Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Informal video of the Eden Prairie campus building during the Open House in 1973. Shots include the parking lot and front of the building, the reception area, the student loungs, the Instructional Media Center (IMC), and the Gourmet Dining Room which was serving large tiered cakes and decorated with ice sculptures.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2007-04-17
Description:
The oral history of Burton Kreitlow and Doris Kreitlow recalls Burton's childhood in Howard, Lake Minnesota. Burton describes a pivotal moment in developing maturity as a child. Burton recalls a Swedish Lutheran church cemetery near Howard Lake, Minnesota. He recalls earning money during the Depression for his dream of a college education. Burton describes his 4-H leadership and discusses his Army experience in World War II as a mechanic crew chief of B-24 airplanes and his Army duty in Africa and Italy. Doris recalls family vacations and cabin life on the North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota. She describes her working life including her work as a home economist at General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This interview was conducted by Leona Scherer and videographer Judy Gregg of Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota.
Abdelhafidh Bouassida, Director /Producer from Tunisia, now film instructor at Minneapolis CommunityCollege, is interviewed by Diana Seyb of the WRITE Agency.
R. D. Zimmerman, author of Death Trance, a novel of hypnotic detection, along with other suspense novels, is interviewed by Eileen Cavanagh, Hennepin County Library.
Adina Wrobleski, author of Suicide: Why? and Suicide: Survivors, which answers questions on why people choose to end their lives, is interviewed by Eileen Cavanagh.
Alan Lathrop, curator of the Northwest Architectural Archives, who compiled "Drafting A House History", a guide to tracing a building's historical background, is interviewed by Steve Benson.
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page on his life and his legal and judicial career. He was elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1992 and retired in 2015. Subjects covered: his early life, his education and football career, the years in private practice and in the Minnesota Attorney General's office, and his time on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Interviewed by Jeff Holth, a former law clerk of Justice Page.
Alice Kaplan, Professor of French at Duke University and author of "French Lessons: Memories of growing up in Minnesota," is interviewed by poet and teacher Phebe Hanson.
Amy Dolnick, author of "Between Deep Vallet and the Great World: A Look at Maud Hart Lovelace's 'Betsy-Tacy'" series, is interviewed by Kathleen Baxter, Anoka County Library.
Andrew Slade is the author of White Woods, Quiet Trails (Ridgeline Press), the ultimate guidebook for enjoying cross country skiing, snowshoeing and winter hiking, plus many other winter activities and attractions, along Minnesota's North Shore. Jay Steinke, a Duluth photographer, has put together two photography books: Gunflint Territory (tea table books), images from the Boundary Waters near the Gunflint Trail, and Superior's North Shore-Wild Places. Both Andrew and Jay are interviewed in Duluth's Lester Park by author Richard "Fred" Arey.
Native American author of "Grandmother's Gift: Stories From the Anisbinabeg," a collection of short stories published by Holy Cow! Press and a 1998 Minnesota Book Awards nominee; interviewed at the Marshall Writer's Festival by Jim Perlman, editor/publisher of Holy Cowl Press in Duluth. Anne Dunn is also the author of "When Beaver Was Very Great."
Ann Schimpf, co-author of Teaching Kids to Love the Earth, a manual of creative ecological interpretive techniques for chlldren, is interviewed by Karen Richgruber.
Ashland Price, author of a romance novel trilogy which includes Viking Rose,Viking Flame and Viking Tempest; is interviewed by Debbie Fumanti, Amazing Adventure Company.
No Limits For Women Artists... a project to support and encourage women in the arts; Betsy Damon hosts a discussion with artists Audrey Cenedella, Beth Grossman and Jane Loechler.
Community activist and author of Gentle Warriors: Clara Ueland and the Minnesota Struggle for Women Suffrage, published by the MinnesotaHistorical Society Press; interviewed by Mollie Hoben, MinnesotaWomen's Press.
Barbara Winter, author of "Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love," is interviewed by Kathleen Baxter, Anoka County Library.
Professor of Writing, public radio commentator, poet and author of "Cold Comfort" (University of Minnesota Press), a book of essays reflecting the life and cultrue of the Duluth area. He is interviewed by Joe Muldoon and reads his works with musical accompaniment by brother Ross.
Beatrice Ojakangas, food writer and author of Beatrice Ojakangas' Great Holiday Baking Book featuring a variety of delectable recipes for the holidays, is interviewed by Kristofer Sween.
Betsy Damon and DeJunius Hughes, multi-media artist and filmmaker, respectively, in the "Artists in the Community" project sponsored by Arts Midwest, are interviewed by Arts Midwest Director David Fraher.
Bill Holm, Southwest Minnesota professor and author of Landscape of Ghosts, a collaboration with photographer Bob Firth, along with other books and poetry, is interviewed by Steve Benson.
The poet, teacher and musician talks about "Faces of Christmas Past" (Afton Press), reads, plays the piano, and guides a tour of his hometown of Minneota, Minnesota.
Bill Meissner, Director of Creative Writing for St. Cloud State University and author of Hitting Into the Wind, a collection of stories, essays and poems about baseball, is interviewed by baseball historian and author Stew Thornley.
Author of "Grand Avenue," a look at St. Paul's successful and well-known retail and cultural area, and "Mexican Odyssey," reflections on the author's experiences in running the Grand Avenue store of that name; interviewed by Edie Meissner.
Baseball fan and author and publisher of Having Fun With Baseball Nicknames, featuring biographies, statistics, lingo, trivia, photos and index of over 4000 major league players and their descriptive nicknames (including the Twins' Puck, Herbie, Bruno, Lomba, Sweet Music and the G-Man!); interviewed by author and baseball historian Stew Thornley.
Senior Editor of the Ely Echo newspaper and author of "Born to Pull" (Pfeifer-Hamilton), a thorough and beautifully illustrated (by Gail de Marcken) book about the sport and the dogs that are used for sled dog racing and touring, with interesting insights and anecdotes from mushers, a 1999 Minnesota Book Award nomillee; interviewed by Stuart Osthoff, publ0isher of Boundary Waters Journal magazine and avid musher. Bob is also the author of Root Beer Lady and Tales from Jackpine Bob; he is shown mushing with some of Stu & Michelle Osthoff's sled dogs.
Bob Schranck, outdoors writer and author of "Wild in the Kitchen: A Collection of Fish and Wild Game Recipes" is interviewed by public relations consultant Pat Lindquist.
Coverage of the reception honoring publication of In the Company of Women: Voices from the Women's Movemetrt by the Minnesota Historical Society Press; included are interviews with the authors, and testimonials from many of the women featured in the book, such as Judge Rosalie Wahl, Arvonne Fraser and Rep. Phyllis Kahn.
