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1. Interview with Ann Zuvekas

Creator:
Zuvekas, Ann
Date Created:
1976-07-14
Description:
Ann Zuvekas was director of Migrant Health Services, Inc., from 1974 to 1976. Subjects discussed include: Migrant Health Services, Inc., including its history, organization, funding, objectives, services, innovative projects and achievements, new programs, goals, and areas needing improvement.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Interview with Antonio and Petra T. Zepeda

Creator:
Zepeda, Antonio; Zepeda, Petra Trevino
Date Created:
1975-07-31
Description:
Antonio Zepeda Cardona was born in San Juan de Allende, Coahuila, Mexico, in 1902. He came to the United States with his family in 1907 and was raised in Rio Hondo, Texas. He was married to Petra Trevino Zepeda in Mexico at age sixteen, and in 1923 they came to the United States. He worked for the railroad for three months then came to Minnesota to work in the beet fields. He died in 1977. Petra Trevino Zepeda was born in Cuatro Cienigas, Coahuila, Mexico in 1906. She helped her father harvest his crops and take them to sell in the marketplace in Piedras Negras. She married Antonio Zepeda at age thirteen. Subjects discussed include: Their childhood and immediate family in Mexico - courtship in Mexico - the Mexican Revolution - crossing the border - job history - their twelve children - people and festivals on St. Paul's West Side - and advice for younger people. Mr. Zepeda also explains techniques for harvesting sugar beets. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: In Spanish, transcribed into English.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Interview with Arturo Zamora

Creator:
Zamora, Arturo
Date Created:
1976-07-15
Description:
Arturo Zamora was born in Benjamin, Texas, in 1925, one of eleven children. He came to Cloquet, Minnesota, in 1931 with his parents and settled in 1938 near Hollandale, Minn., where his family has owned a farm since 1940. Zamora has worked at Wilson Meat Packing Co. in Albert Lea since 1945 and operates a restaurant near Albert Lea with his three brothers. Subjects discussed include: Family and early life - work in the meatpacking industry - Club Azteca, League of United Latin American Citizens and Knights of Columbus in Albert Lea - and his restaurant.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. Interview with Robert Yu

Creator:
Yu, Robert
Date Created:
1979-02-01
Description:
Robert Yu was born in about 1915 in the city of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. During his childhood his father was postmaster general of China. As the eldest son, Yu enjoyed a favorable position in the family, and his father set aside a considerable sum of money to enable him to study in the United States after graduation from college. While studying at the University of Nanjing, Yu met his future wife, Victoria (Yu), and after their marriage Yu's father agreed to send them both to the United States. Robert and Victoria Yu arrived in the United States in about 1939. Although Robert Yu had intended to attend graduate school after his arrival, he had not made arrangements with any specific university. In Seattle, where they disembarked, they met a Chinese graduate of the University of Wisconsin who suggested that Yu attend the University of Minnesota and offered to accompany them to Minneapolis. After their arrival Yu applied to the University of Minnesota and was accepted as a graduate student in the College of Business Administration, and he later transferred to the College of Agriculture, where he majored in agricultural economics. While Yu was a student at the university, two sons, Robert and Victor, were born to the family. Yu completed his master of arts degree in 1941, but because of the Sino-Japanese War he could not return to China immediately. He took a job for a short time at the Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis and then took a job in Washington, D.C., where a third child, Joyce (the interviewer for this oral history interview, and who was interviewed for the project as well), was born. In Washington Yu worked as a Chinese-area specialist at the Department of Agriculture. During World War II the United States planned (but never carried out) a landing on the Chinese coast, and Yu provided information on Chinese agriculture in the proposed landing area. In 1947, with the war over, the Yu family returned to China, where Yu took a job as vice-president of the Farmers' Bank of China in Shanghai. As rampant inflation and civil conflict made living in postwar China increasingly difficult, the family returned to the United States in 1949 and settled in southeast Minneapolis, the area where they had lived during Yu's time at the university. Yu again took a job with the Pillsbury Company for a short time, but next he became a vice-president of First National Bank of Minneapolis. In 1979 Yu retired from that job and accepted a teaching position in Taiwan. While Victoria Yu also decided to live in Taiwan, where many relatives live, all three Yu children have remained in the United States. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Yu discusses his family background in China - his first trip to the United States, and his fears that he and his wife would be turned away by immigration officials - first impressions in Seattle - Chinese student life at the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses during World War II, when the students were cut off from family resources - political views in the Chinese community in Minnesota - views toward normalization of U.S.-China diplomatic relations in 1979 - discrimination toward Chinese people - and problems of child rearing in the immigrant community. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: Yu reflects the views of the intellectuals from northern China (Mandarin speakers), most of whom came either as students to the University of Minnesota or as political refugees settling in Minnesota after World War II. He is particularly perceptive about divisions within the Chinese community and about changing views of Chinese settlers over the years.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

5. Interview with Joyce Yu

Creator:
Yu, Joyce
Date Created:
1979-06-04
Description:
Joyce Yu was born in 1946 in Washington, D.C., where her father was employed as a Chinese area specialist by the U.S. Department of Agriculture during World War II. Her parents, Robert and Victoria Yu, arrived in the United States from China in about 1939. They lived in southeast Minneapolis from the time of their arrival until 1941, while Robert Yu was a graduate student in agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota. Two sons, Robert and Victor, were born to the family during this period. The elder Yu completed his degree in 1941, but the family could not return to China because of war conditions in the Pacific, and they moved to Washington. In 1947, after Joyce's birth and the war's end, the family returned to China, where Robert Yu accepted a job as vice-president of the Farmers' Bank of China in Shanghai. Postwar conditions in China grew increasingly unstable, however, and the family returned to the United States in 1949, when Joyce was two and a half years old. The Yus settled in southeast Minneapolis again, and Joyce spent most of her childhood and youth in this neighborhood. She attended University High School and the University of Minnesota, from which she received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1968. After graduation she was employed by the university's Office of Student Affairs from 1968 to 1973, and she also completed a year of graduate study in educational psychology. From 1973 to 1975 she worked for VISTA on the West Bank in Minneapolis. In the fall of 1975 she went to Taiwan for a year of study in Chinese language and tai chi (martial arts). Upon her return to the United States, Yu worked as student internship coordinator at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and in August of 1977 she took a job with the Otto Bremer Foundation in St. Paul, working as a program officer, reviewing and evaluating grant proposals. In 1979 she left the Bremer Foundation to become the director of the Women's Funding Assistance Project for the Ms. Foundation, and in 1981 she was appointed executive director of the Ms. Foundation. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family background - class and regional differences within the Chinese community in Minnesota - family structure and child rearing in the state's Chinese settlement - and the developing ethnic consciousness of young Asian Americans at the University of Minnesota during the 1960s. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: This interview provides valuable information on the northern intellectuals (Mandarin speakers) in the Chinese community in Minnesota, the subgroup in which Yu grew up. It also provides insight into the experience of Chinese families who have settled in the state since World War II, and of Asian students at the University of Minnesota in the 1960s.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

6. Authority of the Bible Biblical Basis from "Old Drums to March By" 1971 Founders Week, Bethel College & Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Youngblood, Ronald
Date Created:
1971-02
Description:
Ronald Youngblood lecture recorded during Founders Week, February 1-5, 1971. Note: The written transcript which accompanies this audio recording varies from the audio file. This written transcript is the basic text of the sermon; but slight variances in speech patterns and language will be found in the audio recording.
Contributing Institution:
Bethel University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Lectures

7. Interview with Sinmin and Betty Wu

Creator:
Wu, Sinmin
Date Created:
1979-12-02
Description:
Sinmin Wu was born June 1, 1931, in the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province, China. Betty Wu (Yun Aur) was born December 15, 1938, in the city of Tianjin, in Hebei Province. Both left China for Taiwan during the Communist Revolution in the 1940s. They were married in Taiwan in 1959 and soon left for Malaysia, where Sinmin became a teacher in a Chinese girls' high school. Their first child was born in Malaysia. Sinmin went to the United States in 1961 for graduate study in mathematics at Southern Illinois University. He received a master of arts degree and accepted a teaching position at the University of Minnesota, Morris, in 1965. Betty and their daughter arrived in Morris in 1966. Two additional children have been born to the family in the United States. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The Wus discuss the experience of Chinese Americans in small towns outside the Twin Cities area - their activities and sense of acceptance in university and community affairs - development of their children's identities in an area where few other Chinese live - and the role of Asian families in resettlement of a Vietnamese refugee family in Morris in late 1979 and 1980. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: This interview focused on acculturation in a small town as opposed to an urban area, on family life, and on the concerns of a transplanted Chinese family for the future of their children. It should be noted that although they have no worry about the Americanization of their children, they also want their children to know their own cultural heritage and language.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

8. Geology of the Cloquet quadrangle, Carlton County, Minnesota, Plate 1

Creator:
Wright, Herbert E.; Mattson, L.A.; Thomas, J.A.
Date Created:
1970
Description:
Interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of Cloquet Quadrangle, Carlton County, Minnesota, scale 1:24,000. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn23366.pdf
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Geological Survey
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

9. Interview with Michael Hong Wong

Creator:
Wong, Michael Hong
Date Created:
1979-06-07 - 1979-07-03
Description:
Michael Hong Wong was born in Austin, Minnesota, in 1948. His grandfather emigrated from Guangdong Province in southern China to Albert Lea, Minnesota, in 1927, by way of Canada and Seattle, Washington. At the time of Michael Wong's birth, his grandfather, father, and uncle were partners in a Chinese restaurant in Austin, but a few years later the family moved to Fargo, North Dakota. Because this city was a crossroad in the movement of military personnel during and after World War II, business opportunities were good, and the elder Wongs worked at the Pheasant Cafe, one of five Chinese restaurants in Fargo during the 1940s and early 1950s. When Wong was about five years old, the family moved back to Minnesota, where they established the Wong Cafe in Rochester. Wong attended public elementary schools in the city and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1966. He entered the University of Minnesota the following fall and graduated in 1970 with a bachelor of fine arts degree, majoring in painting. Later he returned to the university for graduate study and received a master of fine arts degree, with a major in photography, in 1975. During his undergraduate years at the university, Wong was actively involved in the Asian American Alliance, organized on the campus during the 1960s. In 1976 Wong returned to Rochester and worked in the family restaurant, while his wife, Isabel Joe, completed an internship in dietetics at Methodist Hospital. In 1977 they returned to the Twin Cities, and Wong taught for two years at the Minnetonka Art Center (now the Art Center of Minnesota). He also engaged in freelance photography and was one of the early members of the Minnesota Asian American Project, a pan-Asian organization in the Twin Cities area. In 1980 and 1981 Wong was employed by Weigen Graphic Center in Minneapolis and also continued his work as a freelance photographer. He has frequently photographed special events in the Asian community, including those of the most recent arrivals, the Indochinese. He also participated in the collection of photographs for an exhibit entitled Asians in Minnesota" that opened in the spring of 1982 at the Minnesota Historical Society and was sponsored by the Society
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

10. Interview with Matthew and Gloria Woida, Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project, Sauk Centre Township, Minnesota

Creator:
Woida, Gloria; Woida, Matthew
Date Created:
1979-02-13
Description:
Biographical Information: The Woidas were farmers and powerline opponents from Sauk Centre in Stearns County. Subjects discussed: Learning about the powerline project. Effect of the line on farm-placement of tower and position of line; spraying; irrigation; safety. The opposition-concerns of; involvement in; role of outside protesters in; effectiveness of. Working within the cooperative structure. Electricity-conservation; increased need; alternative methods for farmers; underground wiring; future problems with resources. Routing of line-alternative routes; wildlife land given priority. The role of and working with the media. Confrontations-with surveyors; arrests; lawsuits. Compensation by the utilities-easement; annual payment. Involvement of Governor Perpich. Mediation sessions. Costs resulting from the project-vandalism; hiring security quards; to citizens. Clean-up after the line. State government-relationship with utilities; legislators; views of working within the system. Coal mining. How controversy could have been avoided. Leadership role. Impact of lawsuits on opposition. Relationship of Indian movement and the powerline controversy. Iowa Coal scam. Public awareness of controversy.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

11. Interview with Matthew and Gloria Woida, Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project, Sauk Centre Township, Minnesota

Creator:
Woida, Gloria; Woida, Matthew
Date Created:
1979-02-13
Description:
Biographical Information: The Woidas were farmers and powerline opponents from Sauk Centre in Stearns County. Subjects discussed: Learning about the powerline project. Effect of the line on farm-placement of tower and position of line; spraying; irrigation; safety. The opposition-concerns of; involvement in; role of outside protesters in; effectiveness of. Working within the cooperative structure. Electricity-conservation; increased need; alternative methods for farmers; underground wiring; future problems with resources. Routing of line-alternative routes; wildlife land given priority. The role of and working with the media. Confrontations-with surveyors; arrests; lawsuits. Compensation by the utilities-easement; annual payment. Involvement of Governor Perpich. Mediation sessions. Costs resulting from the project-vandalism; hiring security quards; to citizens. Clean-up after the line. State government-relationship with utilities; legislators; views of working within the system. Coal mining. How controversy could have been avoided. Leadership role. Impact of lawsuits on opposition. Relationship of Indian movement and the powerline controversy. Iowa Coal scam. Public awareness of controversy.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

12. Interview with Dr. Henry C. Wingblade, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Wingblade, Henry C.
Date Created:
1973-05
Description:
H.C. Wingblade discusses his memories of the development of Bethel Seminary and College.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

13. The Discipline of Life Historical Survey from "Old Drums to March By" 1971 Founders Week, Bethel College & Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Wessel, Walter W.
Date Created:
1971-02
Description:
Walter W. Wessel lecture recorded during Founders Week, February 1-5, 1971. Note: The written transcript which accompanies this audio recording varies from the audio file. This written transcript is the basic text of the sermon; but slight variances in speech patterns and language will be found in the audio recording.
Contributing Institution:
Bethel University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Lectures

14. Bedrock and surficial geology of Hoyt Lakes-Kawishiwi area of the Duluth Complex, final report, OFR77-03

Creator:
Weiblen, P.W.; Morey, G.B.; Cooper, R.W.
Date Created:
1977
Description:
Summary and interpretations of the bedrock geology and potential for ore and mining in the Hoyt Lakes-Kawishiwi area of the Duluth Complex, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Geological Survey
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

15. Threadbenders Number 20 newsletter, September 1972, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1972-09
Description:
Twentieth issue of the "Threadbenders" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in September 1972 and containing descriptions of upcoming activities including Guild meetings, Faribault Woolen Mill trip, the Annual Arts and Crafts Fair, and workshops in double weave, bead making, finishing techniques, and drafting, a description of Guild volunteer opportunities, a flyer for the St. Anthony Park Annual Craft Fair, and a weaving draft and swatch for tabby check or stripe.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

16. Threadbenders Number 37 newsletter, September 1974, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1974-09
Description:
Thirty-seventh issue of the "Threadbender" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in June 1974 and containing a list of new officers; descriptions of the annual meeting, new staff meetings, and the financial policy; a reminder of annual dues; a report on the Midwest Weavers Conference, a list of conference award winners, and plans for the Guild to administer a national project for certification of handweavers; an announcement of a new building fund and a Guild group project; an upcoming workshop on basketry; and Guild news.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

17. Threadbenders Number 21 newsletter, October 1972, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1972-10
Description:
Tweny-first issue of the "Threadbenders" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in October 1972 and containing descriptions of exhibits and upcoming activities including Guild meetings, the Lake Superior Craft Exhibit in Duluth, the Arts and Crafts Fair, and the Annual Open House, and workshops in drafting and needleweaving, and a list of new fiber-related books at the St. Paul Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

18. Threadbenders Number 30 newsletter, October 1973, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1973-10
Description:
Thirtieth issue of the "Threadbender" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in October 1973 and containing descriptions of the upcoming October meetings, workshops, 1974 Midwest Weavers Conference, Saint Anthony Park Craft Fair, and study groups; prize winners of the 1973 Midwest Weavers Conference; gifts to the Guild; new textile books at the St. Paul Public Library; community response to the Guild exhibit at the State Fair and the Rennaisance Fair; and biographies of new teachers.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

19. Threadbenders Number 13 newsletter, October 1971, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1971-10
Description:
Thirteenth issue of the "Threadbenders" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in October 1971 and containing descriptions of the Guild's activities over the summer including demonstrations at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the State Fair, workshops in Color and Design, and study groups, and listing upcoming workshops in batik and finishing touches, an announcement for the upcoming St. Anthony Park Craft Fair, and a weaving draft and swatch for Latvian warp-faced rosepath.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

20. Threadbenders Number 9 newsletter, October 1970, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1970-10
Description:
Ninth issue of the "Threadbenders" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in October 1970 and containing descriptions of an upcoming workshop in string art, a request from the guild president for volunteers, the 1970/1971 class schedule and registration fxrm, an announcement for the Sixteenth Annual St. Anthony Park Craft Fair, and a weaving draft for blanket weave with an attached sample.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

21. Threadbenders Number 38 newsletter, October 1974, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1974-10
Description:
Thirty-eighth issue of the "Threadbender" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in September 1974 and containing descriptions of the upcoming September meeting, and workshops on basketry, drafting, and fabric design; the workshop registration policy; a description of Fiber Fair policies and standards; and Guild news.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

22. Threadbenders Number 31 newsletter, November 1973, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1973-11
Description:
Thirty-first issue of the "Threadbender" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in November 1973 and containing descriptions of the upcoming November meetings, workshops, December Open House, community demonstrations, and Spinning Group meeting; updates for the 1974 Midwest Weavers Conference; board decisions; request for spinning wheel loans; a list of library rules; an update about the St. Paul Public Library, the Guild swatch library, sources for dyes; and other Guild news.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

23. Threadbenders Number 22 newsletter, November 1972, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1972-11
Description:
Twenty-second issue of the "Threadbenders" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in November 1972 and containing an obituary of Hilma Berglund, and descriptions of upcoming activities including the Annual Open House, Midwest Weavers' Conference, exhibits, and workshops and classes in twining, beadmaking, weaving techniques, spinning, texturing, and rug techniques, and a draft and swatch for shadow weave.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

24. Threadbenders Number 39 newsletter, November 1974, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1974-11
Description:
Thirty-ninth issue of the "Threadbender" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in October 1974 and containing descriptions of the upcoming October meeting, and workshops on fabric design and sprang; a report from the Education Committee; information on the Fiber Fair; Guild news; a proposal for a long range plan; Board retreat note; and a draft for transparent hangings.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

25. Threadbenders Number 27 newsletter, May 1973, Weavers Guild of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Date Created:
1973-05
Description:
Twenty-seventh issue of the "Threadbender" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in May 1973 and containing an announcement about the 1974 Midwest Weavers' Conference, a brief history of the Guild, and a weaving draft and sample.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters
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