The Red River Floods of 1997 Oral History Project: Interview with Audrey Thomas

Titles: The Red River Floods of 1997 Oral History Project: Interview with Audrey Thomas (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Born in Grafton, North Dakota, Audrey Thomas moved to Ada, Minnesota, in 1977. She became director of the Ada Public Library in 1987. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Thomas describes the flooding of Ada in the spring of 1997. She discusses the damage wreaked by the flood on her own home and the destruction of the Ada Public Library. She also describes efforts to rebuild the library, along with other recovery efforts in Ada during the summer of 1997. Ada's rebuilt library opened in October of 1997, with Thomas engaged in rebuilding the library's collections.

Dates

• 07/02/1997 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Thomas, Audrey
• interviewer: Shoptaugh, Terry L.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 57
• Accession Number: AV1999.66.28

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'The Red River Floods of 1997 Oral History Project' <OH 57>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 45 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 85 minutes length

Subjects

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