The Red River Floods of 1997 Oral History Project: Interview with Neoma Laken

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

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Born in Wahpeton, North Dakota, Neoma Laken was a lifelong resident of Wilkin County, Minnesota. She served as Wilkin County recorder from 1976 until her retirement in 1994 and collected and wrote county history for many years. In the summer of 1997, after the flood, she was appointed to the Breckenridge, Minnesota, City Council, where she was involved in a number of flood-recovery projects. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Laken describes her many activities and contacts with people in Breckenridge during the spring 1997 flood.

Dates

• 08/20/1997 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Laken, Neoma
• interviewer: Shoptaugh, Terry L.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 57
• Accession Number: AV1999.66.18

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 36 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 80 minutes length

Subjects

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