Twelfth issue of the fifth volume of the "Minnesota Weaver" newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for December 1999 containing a description of upcoming meetings and classes; a note from the president; the articles "Fleece, Fleece Everywhere" and "Using What You've Got"; a report on the Federation conference, and on Icelandic sheep; a calendar of December classes and activities; and a call for workshop ideas.
This sound clip highlights the Peter Haug family homesteading in Soler Township. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
This sound clip highlights B. O. Christianson and O. E. Haug families of Soler Township. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
1999-11-18
Description:
The oral history of Marion Mickelsen McKeever describes one-room schools and teachers, Mickelsen family commercial fishing, Dr. Frank Hicks, family tragedy, Slade mansion, flour sack underwear, carbide lights, and Norwegian ancestry.
This sound clip highlights Robert Harms who lost his life during World War II in France. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
This sound clip highlights Oscar Hammer and Louis Hamilton Harms who both lost their lives in France during WW I. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
November 1999 issue of the Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Newsletter. Topics include Fiber/Metal Arts award winners and sponsers and a summary of event attendance, sales, promotion and marketing, and evaluation comments from participating artists; opportunities for art rental, Master Craft Classes, and a spring exhibit; comments from the executive director on MCC's use of forms and paperwork; sympathy message; changes in MCC's call-for-entry procedures; tips for selecting a canopy for displays; MinnesotaCare; calls for entries; information on a copyright lawsuit and how artists can protect their designs; opportunities; member news; exhibits and events; workshops; membership form; annual holiday gift exchange event; and future MCC activities.
Mao Thao Yang is the mother of Mai Vang Thao and the grandmother of Bo Thao. She is fifty-two years old, married and has three children, two are living. In Laos, she lived in the village of Tha Cho (Thaj Chauv) and her mother was of the Lee clan. She is of the group of Hmong that lived in Xieng Khouang. Her family was poor and she didn't have an opportunity to attend school. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was conducted predominantly in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
Mai Vang Thao is the mother of Bo Thao and the daughter of Mao Thao Yang. She was born Mai Vang forty-eight years ago in Luang Phrabang, Laos. She married when she was twenty years old and has five children. She and her husband immigrated to the U.S. twenty years ago. She is of the Stripe Hmong clan and practices traditional spiritual beliefs. For various reasons, she received very little schooling. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was predominantly conducted in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
Margaret "Sweet Pea" Big George, storyteller, accomplished jingle dress dancer, Big Island First Nations, Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, her first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Ms. Big George states: When we were let to, we always spoke the language.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Buildings include Smithson Paper Box Company at 323 Main Street South, 319 Main Street South, 317 Main Street South, Simonet Furniture and Carpet Company at 301 Main Street South. There is also a visible sign for St. Croix River Exchange on the 317-319 South Main Buildings.
An empty lot with maple trees is pictured between Seasons Tique at 233 Main Street South and Silver Lake Restaurant at 241 Main Street South, Stillwater, Minnesota
Saloon building at 304 North Main Street and Stillwater Manufacturing Company at 312 North Main Street. The Saloon was relocated to Second and Mulberry streets during the construction of Stillwater Mills condominiums. The Stillwater Manufacturing Building was demolished. North Main Street runs in front of the buildings. A sign for an antique store is visible.
Mn/DOT News was a newsletter published by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as an official medium of information to correlate the work of its employees throughout the state and to stimulate dedicated and efficient public service in all transportation activities. (1995-2001).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Eleventh issue of the fifth volume of the "Minnesota Weaver" newsletter published by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for November 1999 containing a description of upcoming meetings and classes; a note from the president; a list of Minnesota spinning guilds; a history of Guild membership; reports on Navajo-Churro sheep, and on the Federation conference; the articles "Using What You've Got" and "Fleece, Fleece Everywhere"; and a calendar of November classes and activities.