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1. Interview with Arleigh Schafer (1905-1993), Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Schafer, Arleigh 1905-1993
Date Created:
1987
Description:
Arleigh Schafer (1905-1993) discusses the history of Lakewood Cemetery in Lake City, Minnesota. He also discusses his early life and career in banking and insurance, the Lake City Citizens Bank, the Great Depression, other cemeteries in Lake City, and being secretary of the Lakewood Cemetery Association starting in 1950.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of White Horses Show at the Fairgrounds and the Air Show at Decker Field, Austin, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
194-1950
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. White Horse Show probably at the fairgrounds in Austin, Minnesota-stage show, horses; 5:40 Air show at Decker Field at the Austin Municipal Airport in Austin, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

3. 1958 4th of July Parade-Minnesota Centennial, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Schaffer, Emil
Date Created:
1958
Description:
Home movie of Fourth of July parade in Adams, Minnesota. Celebrating Minnesota's Centennial. Photography by Emil Schaffer
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

4. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of the Aquatennial Parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
Home movie of Aquatennial Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including marching bands and floats. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

5. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, family and weddings, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1946 - 1947
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson, showing various family members outside of his house in Adams, Minnesota; 3:43 Unknown campus; 4:20 Unknown neighborhood with family members in various activities including swimming and boating; 6:50 Weddings of Nordeen's two sons, Vance and Muriel Torgerson (1946) and Roy and Lorraine Torgerson (1947) at Little Cedar Lutheran Church in Adams, Minnesota; 9:40 Family vacation Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

6. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of parades, tornado, Memorial Day service, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1944-1945
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. Family vacation including, boating, waterskiing, fishing; 3:00 Zoo and stage performances; 6:45 Adams High School Cheerleaders; 7:00 Boating, Fishing; 8:30 Parade with marching bands including the Adams High School marching band; 10:00 Farming/harvesting; 11:30 Memorial Day service at Marshall Lutheran Church in rural Adams, Minnesota; 13:20 Snowplowing and shoveling; 14:00 Wind damage or tornado in unknown location; 16:00 Parade-location unknown; 16:30 Zoo; 17:30 Iceskating; flower gardening, backyard pond, horseback riding. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

7. 1954 Nordeen Torgerson home movie of an Old Car Parade, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Home movie of parade of old cars and a float of the Rochester Centennial Queen. Rochester Centennial was in 1954. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

8. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, city parades, Johnsburg, Minnesota and Meyer, Iowa

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940; 1955; 1959
Description:
Home video of three area parades. Movie includes: 00:26 First Parade - Johnsburg, Minnesota 1940; 06:45 Second Parade - Meyer, Iowa 1955; 12:56 Third Parade - Johnsburg, Minnesota 1959. The parade was in celebration of the centennial of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Johnsburg, Minnesota. The final portion of the tape is of Gilbert Heimer�s Christmas decorations. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

9. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of St. Paul Winter Carnival and Cole Brothers Circus, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1937
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. 1937 Ice Carnival probably in St. Paul, Minnesota. Parade includes floats from 3M, Brown and Bigelo, Ford dealers; 6:10 Circus Days featuring the Cole Brothers Circus most likely at the fairgrounds in Austin, Minnesota; 12:30 Clyde Beatty Circus most likely at the fairground in Austin, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

10. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, Great Lakes, possibly North Shore of Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1938
Description:
Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson "Our Great Lakes Cruise, 1938" includes Grand Hotel in Michigan, Canada, ticker tape parade. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

11. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of a large Parade/Aquatennial, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:
1940 - 1950?
Description:
Home movie of Aquatennial Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including marching bands and floats. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:
Adams Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

12. Interview with Wilbur D. Mortenson, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Mortenson, Wilbur D.
Description:
Wilbur Mortenson is a Moorhead native and a veteran of WW II. He has worked in the Moorhead Post Office and has been a member of the American Legion since 1946 and served in a variety of offices including Commander and Adjutant. Mr. Mortenson tells of the very beginnings of the Legion formed in 1919. He describes how the Legion clubs are organized into local posts, state departments, and on a national level. The goals and purposes of the Legion are also discussed.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

13. Interview with Alice Polikowsky, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Polikowsky, Alice
Description:
Alice Polikawsky was born in 1904 in Moland township. In 1951, she joined the Moorhead Daily News Staff as their first full-time alumni director. From 1957-58, she was instructor of Home Economics at Concordia and became chairman of that department until her retirement in Nov. 1974. Mrs. Polikowsky discusses her education and teaching experiences in home economics.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

14. Interview with Debra Stone (1952 - ), Urban Exodus: St. Louis Park Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Stone, Debra, (1952 - )
Date Created:
2012-06-22
Description:
In this interview, Debra Stone (1952 - ) begins by giving some family background as it relates to St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. In doing so, she tells briefly the story of her Communist father in Minnesota and the interesting circumstances which lead to both sides of her family settling in the Twin Cities area. As an African American, she talks of racial integration as it occurred on the North Side of Minneapolis where she grew up, Jewish life, school on the North Side, reasons for moving from the North Side to Saint Louis Park, school experience in Saint Louis Park, and class issues within Jewish society. This interview was conducted by Jeff Norman, oral historian from California. "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project" explores the post-World War II migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb of Saint Louis Park. The 35 oral history interviews, representing diverse perspectives from within and beyond the Jewish community, tell the complex story of how, from 1945 to 1970, Saint Louis Park became a major center of Jewish life in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

15. Interview with Theatrice "T" Williams (1934 - ), Urban Exodus: St. Louis Park Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, Theatrice, (1934 - )
Date Created:
2012-06-21
Description:
In this interview, Theatrice "T" Williams (1934 - ) gives his personal background and reasons for arriving in Minneapolis in the 1960s as a social worker on the North Side. Williams describes his relationship with the Phyllis Wheatley Center (director from 1965 - 1972) within the context of the American civil rights movement. The race riots on Plymouth avenue and other issues are explored in the context of the Jewish community, local politics and community organizations or initiatives such as the Urban Coalition. The interview concludes with a reflection on the North Side of Minneapolis as it is today and the construction of I-94. This interview was conducted by Jeff Norman, oral historian from California. "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project" explores the post-World War II migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb of Saint Louis Park. The 35 oral history interviews, representing diverse perspectives from within and beyond the Jewish community, tell the complex story of how, from 1945 to 1970, Saint Louis Park became a major center of Jewish life in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

16. Interview with Samuel Stern (1952 - ), Urban Exodus: St. Louis Park Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Stern, Samuel, (1952 - )
Date Created:
2012-06-13
Description:
In this interview, Samuel Stern (1952 - ) gives his personal background which included living in Highland Park, St. Paul, education at Carleton College, UCLA, and law school at Washington University in St. Louis. Stern's family settles in Saint Louis Park, and he discusses that community at length, including people, neighborhoods, synagogues and schools. Stern reflects on Hebrew School, Jewish Youth Organizations, Anti-Semitism, and socio-economic differences between neighborhoods. This interview was conducted by Jeff Norman, oral historian from California. "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project" explores the post-World War II migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb of Saint Louis Park. The 35 oral history interviews, representing diverse perspectives from within and beyond the Jewish community, tell the complex story of how, from 1945 to 1970, Saint Louis Park became a major center of Jewish life in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

17. Morrison Collections Tour 1 with John G. Morrison, Jr., Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1957
Description:
The multi-part recording is John G. Morrison, Jr., showing a small group his collections, which were the basis for the original BCHS collections. On the tour, he describes a violin that belonged to his father; his collection of pipes; Navajo rugs; his grandfather's snuffbox and wallet; an assortment of drums and their purposes; bowls; a shopping bag; a battle flag; baby boards; snowshoes; a model tipi; a gambling game; tools and utensils; buckskin bags to carry food; a flint-lock musket; lacrosse sticks; war clubs; powder horns; a quiver; the knuckle game; sashes; headdresses; a stick detailing the training of a warrior; necklaces; and tobacco pouches.He discusses headdresses; water drums; grand medicine; beading; what the Ojibwe used before beads; a doll; dancing regalia; a bead sack; the differences between Sioux and Ojibwe beading designs; how different tribes recognized one another; a battle between the Sioux and Ojibwe; how Red Lake got its name; how the Ojibwe tanned leather; a tobacco sack; a shopping bag; a medicine rattle; a deer tail headdress; and the knuckle game. 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

18. Interview with Elizabeth Ridenour Arnold, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Arnold, Elizabeth Ridenour
Date Created:
1950 - 1952
Description:
This is the recording of an autobiography of Elizabeth Ridenour Arnold. She discusses her arrival in Bemidji in 1898 and the local overreaction to an Objibwe uprising (Battle of Sugar Point) at Leech Lake. 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

19. Interviews with Joseph Evan Carson, 1951, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Carson, Joseph Evan; Carson, Jennie Newell
Date Created:
1951-08-01
Description:
The first part of the recording was made August 1, 1951, in St. Paul. Ralph Carson interviews his father, Joseph Evan Carson, about when his mother died; and where his parents came from. Ralph then reads the flyleaf of the Pondsfordian, by Reverend Benno Watrin, regarding some Carson family history. Evan then talks about the names of his family; their leaving Carsonville; when and where his brothers started their stores where they got their stock; when and where his father built a stopping place; the Beltrami Eagle; his mother's hotel; early Bemidji buildings; earliest Bemidji residents; the Alex Cameron family as the first family at their hotel; memories of Chief Bemidji; where the first school was and early teachers; receiving Chief Bemidji's gun from Mary Carson; and the swimming hole. Evan's wife, Jennie Newell Carson, makes a few suggestions. The recording then transitions to an interview of Evan Carson by Dr. Charles Vandersluis in Bemidji. Carson describes some photographs; street grading; unmarked burials; lumberjacks trying to protect their money; his father serving as probate judge. 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

20. Interview with Carl J. Otterstad, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Otterstad, Carl J.
Date Created:
1957
Description:
Otterstad discusses his family's arrival in the Turtle River area in 1900; the early buildings of Turtle River; the logging industry; the town of Farley; the Red Lake-Leech Lake Indian trails; and early Turtle River newspapers. 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. Interviews with Charlie Wight and Albert D. Johnson, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Wight, Charlie; Johnson, Albert D.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Several different clips of interviews are present in the first quarter of the recording; the bulk of the recording is an interview with Charlie Wight. The first clip of significant length is an interview with a man, possibly Albert D. Johnson, who tells Vandersluis about the men who helped prepare legislation for the state game preserve. The recording then jumps to an interview between Vandersluis and timber cruiser Charlie Wight. Wight talks about S. C. Bagley's work on the Schoolcraft River, and what other companies Bagley worked for. Then the recording returns to Johnson, about how Lake of the Woods County was also invested in a state game preserve; whether beavers spoiled the ditches; and the boundaries of the game reserve. Finally, Wight discusses how the Wells brothers owned the Brainerd Lumber Company; how Clark and Dempsey sued the Brainerd Lumber Company for damage on a drive; a narrow-gauge railroad built by the Gull River Lumber Company; conversion to standard gauge; working for Irwin and O'Brien; early history of the Duluth and Winnipeg right-of-way; other trails and canoe routes; how the dam affected Lake Winnibigoshish; what other companies he worked for; working for the Crookston Lumber Company; about R. E. White and White and McDevitt; the Freestone boys; Old Man Dixon; how settlers used scrip; bits about early Kelliher; and other early loggers he knew.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

22. Presentation on the History of Red Lake Fisheries, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1953
Description:
The recording is presentation before the BCHS about the history of the Red Lake fisheries with John G. Morrison, Jr., and an unnamed fishery employee. Morrison explains how the Ojibwe kept fish for winter use; and how he helped write a bill regulating the fishing industry on Red Lake. Morrison discusses consulting with state officials to get the fisheries set up. The unnamed fishery employee discusses a lawsuit in 1927 accusing the state of participating in a competitive enterprise; the first board of directors; total fish produced; condition of fish; fishing nets; types of fish in the lake; the current number of participating fishermen and employees; how Native Americans get paid; decreasing demand for whole fish; how fish are shipped; how much ice they harvest; the threat of the lamprey eel; and a cash journal in his possession from the fisheries in 1919. 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. Interviews with Laura Carson Moore, Ralph Carson, and Carson family members, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Moore, Laura Carson; Carson, Ralph
Date Created:
1964-08-17
Description:
The first part of the interview features Laura Carson Moore, daughter of El and Mary Carson and granddaughter of Chief Bemidji. Moore talks about her parents' names, when and where she was born, how her parents met, her family, her childhood, her family's move to Texas, how she met her husband, their golden wedding anniversary, her Ojibwe grandparents, her grandfather drinking, trying to find their homestead, her Carson grandparents, her pet deer, her grandchildren, any artifacts she owns, and how quickly her mother forgot the Ojibwe language. The second part of the interview features Moore's cousin, Ralph Carson. Carson dicusses his history, his early memories fishing, his aunt Jessie Carson Spain and her family, his father's pet bears, and his father stealing feathers out of Chief Bemidji's headdress. Other people during the interview include Moore's husband, William Moore, their daughter Eva Mae Moore Long, Carson's wife Grace White Carson, and a secondary interviewer possibly Theo Johnson. The final part of the recording features Ralph Carson, son of Evan Carson. Carson discusses family stories of his grandmother, Susannah Carson, scaring away a bear and making bread from horse feed; family artifacts; and his family history in newspaper work. Other people present during the interview include his cousin Laura Carson Moore, her husband William Moore, their daughter Eva Mae Moore Long, and a secondary interviewer, possibly Theo Johnson. Carson's wife, Grace White Carson, also briefly speaks about her own family; her memories of Susannah Carson, and two of Susannah Carson's platters.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interview with John G. Morrison, Jr., Part 3, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
John G. Morrison, Jr., discusses the location of the Ponemah school, meeting his wife, Edith E. MacArthur; arriving at Ponemah school; the struggle to get the school supplied and started; about smallpox epidemic around 1901; a battle between Ojibwe and Sioux tribes; what the schoolchildren wore; how Ponemah got its name; a federal lawsuit he filed; his father's store and business practices; his allotment and homestead; and swamp land. In the second portion of the recording, Morrison and a small group of unidentified others discusss his own homestead and ditching around Upper red Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interview with Gus A. Anderson, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Gus A.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The interview is with a man, probably Gus A. Anderson. A woman is also present, possibly a niece. Anderson discusses when he first came up into the Bigfork area for hunting; coming up to claim a homestead with a friend in 1902; how he made money while proving up; the lumber camps he worked for; early Canadians driving the Big Fork River; Busticogan helping ill surveyors; who was logging the Bigfork area in the early 1900s; a hoist at Craig; the Farm Camp logging camp; how they got supplies; where sawmills were; and logging his own timber.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

26. Interview with an unidentified lumberman Crookston's Lumber Company, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
An unidentified man discusses when he began working for the Crookston Lumber Company's railroad; the Island Lake railroad; going back and forth to short railroad jobs; the spur to Island Lake; the siding at Spaulding; the trestle near August Becker's house; early Holt; and people he worked with. In Part 2 he recounts a Y in the railroad at Kelliher; hauling logs from the Battle River; where Crookston Lumber Company had a camp near Waskish; hauling logs out of Blackduck Lake; an argument with a straw boss at the Taft II spur; and various railroads and projects.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

27. Interview with Charles William Vandersluis, Part 2, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Vandersluis, Charles William
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Dr. Vandersluis interviews his father, Charles William Vandersluis. Vandersluis discusses a man named Dick Palmer, who had a saloon; when Dick shot a man; when Fred Wightman had his pocketbook stolen at a boarding house; the popularity of gambling; gamblers leaving Bemidji for Nevada in 1915; singer Hank Underwood; when Solway burned down; Sieb Vandersluis, who was a printer in Solway; when Ernie [Flemming or Plummer?]'s logs freed themselves after three years; how Ernie Flemming met his wife; how Ernie made money; a man whose horses froze in Lake Winnibigoshish; how Ernie's daughter got sick with a painful skin ailment; making trips to Canada [to get liquor?]; Joe Markham selling his hotel, then digging a hole to pretend he was building another; Fred Brinkman turning his hotel into a theater; a series of theaters; serving on the building committee for the Elks building; Ernie Flemming helping finance the building; Al Jester and his resort; S. D. [Werks?] bringing in sheep; the area of Guthrie; changes to the city hall building when he was mayor; his memories of Buena Vista; and whether Bemidji put up money to have the terminal of the Red Lake, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

28. Interview with Louis Otterstad, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Otterstad, Louis
Date Created:
1952-06-23
Description:
Otterstad recounts when he first came to Beltrami County; his recollections on early Bemidji and its settlers, early Fosston, Leech Lake-Red Lake trail used by Native Americans, early mills, steamboats, homsteading, log transportation on Mississippi River, and Tom Joy.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

29. Interview with Wellington G. Schroeder, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Schroeder, Wellington G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1957
Description:
Wellington G. Schroeder discusses his building on Third Street; other buildings that were standing when he built it; his recollection of Guy Remore; the area called Moose; selling out to his brother and starting his own store; early livery barns; some immoral business going on in town, possibly prostitution; how strong he was; a dispute with a man over a bridge; his homestead on Lake Hattie; when he began farming; making a profit in the corn market and flour; building the Winter Block; his idea to introduce hydroelectric power; buying up land along the river; the first electric light plant; going into business with the Warfields; constructing the dam; local brick-making; and being injured in a train wreck.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

30. Interview with Father Thomas Borgerding, Part 1, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Borgerding, Father Thomas
Date Created:
1956-07-10
Description:
Father Thomas Borgerding discusses where he was born; where his parents came from; his family; when and why they came to Minnesota; his first school in Minnesota; the national secularization of public schools; what languages they spoke at school; his years at St. John's University; training for the priesthood; about his order; going to his first parish at Millerville; his abbott appointing him to mission work; first arrival at Red Lake; and their first church building, the nuns who first came to Red Lake; the nuns' first attempt at a day school in 1888; where the Ojibwe families had sugar camps; financial assistance from the Drexel sisters; whether the church owned its land; how they got lumber to build church buildings; the other government school; the role of missionaries in ""civilizing"" Native Americans; changes in school funding over time; the school's dairy farm; and his role at the school.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

31. Interview with Father Thomas Borgerding, Part 3, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Borgerding, Father Thomas
Date Created:
1956 - 1959
Description:
Father Thomas Borgerding discusses the first year of the boarding school; enforcing the English-only rule among students; translating letters for people; disease; early doctors; Ojibwe healers; how old the Red Lake settlement was; wildfires; timber on the reservation; other missionaries; how many people spoke English when he arrived; local chiefs; and the Moose Dung section of Thief River Falls and the legal battle around it; lumber drives on the Thief River and Clearwater River; early Redby; the Red Lake Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad; early Buena Vista; the Red Lake-Leech Lake trail by canoe; his visit to Leech Lake; where Bugonaygeshig lived; his memory of the Battle of Sugar Point; and his opinion of the character of the Red Lake Ojibwe.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

32. Interview with Euclid "Ernie" Bourgeois, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Bourgeois, Euclid (Ernie)
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
This is the recording of a presentation on the history of music in Minnesota presented by an anonymous person. The presenter speaks about music history, sings a song arranged by Frances Densmore in some way representing Ojibwe music, sings a French Canadian voyageur song, and sings a song dating to territorial Minnesota arranged by Bessie Stanchfield called "The Beauty of the West" with the audience joining in. The final part of the recording seems to be Dr. Charles Vandersluis showing the recording device to his family or a private group. 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

33. Recording of joint meeting between Chippewa Region Historical Society and Beltrami County Historical Society, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Chippewa Region Historical Society; Beltrami County Historical Society
Date Created:
1952-11-11
Description:
The recording is a joint meeting of the Chippewa Region Historical Society and BCHS on Oct 11, 1952, at the Catholic High School; Dr. Charles Vandersluis provides the initial voiceover; a woman talks about two Ojibwe women she knew who were students at a boarding school; a man speaks about the Ojibwe men who studied under Bishop Whipple; another man speaks about Joseph Renville; John G. Morrison, Jr., speaks about the Battle at Sugar Point. 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

34. Interview with Father Thomas Borgerding, Part 2, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Borgerding, Father Thomas
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Borgerding discusses early non-Catholic churches in the Red Lake area, the Red Lake-Leech Lake Trail, early mills in the Redby area, Moose Dung and the legal battle among his heirs over his land at Thief River Falls, his acquaintance with the Meehan brothers, steamboats on Red Lake, his acquaintance with Joe Jerome, his acquaintance with Bob Neving and his wife, his knowledge of Father Gilfillan, the Episcopal mission west of Cass Lake and the couple who lived there, and biographical information about Father Roman Homar and his great-uncle, Father Pierz.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

35. Interview with Charles William Vandersluis, Part 3, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Vandersluis, Charles William
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
This is the recording of a presentation on the history of music in Minnesota presented by an anonymous person. The presenter speaks about music history, sings a song arranged by Frances Densmore in some way representing Ojibwe music, sings a French Canadian voyageur song, and sings a song dating to territorial Minnesota arranged by Bessie Stanchfield called "The Beauty of the West" with the audience joining in. The final part of the recording seems to be Dr. Charles Vandersluis showing the recording device to his family or a private group. 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

36. Recording of John G. Morrison, Jr., birthday celebration, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1963
Description:
The recording is a 90th birthday celebration for John G. Morrison, Jr., probably featuring members of the Beltrami County Historical Society. Morrison's birthday was October 30, 1963; he died less than three months later. The recording may have been made by Dr. Charles Vandersluis. 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

37. Interview with Niels Hakkerup, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Hakkerup, Niels
Date Created:
1953-12
Description:
Photographer Niels Hakkerup discusses how he first came to Bemidji; his acquaintance with Chief Bemidji; taking photographs in lumber camps; his first studio on Third Street; where he got his equipment and training; photographing the Catholic church on Third Street; doing corporate work; burning his hand with magnesium; photographing lumberjacks; and a popular photograph of old John Smith. Hakkerup then discusses a photograph of Little Cloud published in the Minneapolis Journal; Charles W. Vandersluis interjects with a story about Long John dying of diphtheria; an award-winning photo of Mrs. Danielson; other award-winning photographs; a photograph of a young Ojibwe man standing on the shore with his bow in the air; and the lumber waste of undersized trees. He also identies a number of phograph subjects. One background speaker might be Dr. Vandersluis's father, Charles W. Vandersluis. At one point. Dr. Vandersluis addresses his brother, Angus.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

38. Interview with Euclid "Ernie" Bourgeois, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Bourgeois, Euclid (Ernie)
Date Created:
1952-06
Description:
Four part interview with surveyor Euclid "Ernie" Bourgeois discusses the logging industry, S.C. Bagley, spur 75, Red Lake steamers, platting and civil engineering, recollections of Farley and Turtle River, histories of local railroads, Markham Hotel, and early Bemidji saloons' involvement with railroads. In part 2, Bourgeois discusses his early memories of Bemidji and Buena Vista, early Bemidji infrastructure, platting and civil engineering, Marcus D. Stoner, the town site of Turtle, and his work on spur 75. In later portions, Bourgeois discusses the evaluation of local land for dairy production and/or clover or seed; logging on Clearwater River; his experience with the Brainerd Lumber Company near LaSalle Lake and log unloading during winter; whether logs were driven on the Mississippi; spreading clover seed on drive to Baudette; name of cruisers for whom creeks might be named; knowledge of surveyor Thomas H. Croswell, plats of small settlements in the area; naming of Buena Vista and plats of Tenstrike, Hidewood, Kelliher, Funkley, and Dexter; the Red Lake Transportation Company; how Bemidji business owners chipped in to induce a railroad to come to town; surveying for a railroad near the Blakeslee farm; breaking out to survey on his own; recollection of the Delphine post office; the Red Lake-Leech Lake trail; early history of Lavinia; platted communities of Jens Opsahl; early history of Grand Forks Bay; and comparing old Nebish to modern Nebish.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

39. 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

40. 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

41. Interview with John G. Morrison, Jr., Part 4, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
John G. Morrison, Jr. describes grand medicine item; how Fosston relocated; about Beaulieu family; family relative being near Hole-in-the-Day when he died; father's friendship with Hole-in-the-Day; death of Helen MacArthur and lynching; Red River Trail; Red and Leech Lake trails; other local trails; getting supplies to Ponemah School; how Ojibwe handled being responsible for a death; and style of houses around Ponemah in 1900. 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

42. Interview with Charles William Vandersluis, Part 1, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Vandersluis, Charles William
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The recording is Dr. Charles Vandersluis interviewing his father, Charles W. Vandersluis (CWV). Vandersluis (CWV) talks about his own father's work as an interpreter at a St. Cloud hardware store; the Red River carts going through St. Cloud; his parents, grandparents, and siblings; their house in St. Cloud; and log drives on the Mississippi. 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

43. Interview with Father Thomas Borgerding, Part 5, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Borgerding, Father Thomas
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Thomas Borgerding talks about the logging industry. 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

44. Interview with John G. Morrison, Jr., Part 6, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
John G. Morrison, Jr., discusses a canoe trail to Winnipeg; part of a voyageur's travel account, explaining why General Pike mislabeled the source of the Mississippi; his ancestors' voyageur activity; some of his siblings' birthplaces; what Red Lake was like in 1893; a "beau gang" or hobos; how Ponemah got its name; stopping place owner Truman Warren and his wife; the distances between cities and stopping places; the area known as Fowlds; steamboats on Red Lake; the Nelson Act; and the origins of the Red Lake Game Preserve. Morrison then discusses the origins of the Red Lake Game Preserve; A. E. Andrews' model farm north of Waskish and boat service for settlers; ditch liens; how Native American land was settled after the Nelson Act; how timber companies worked together to buy cheaper timber land; Page Morris's effort to move from estimators to bank scales; how lumber companies took advantage of settlers selling timber; Native Americans who had lived around Lake of the Woods; whether the people at Pembina were Ojibwe; the Ojibwe reservations; trust patents; whether Allan Jourdain loaned an old Hudson Bay building to the Catholic school; how they kept a fire burning overnight while hauling freight; logging on the Mud River; the Meehans' logging activities; and Episcopal missionaries. 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

45. 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

46. Interview with Harry Carson, Earl Geil, Carl Warner, and an unidentified man, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidi, Minnesota

Creator:
Carson, Harry; Geil, Earl; Warner, Carl
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
There are at least four men in the group being interviewed, including Harry Carson and Earl Geil, and a man named Warner, probably Carl Warner. Quote attributed to "unkown" may refer to more than one man. One of the unidentified men could be a brother of Geil's, possibly Harry Geil. The group discusses the names of Chief Bemidji's children; the relationship between the Carsons and Chief Bemidji; a man named Hinch sketching Chief Bemidji for a statue; coming to Bemidji before the mill started; whether early Bemidji was safe for women; when the Geil family came to Bemidji; the Geils freighting for the Carsons; the Geils building a house; Geil and McTaggart purchasing the Remore Hotel; about Guy Remore; running the Remore Hotel; fleas, lice and bedbugs; the Markham Hotel; settlers who were in Bemidji before the Geils; hauling in a boiler from Park Rapids; working at the Steidl mills; the Swedback mill; about Warner's travels from North Dakota by covered wagon; Earl Geil stopping Willis Brannon's runaway team; their memories of the local panic about the Leech Lake uprising; when a group of Ojibwe raided a liquor delivery; the mission between Lake Andrusia and Cass Lake; the city opera house; early doctors, hospitals, and smallpox; the origin of the Bemidji fire department; and the fire on Whiskey Row. 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

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

Creator:
Van House, John
Date Created:
1955
Description:
Van House recalls businesses in Kelliher, Cann and Whitting, Beltrami Timber Company, toting freight from Solway to Red Lake, homestead rush after reservation opening, Bob Nevins, and many various lumber companies and their camps in the Kelliher area; Joe Jerome's post office at Battle River; when he homesteaded; the locations of Craig's Hotel, Linnon's saloon, and other saloons and businesses in Kelliher; a flowing well near Foy; and the steamboat Dahlburg, on which he ran the engine for three years. The woman speaking in the interview is probably is his wife, Catherine Van House. 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

48. Interview with John G. Morrison, Jr., Part 2, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Morrison discusses his arrival at the Ponemah school; orders from the agency to break up Native American customs; a smallpox epidemic at Ponemah; and a doctor teaching him to pull teeth, establishing a post office at Ponemah; a storm that left a windfall of trees in the early 1900s; memories of Billy Burce; the dock at Ponemah; vaccinating people against smallpox; the lack of law and order; steamboats and other boats on Red Lake; A. E. Andrews' attempts to settle Upper Red Lake; Morrison's opinion of how the government handles its interactions with Native Americans; gardening habits of the Red Lake Ojibwe; the decline of basket weaving and beadwork on the Red Lake Reservation; local produce theft; his opinion on compelling families to garden; his opinion on the work ethic of Native Americans; and his opinion on the quality of education provided to Native American children; his opinions about reducing economic support for Native Americans; resources available to Native Americans on the reservations; the fishing industry on the Red Lake Reservation; early staff members at the Ponemah school; his store, Chippewa Trading, at Red Lake; early law enforcement on the reservation; his time as a traveling salesman; his time at Nett Lake; his time at Onigum, including WPA work; whether Native Americans can get jobs; Native American population in the Twin Cities, and the regulations and challenges for traders on reservations. 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

49. Interview with Charlie Wight and unknown others, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Wight, Charlie
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The recording is an interview with Charlie Wight and unidentified others. Due to glitches in the recording, the content is disjointed, but includes some discussion of snowshoes and possibly horse bridles. 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

50. Interview with Sam Dolgaard, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Dolgaard, Sam
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The recording is a multi-part interview with Sam Dolgaard, early resident of Saum area. Dolgaard talks about the location of Saum, the Matsons donating land for a school; Matson's sawmill; the election of 1903; the names of various Saum residents; whether Foy had a Post office; and starting a post office at Saum; scouting out his land prior to homesteading; arriving at Battle River, where Joe Jerome had a store and post office; his work contracting with logging companies; switching to work in scaling; building the Battle River dam; where he got materials to build his house; working for the Thief River Falls Lumber Company; wildfires; his recollection of J. J. Upsahl; timber moving from Funkley to Kelliher by railroad; the cedar business; how Kelliher got its name; early residents of Woodrow and Battle townships; what the area looked like when he arrived; getting merchandise from Golden and Thompson in Blackduck; what livestock they brought to Saum; and early schools. 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

51. Interview with an unknown lumberman #1 working near Grand Forks, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The recording is an interview with an unkown lumberman who worked near Grand Forks. 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

52. Interview with Evan Carson, Jack and Vera Falls, and Mary and Eva Carson family, Part 1, 1953, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Carson, Joseph Evan; Falls, Jack; Falls, Vera; Carson, Mary; Carson, Eva
Date Created:
1953-03
Description:
The first part of the recording is a group interview with Joseph Evan Carson and family. Those speaking include Evan Carson; his wife Jennie (Newell) Carson; their daughter Leonore (Carson) Gardner; and Leonore's husband, Gordon Gardener. They discuss Chief Bemidji's real name; where Chief Bemidji's family went to after Bemidji started to grow; Chief Bemidji's children; Chief Bemidji's death; the Carson Brothers' trading posts and how they started; Jessie Carson hauling mail and El Carson as first postmaster; the Carsons' homesteads; Bemidji's first school; the first brickyard; a Bemidji swimming hole; Harry Geil's dairy; who owned Bemidji townsite; Evan Carson learning printing business; origins of Beltrami Eagle; Mrs. Carson building a hotel; where Willis Brannon had his first hardware store; early schools and teachers; Mrs. Carson selling out to Charlie [Miles?]; and Evan Carson's pet bear cubs. Then members of Evan Carson family record greetings to family of Mary Carson. The next part of the recording is an interview with Jack and Vera Falls of Mission, Texas. They discuss a group of photos; Bank of Bemidji; Charlie Schroeder and his building; when Vera began teaching and her schoolhouse. They discuss a group of photos; what Charlie Schroeder's business sold; early Bemidji fire department and loss of Rex Hotel; Vera's family arrival in Bemidji; memories of John Smith; beginning of Falls and Cameron Store; where Vera taught school; the town pump in Bemidji; and the background of Judge Spooner. The final portion of the recording is an interview with Mary Carson, widow of El and daughter of Chief Bemidji, with her daughter, Eva Carson Woodson. Carson discusses where Chief Bemidji was born; who her brothers and sisters were; whether there was a Native American village on the south shore of Lake Bemidji; where they lived in summer and winter; what foods her family ate; making maple sugar; her father making canoes; how they harvested rice; why Chief Bemidji went to the eventual Bemidji area; the first white settlers; what they bought from the Carson brothers; when she was born and where she was registered; how much they got for rice, sugar, and hides; whether her brother Canoe took over after her father's death; a group of photographs; and about Eva's schoolhouse. 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

53. Collections Tour 2 with John G. Morrison, Jr., Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1963
Description:
The recording is John G. Morrison, Jr., providing a tour of a museum in Bemidji, featuring artifacts he donated, probably to members of the Beltrami County Historical Society. On the tour, he describes a violin that belonged to his father; his collection of pipes; Navajo rugs; his grandfather's snuffbox and wallet; an assortment of drums and their purposes; bowls; a shopping bag; a battle flag; baby boards; snowshoes; a model tipi; a gambling game; tools and utensils; buckskin bags to carry food; a flint-lock musket; lacrosse sticks; war clubs; powder horns; a quiver; the knuckle game; sashes; headdresses; a stick detailing the training of a warrior; necklaces; and tobacco pouches. The tour continues as he describes necklaces; ladies' gowns; a beaded sack; a skirt; a doll; a necklace made of human bones; ladies' shopping bags; more beaded sacks; leggings; gloves; a dancing costume; a display of sugar-making equipment; baskets; birchbark floral designs; moccasins; belts; moose hides; sweet grass blankets; grand medicine bags and paraphernalia; and drums of medicine men. 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

54. Interview with Charlie Wight, Part 1, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Wight, Charlie
Date Created:
1953-03-14
Description:
Vandersluis speaks with Charlie Wight, timber cruiser, on March 14, 1953, in the doctor's office. Wight talks about where he was born; his family's move to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; lumbering activity in Western Wisconsin; whether there were any Native Americans living at Chippewa Falls; birch bark canoes on the Chippewa River; his grandfather helping install the first turbine wheel at the Chippewa River; his grandfather helping install the first turbine wheel at the Chippewa Falls mill; the reaches of the Weyerhaeuser company; how they moved lumber down river by rafts; brailing logs; and pool companies that took over on the Mississippi. Wight then discusses working as a cookee at a camp in Wisconsin; driving a one-horse tram car at the mill; where men from the mills went in the winter; toting supplies; learning the timber estimating business as a compass man with Billy Woods; how they travelled to the land they were cruising; supplies they packed; what areas they cruised; finding section corners scribed into trees; seeing the Red Lake-Leech Lake trail and other trails; what they saw on the north shore of Lake Bemidji; a bridge near Lake Andrusia and any other bridges; about the Farmer-Hines railroad; where he went after that first trip; mills and bridges at Brainerd; the Gull River Lumber Company's narrow gauge railroad; other cruising jobs; and early fires. Next, Wight discusses his acquaintances with Marcus D. Stoner and Sam Dolgaard; some logging operations around Turtle River; Dan Freeman logging at Long Lake; Freeman and Gray splitting up; where Bagley started working for Walker; about S. C. Bagley; Bagley's nephew, Buzzle; where logs went from Mallard Lake; and which loggers collaborated. 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

55. Interview with Roy Bailey, July 1952, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Bailey, Roy
Date Created:
1952 - 1953
Description:
In the first section of the four-part recording, Roy Bailey discusses the owners of the Red Lake railroad having found iron there; his arrival at Redby and the condition of the railroad then; how that railroad used to dump logs into the lake; how they loaded logs onto the train; Molander's background; early challenges with the Crookston Lumber Company; where logs hauled to Bemidji were landed; the railroad's ownership of a steamboat, the Michael Kelly; summer excursions to Red Lake from Bemidji; what early Redby was like; the relationship between the railroad and the post office in Redby; friends from Wahpeton telling him that Red Lake was a hard country; selling partridges to out-of-towners at a profit; trouble with a man named Joe Jourdain; and annoyances with cattle running wild in Redby area. Next, Bailey discusses a dispute between Newman and Pat Cassin; a prank he pulled on Charlie Vandersluis and Bill Browning; the layout of the Redby depot; stops and fares along the railroad; government waste in shipping items to the school at Ponemah; when Captain Eberhard gave him a boat; memories of the boat the J. P. K.; a description of the steamboat the Mudhen; what happened to some of the steamboats; the background of the Thief River Falls Lumber Company; the first automobile in Redby; local saw mills; memories of A. C. Goddard; the robbery at Puposky; and killing bedbugs at the depot. There are two additional portions of the recording.
Contributing Institution:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

56. Presentation on the History of Music in Minnesota, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Beltrami County Historical Society
Date Created:
1958 - 1959
Description:
This is the recording of a presentation on the history of music in Minnesota presented by an anonymous person. The presenter speaks about music history, sings a song arranged by Frances Densmore in some way representing Ojibwe music, sings a French Canadian voyageur song, and sings a song dating to territorial Minnesota arranged by Bessie Stanchfield called "The Beauty of the West" with the audience joining in. The final part of the recording seems to be Dr. Charles Vandersluis showing the recording device to his family or a private group. 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

57. Interview with Father Thomas Borgerding, Part 4, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Borgerding, Father Thomas
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The recording is an interview with Father Thomas Borgerding. He discusses whether the Indian agencies are effective; whether he thinks the Ojibwe are more impoverished than the average white family; and whether an increasing number of babies are born out of wedlock and Catholic views related. 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

58. Collections Tour and Native American Music with John G. Morrison, Jr., Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1955 - 1963
Description:
The recording is a tour by John G. Morrison, Jr., of items he donated to the BCHS, before a small group. Morrison discusses baby boards; snowshoes; an item that depicts the life of a Sioux hunter and warrior; war clubs; a tomahawk; a Paiute root that was chewed; a doll; moccasins; dancing regalia; several pipes; tobacco pouches; and grand medicine paraphernalia. In the middle of the recording, a man is singing Native American (probably Ojibwe) songs. Brown Oak Grove could be the man singing or drumming. Morrison discusses headdresses; the knuckle game; dancing regalia; a water drum; and other drums. Next, one man is singing Native American songs; either the same man or another person is drumming. One of the songs was written by Robert Gibbs about his son, who died in World War II. Finally, a man demonstrates a water drum and Morrison answers a few questions. 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

59. Interview with John G. Morrison, Jr., Part 1, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Morrison, Jr., John G.
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
John G. Morrison, Jr., shows a group some of his collection, tells them about his forefathers who were among the earliest European settlers in Minnesota; and reads a list of family births and deaths. Morrison then discusses his family and their move from Crow Wing to White Earth; when he first came to Red Lake and his movements before settling in Ponemah; the trail to Detroit Lakes; steamboats on Red Lake; the remainder of his freighting betweeen White Earth and Detroit Lakes; his recollections of early Bemidji and Chief Bemidji; a legend of Nanabozho; the earliest settlements at Red Lake; a local caucus in 1894; a pipe he received from a grave near an Episcopal church; "Grandma How" Josette Jourdain Warren How; early settlers on Upper Red Lake; and early Catholic priests. 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

60. Interview with Fred E. Cyr, Beltrami County Historical Society Oral History Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota

Creator:
Cyr, Fred E.
Date Created:
1952-06-27
Description:
Fred Cyr discusses biographical information; memories of logging drives on the Clearwater River when he was a child; how logging drives worked; his experience toting supplies for J.C. Parker; what wanigans were like; how logs were sorted; and the role of the swamper. The recording continues with Cyr's experience in logging industry; when Cyr's father came to Red Lake Falls; locations of high and low water on the Clearwater River; his experience in a logging camp in winter; how lumberjacks dealt with lice; delays at a sorting gap; his experience with Native American loggers; logging near Cass Lake; and whether logs were transported on the Mississippi River. In the final portion of the recording, Cyr discusses logging at Portage Lake near Bena; how logs were hoisted onto trains near Cass Lake; getting injured as a lumberjack; driving on the river, possibly Clearwater; knowledge of J. C. Parker; how lumberjacks ate; the contents of some unidentified photographs; and fishing on the Battle River. 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

61. Rølvaag family photograph album 1924-1944, Northfield, Minnesota

Creator:
Rølvaag, Jennie Marie Berdahl
Date Created:
1924 - 1944
Description:
Photograph album of family photographs with clippings, compiled by Jennie Rølvaag, Northfield, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Photograph albums

62. Ole E. Rølvaag's 1896 Immigration Diary from Donna, Norway to United States

Creator:
Rølvaag, Ole Edvart, 1876-1931
Date Created:
1896
Description:
Diary kept by Ole E. Rølvaag as he left Donna, Norway for America in July of 1896.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Text
Format:
Diaries

63. Rølvaag family photograph album 1914-1920, Northfield, Minnesota

Creator:
Rølvaag, Jennie Marie Berdahl
Date Created:
1914 - 1920
Description:
Scrapbook of family photographs and clippings by Jennie Rølvaag, Northfield, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Photograph albums

64. Remember Rondo Days, July 11-17, 1993, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
1993-07
Description:
Remember Rondo Days program with a list of events, historic overview, and photographs. Highlights include: a memoriam of Glover David Goff, proclamation by Mayor Jim Schiebel, a short history of Rondo written by Dr. David V. Taylor, and photos of prominent Rondolites.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

65. Rondo Plaza's 3rd Annual "Every Brick Counts" Ceremony, September 22, 2021, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Muschewske, Bob; Hough, Leaetta
Date Created:
2021-09-01
Description:
Book commemorating the 3rd Annual "Every Brick Counts" Ceremony that was held in September 2021 at the Rondo Commemorative Plaza. Highlights include the event program, brick locator map, and photos of community members.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

66. Rondo: Who, Where, When, Why, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2023-07-16
Description:
A photo booklet that captures the diversity of the people, places, and memories of old Rondo. This photo booklet was distributed on July 16 at the annual Rondo Days Senior Dinner to try to put names, dates, places, and other labels to photos.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

67. Rondo Days Festival, 30 Years of Sharing Our History, July 12-21, 2013, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2013-07
Description:
Booklet commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Rondo Days Festival. Contents include the schedule of events, Minnesota Governor's certificate, the St. Paul Mayor's Proclamation, and a look at Rondo's small businesses, newspapers, black churches, baseball, and the Red Caps.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

68. The Trees of Rondo: Something Old and Something New, In Celebration of Juneteenth 2021, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expression
Date Created:
2021-06
Description:
Book including the "Trees of Rondo" and Juneteenth program from 2021. Program includes music from Walker West jazz, opening prayer, purpose, a story about Uncle Jim Mitchell and the Honeysuckle Tree, remarks by Arborist Chad Giblin, and photos of the plaza's history panels and the Rondo Community Garden.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

69. Remember Rondo: Celebrating the People, Their Lives, and Times, June 21-24, 1984, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
1984-06
Description:
The second edition of the Remember Rondo photograph album. The photographs in this album represent the second phase of a project to record photographs of the Rondo neighborhood and include community events and Rondolites. Highlights include: an introduction by Rondo visual historian Early McGee and editor Marvin R. Anderson, and a list of Rondo Avenue Inc. officers.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

70. Twentieth Anniversary Souvenir Booklet, July 18, 2003, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2003-07-18
Description:
Twentieth Anniversary Souvenir Booklet for Opening Reception and Dance held at the Grand Ballroom of the Saint Paul Hotel. Highlights include: proclamation by Mayor George Latimer, greetings from RAI co-founders Floyd Smaller, Jr. and Marvin R. Anderson, brief history of Rondo Days Festival, and poems about Rondo.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

71. Rondo Healing Ceremony program, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2016-07-16
Description:
Rondo Healing Ceremony program and 32nd Annual Senior Dinner Menu and program.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

72. Returning Home Again, the 23rd Annual Rondo Days Celebration program, July 15, 2006, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Cooper, Deborah; Tabor, Lisa
Date Created:
7/16/2006
Description:
Program for the twenty-third annual Rondo Days celebration. Highlights include: poetry about and memories of Rondo, proclamation by Mayor Christopher B. Coleman, and articles about Black Minnesotans, Rondolites and social issues.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

73. Rondo Healing Ceremony, "Remembrance, Reconciliation, Restoration" held at the Rondo Commemorative Plaza, July 17, 2015, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2015-07-17
Description:
Program for the Rondo Healing Ceremony on July 17, 2015. The day included: a song, greetings, a prayer led by Dr. Charles Gill, a statement of purpose, a remembrance, reconciliation statement, restoration, dedication, a map of Central St. Paul, and a benediction.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

74. Rondo Commemorative Plaza Groundbreaking Ceremony program, October 14, 2016, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Commemorative Plaza
Date Created:
2016-10-14
Description:
A program that details the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Rondo Commemorative Plaza on October 14th, 2016. Sections include: Acknowledgements, Sponsors, Special Appreciation, a Letter from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, and Dignatory Remarks by Governor Mark Dayton, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, a State Representative, a County Commissioner, a City Council Member, and the Saint Paul Mayor. The project manager was Marvin R. Anderson, the architect was 4RM+ULA, the landscape architect was Ten X Ten, and the artists were Seitu Jones and Roger Cummings.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

75. Rondo Founders Remember: The Rondo Social Clubs, Celebrating 25 Years of Rondo Days, July 18, 2008, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2008-07-18
Description:
Booklet remembering the Rondo neighborhood's Social Clubs. Highlights include: program and photos of social clubs.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

76. 25th Anniversary Founder's Dinner and Dance, July 18, 2008, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2008-07-18
Description:
Invitation for the 2008 Founder's Dinner and Dance at the United Auto Workers 879 Union Hall, 2129 Ford Parkway.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Invitations

77. 2002 Rondo Days Drill Team Competition Souvenir Booklet, July 20-21, 2002, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2002-07
Description:
Program from the Rondo Days Drill Team Competition in 2002. Highlights include: advertisements and photos of drill teams from Kansas City, Des Moines, St. Louis, Memphis, Omaha, Waukegan, and Saint Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

78. 2004 Rondo Days and Drill Team Competition Souvenir Booklet, July 15, 18, 2004, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2004
Description:
Program from the 2004 Rondo Days Drill Team Competition. Highlights include: schedule of events for Rondo Days, advertisements, photos of drill competition participants from Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha, and Wichita.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

79. 2001 Rondo Days Drill Team Competition Souvenir Booklet, July 21, 2001, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2001-07
Description:
Program from the Rondo Days Drill Team Competition in 2001. Highlights include: advertisements and photos of drill teams from Omaha, Memphis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Saint Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

80. 2005 Rondo Days and Drill Team Competition Souvenir Book, July 14-17, 2005, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2005
Description:
Program from the 2005 Rondo Days Drill Team Competition. Highlights include: Rondo Days schedule of events, photo of Hallie Q. Brown Retired Men's Club, and photos of drill teams from Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha, and Wichita.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

81. Heritage, Legacy, Destiny Photo Album, Rondo Remembers, July 4-7, 1985, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
1985-07
Description:
The third photo album produced by Rondo Avenue Inc., created for the 1985 Rondo Remembers event held in St. Paul. Highlights include a schedule of events, introductions by Earl McGee, Dr. Louis L. Zachary, and Robert Lewis, and highlights on the Griffin family and the Rev. Dr. Denzil Angus Carty.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

82. 30th Annual Rondo Days Celebration presents "A Look at Rondo Black Baseball," St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Ramsey County Historical Society
Date Created:
2013
Description:
Booklet with information about Frank White's book and presentation about the history of the Rondo neighborhood's baseball teams. A panel held in 2013 highlighted a brief history of outstanding athletes and baseball players in the Rondo community and panelists included Bill Peterson, F. Stephen Winfield, Jim Robinson, and Frank White.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

83. History of Rondo Avenue, Remember Rondo: Celebrating the People, Their Lives, and Times, July 1, 2, 3, 1983, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Description:
Remember Rondo program with a list of events of the program, historic overview, photos, and a map of the commercial buildings and other establishments from 1926 - 1964.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

84. Flyer for "A Day to Remember," Grand Opening, Rondo Commemorative Plaza, July 14, 2018, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2018-07-14
Description:
Flyer advertising Grand Opening of the Rondo Commemorative Plaza on July 14, 2018. Includes brief program, map of commemorative plaza, and a note for neighbors about the event.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Leaflets (printed works)

85. 31st Annual Rondo Days Senior Dinner, July 17, 2014, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2014-07-17
Description:
Pamphlet advertising the Rondo Days Senior Dinner on July 17, 2014. The pamphlet includes the list of events and an article on the loss of the VFW Building on Concordia Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

86. Souvenir Booklet, Remember Rondo 1983, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
1983-07
Description:
The souvenir booklet for the 1983 Remember Rondo event. Highlights include: letter and proclamation from Mayor George Latimer, history of Zachary family, list of members belonging to Credjafawn, Loafers, Inc., and St. Paul Chapter of the Jack and Jill of America Inc. social clubs, statement from Councilman Bill Wilson, and advertisements.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

87. A New Beginning to an Old Tradition, 24th Annual Rondo Days Celebration, July 21, 2007, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Cooper, Deborah; Tabor, Lisa
Date Created:
2007-07-21
Description:
Program for the twenty-fourth annual Rondo Days celebration. Highlights include: greetings from Chairperson of Rondo Days Board of Directors, schedule of events, advertisements, proclamation by Mayor Christopher B. Coleman, Rondolite oral histories and poetry, and articles about the past and present of the Rondo neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

88. A Day to Remember, Grand Opening, Rondo Commemorative Plaza, July 14, 2018, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2018-07-14
Description:
Program for the Grand Opening of the Rondo Commemorative Plaza, held on July 14, 2018. The program is split into two parts, the Opening Ceremony Program and the Community Celebration Program. The Opening Ceremony included music, a call to order, an opening prayer, welcome, remarks, letters of proclamation, benediction, ribbon cutting, and plaza tours. The Community Celebration included music, dancers, poetry, and book excerpts.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

89. Looking Back from Where We Came: A Community Remembered, 25th Anniversary Rondo Days Festival and Celebration, July 12-19, 2008

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2008-07
Description:
Commemorative book for the Rondo Days twenty-fifth annual celebration. Highlights include: letters from Rondo Avenue Inc. Board of Directors, and photos of Rondolites, schools of Rondo, sports teams, social clubs, past Rondo Days celebrations, and drill team competitions.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

90. Poster for 1st Annual Founders' Day Matinee Party and Dance at Arnellia's, July 17th 1993, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
1993-07-17
Description:
Poster announcing the First Annual Founders' Day Matinee Party and Dance. This event was open to people over forty and featured live music, special guests, entertainers, door prizes, and a dance contest. The party was at Arnellia's located at 1183 University Avenue in St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Posters

91. Photograph Album, Remember Rondo 1983, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
1983-07
Description:
A photograph album of the Rondo neighborhood. The photographs in this album represent the first phase of a project to record photographs of the Rondo neighborhood. An introduction by the photo committee (Oliver (Bucky) Lewis, Robert McClain, and Robert Hickman) is included.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

92. Promotional Mailer for Remember Rondo 1983, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
1983-07-01
Description:
Multipage mailer for the Remember Rondo event. Highlights include: event schedule, registration for events, and hotel and airline accommodation information.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

93. First Annual Rondo Founders' Day Matinee Party and Dance at Arnellia's, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1993-07-17
Description:
First annual Rondo Founder's Day Party and Dance program.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Posters

94. Remembrance, Reconciliation, Restoration Rondo Healing Ceremony, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
2015-07-17
Description:
Agenda for Rondo Healing Cereomony on July 17, 2015.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

95. 2003 Drill Team Competition Souvenir Booklet, Remember Rondo Days 20th Anniversary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rondo Avenue Inc.
Date Created:
2003-07
Description:
Program marking the twentieth anniversary of "Remember Rondo Days" and the 2003 Drill Team Competition Booklet. Highlights include: schedule of events for Rondo Days, an invitation to the Rondo Ride with the Major Taylor Bicycling Club, and photos of drill teams.
Contributing Institution:
Rondo Center of Diverse Expressions
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

96. Fred W. Pearce, Sr., Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Portrait photograph of Excelsior Amusement Park founder Fred W. Pearce, Sr.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

97. Major George Blight Halsted, called "The Hermit" at his cottage, Minnetrista, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904 - 1910
Description:
Major George Blight Halsted is sitting in the yard in front of his cottage on Lake Minnetonka. He died September 6, 1901.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

98. Woman sitting on post at Excelsior Beach, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1969
Description:
Photograph of a woman sitting atop a post at the beach in front of the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

99. Bill Clapp, Fred Pearce, Sr., Hopalong Cassidy, Joe Colihan and Unknown, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
A photograph of: Park General Manager Bill Clapp, owner Fred Pearce, Sr., western star William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Park Superintendent Joe Colihan and unknown at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

100. Roy Colihan with contestants of 1957 Miss Minnesota Pageant, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1957
Description:
Roy Colihan stands on a stage with contestants of the 1957 Miss Minnesota Pageant at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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