Christopher Tormundsen was of Norwegian descent. His spouse was Mateld Smith Tormondsen. Mr. Tormondsen was 90 years old at the time of this interview. The interviewed was taken at Mr. Tormondsen's home a mile and a half north of Tofte, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
George Torgersen was of Norwegian descent. His spouse was Barbara Eggert Torgeson. He was interviewed at his home at Knife River, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Image shows a series of boats moored in Agate Bay. This shows the backup of boat traffic during the 1907 Mesabi Range strike, the first widespread organized strike on the Iron Range called July 20th, 1907. Strike was broken August 2nd, 1907.
Ragnvald Sve was of Norwegian descent. His spouse was Ragnhild Jacobson Sve. They were married to each other for 51 year. He is one of several people presently allowed a license to fish trout in Lake Superior. He was interviewed at the Sve home in Two Harbors, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-08-20
Description:
The oral history of Bob Silver describes life in early Schroeder (called Cross River), early residents of Schroeder, Minnesota, the steamship "America," Cramer, Minnesota, building roads, trails, fish boxes, logging, Navy Seabees on Tinian Island, Pacific theater in World War II, atomic bomb on Tinian Island, Pacific theater, and historical perspective of the Schroeder, Minnesota area.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2000-09-20
Description:
The oral history of Nancy Gunderson Lindquist describes the emigration from Sweden of her grandparents, home birth with doctor and midwife, favorite foods, bachelor fishermen, The Cross River Coffee Shop, Girl Scouts, religious life and music.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2008-09-30
Description:
The oral history of Maybelle Skou and Bev Johnson describes life in Schroeder, Minnesota, in the 1950s and 1960s including a root beer stand in Schroeder, Minnesota, teen dances, square dances, Vivian Johnson and Tord Johnson, accidents and drowning.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2006-06-22
Description:
The oral history of Martin Coyer describes forestry, the summer sport fishing life, Dyers Lake, Cook County, Minnesota, Nine Mile Lake, Lake County Minnesota, Doc Allard, bear meat and cabin building.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-11-18
Description:
The oral history of Marion Mickelsen McKeever describes one-room schools and teachers, Mickelsen family commercial fishing, Dr. Frank Hicks, family tragedy, Slade mansion, flour sack underwear, carbide lights, and Norwegian ancestry.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-09-22
Description:
The oral history of Mae Gunderson Gilbertson describes resort life on the North Shore of Lake Superior, Schroeder, Minnesota, operating a small grocery store, living with grandparents, commercial fishing of her father, Fred Gunderson, young life in Schroeder, Minnesota, and the fire of May 21, 1926,1 mile wide and 7 miles long, the worst fire in the Cramer, Minnesota, area.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-08-05
Description:
The oral history of Kenneth Bonin describes his first visit to the North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota, and visit with his brother at a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, World War II military service in the Pacific theater, building Edwin Lundie Cabins with Joe Pecore, work at Reserve Mining in Silver Bay, Minnesota, and Erie Mining, Taconite Harbor, Minnesota, home building, Schroeder, Minnesota, life, running Gunderson Resort, Schroeder, Minnesota.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2000-03-31
Description:
The oral history of James Tveekrem describes his Norwegian grandparents settling in the Thomasville section of Schroeder, Minnesota, living in the saloon of a lumber camp, death of father and uncle on Lake Superior, Schroeder, Minnesota,daily life of a kid, Rural Electrification Association, trapping, school on the North Shore of Lake Superior, Cook County, Minnesota, Minnesota college in Duluth, Minnesota, and bird banding in Schroeder, Minnesota.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-10-25
Description:
The oral history of Dr. Bernard Spencer, M.D., and and his wife, Carol Spencer, describes commercial fisherman Thor Carlsen and his second wife, nurse/midwife Alma Carlsen, Dr. Frank Hicks, early diabetic care, May 21, 1926, fire from Manitou Falls, Lake County, Minnesota, to Cramer, Minnesota, The Philosophic Education Organization and school properties.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-08-09
Description:
The oral history of Dora Allard and Harriet Eklund describes early life in Schroeder, Minnesota, tragic death of a child on the Schroeder, Minnesota, dock, cemetary near Redmeyer home, dinner stop of the stage (bus) route, Lyght family, early automobiles, trapping, John Westblade killing of Sigrid Eide and Alvin Tofte, radios, dancing, midwifery and Taconite Harbor, Minnesota.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-08-12
Description:
The oral history of Clifford Smith describes cabin life on the North Shore of Lake Superior, Schroeder, Minnesota, 4th of July celebration, home-made ice cream and the history of Shining Rocks Cabins, Schroeder, Minnesota.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-10-20
Description:
The oral history of Charles "Chuck" Magney describes Naniboujou history, his father Judge Clarence Reinhold Magney (father of Minnesota State Parks), Erie Mining Company, Finland, Minnesota, Radar Station, Cathedral of Pines Camp, Caribou Lake, Cook County, Minnesota, canoeing and fishing in the 1940s and 1950s.
Eleventh image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Twelfth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Thirteenth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fourteenth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fifteenth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Third image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fourth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Seventh image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Eighth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Ninth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fifth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Sixth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
First image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Tenth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Sixteenth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Seventeenth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Second image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This may be the parcel of land donated by Thomas Merritt in honor of his uncle, Cassius Merritt. F. Rodney Paine identifies the photo as "Merritt Memorial Park - Cassius."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is Leif Erikson Park's amphitheater feature and its view to the Lake Superior. People are on park benches, and there is an ore boat on the lake. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is a view into Leif Erikson Park from London Road over the railroad tracks that separate the street from the park. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
