Audio Recording Personal history with 72 year old female, Duluth, Minnesota

Personal history with 72 year old female, Duluth, Minnesota

1983

About this Item

Title
Personal history with 72 year old female, Duluth, Minnesota
Contributor Names
Ruh[arna?], Joseph (Interviewer)
Opacich, Mildred (Speaker)
Created / Published
1983
Subject Headings
-  English language--Dialects--Minnesota
-  Women--Minnesota--Duluth--Language
-  Serbian Americans--Minnesota--Leetonia--Social life and customs
-  Children of immigrants--Minnesota--Leetonia--Language
-  Locomotive firemen--Minnesota--Language
-  Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
-  Railroads--Employees--Minnesota--Language
-  Women--Employment--Minnesota
-  Depressions--1929--Minnesota--Leetonia--Personal narratives
-  New Deal, 1933-1939--Minnesota--Leetonia
-  Mines and mineral resources--Minnesota
-  Leetonia (Minn.)--Social life and customs
-  Interviews
-  Narratives
-  Oral histories
-  Personal narratives
-  United States -- Minnesota -- Duluth
Genre
Interviews
Narratives
Oral histories
Personal narratives
Notes
-  For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Iron Range Research Center. Chisholm, MN
-  72 year old female born in Duluth, MN in 1911. Came to Leetonia, MN in 1926 as a 14 year old bride. Worked for the Great Northern Railroad.
-  Talks about her early years; mining; family; ethnic groups in Leetonia; and high standards women have in the workplace.
Medium
Audio tape; 10.5” reel, 7.5 ips; duration: 31:05
Call Number/Physical Location
AFC 1986/022: AFS 24,323 b01
Source Collection
Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (AFC 1986/022)
Repository
American Folklife Center
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc1986022.sr25b01
Language
English
Online Format
audio

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Credit line
Center for Applied Linguistics collection (AFC 1986/022), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

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Chicago citation style:

Ruharna?, Joseph, and Mildred Opacich. Personal history with 72 year old female, Duluth, Minnesota. 1983. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afccal000160/.

APA citation style:

Ruharna?, J. & Opacich, M. (1983) Personal history with 72 year old female, Duluth, Minnesota. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afccal000160/.

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Ruharna?, Joseph, and Mildred Opacich. Personal history with 72 year old female, Duluth, Minnesota. 1983. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afccal000160/>.

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