jewish community in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Edward Bronstein (1903 - ) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, into a family of recent Jewish settlers from Prussia who were operating a local mattress factory. In this interview, Bronstein recalls the story of his family settling in St. Paul, describes the city with particular attention to different religious groups and their relations, as well as differences between various Jewish groups. The focus of the interview shifts to Bronstein's career fundraising for various civic and Jewish organizations starting in the 1920s and 30s. Special attention is afforded to Mount Zion synagogue, National Conference of Christians and Jews, United Jewish Fund (early history), United Charities, Jewish Charities and the Federation, as well as Zionism vs. non-Zionism in St. Paul. This interview was conducted by Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest volunteer Lois Devitt for the United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
In this interview, Abe Calmenson gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan. He describes involvement in the early Zionist movement around the United States and what was then Palestine. While there Calmenson co-founded the Jerusalem School of Music. Topics associated with Zionism in this interview were the ZLA, Theodore Herzl, and Henrietta Zoild. The bulk of the interview is however devoted to Calmenson's family and his life in the early 20th century on the East Side of St. Paul, with special consideration given to his father who was a scrap peddler. This interview was conducted by an unknown interviewer as a part of the United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project focusing on the West Side Flats/Lower West Side Jewish community in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Interview with Anna Camaish. Anna came to America with her mother in 1914. Her father had left Yugoslavia in 1906. The family came to Biwabik, Minnesota first where the father worked in the Bangor Mine. When it closed he worked in the Biwabik Mine and the Aurora Mine until they too played out. Then the family moved to Ely where he worked in the Pioneer Mine. Anna compares life in Yugoslavia with life in America and while they were poor in both countries, being poor in America was a lot better. People here helped each other. Not so in the old country. In Yugoslavia her mother would work weeding gardens for 15 cents a day and often the family went hungry. In America they had a pig, chickens, a cow, and rabbits. They sold eggs and milk, and raised vegetables. Anna remembers the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919 with all the schools closed. She compares the way women were treated in Yugoslavia to the way they were treated in America where it was the women and children first, not last. Anna met her husband Joe when working at the Chocolate Shop. She was 21 when they married. He was English and her mother felt inferior to him although he always treated her well. The Englishmen had all the top mining jobs.
Aeromagnetic anomaly (total magnetic intensity anomaly (relative to the earth's magnetic field, interpretation of magnetic data collected from airborne surveys, the map colors indicate the distribution and concentration of magnetic minerals (primarily iron-bearing) within the upper crust of the earth) map of Minnesota, scale 1:3,168,000. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn22626.pdf
Bouguer gravity anomaly map (anomaly related to different densities of rocks in the upper crust, Bouguer anomaly is a corrected difference between an observed gravity measurement and value predicted from a generalized earth model), shown as contour lines (isolines) of equal value, state of Minnesota, scale 1:3,168,000. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn22627.pdf
Margaret Woo Chinn's father and some of his brothers (including Woo Yee Sing, whose son Howard Woo was also interviewed for this oral history project) came to the United States in the late 1870s and 1880s and worked in laundries and on railroads. Chinn was born in China in 1912, and in 1914 her father brought the family to the United States. They settled in Minneapolis and were involved in running a gift shop and a family restaurant, the long-popular John's Place that closed in 1967. Subjects discussed include: Family history and the early Chinese community in Minneapolis.
Interview with Marion Columbo. Marion Columbo speaks on Ely history and promotes her two books, "Roaring Stony Days" and "The History of Incredible Ely." She speaks at length about Ely schools and the quality of its education.
Beach Volleyball, possibly at Bde Maka Ska, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
