Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with John Kykyri

Titles: Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with John Kykyri (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: John Kykyri was born in Sparta, Minnesota in 1898, to parents who had recently immigrated from Finland. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1923 with a degree in Journalism and General Arts. He wrote for the Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis News, Fergus Falls Journal, Duluth News Tribune, Milwaukee Journal, Guild Reporter, and the People's World, primarily as a political reporter. In Milwaukee he was deeply involved in union activities. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Northern Minnesota mines; immigrant racism; union strike: Minneapolis Teamsters (1934), Milwaukee Newspaper Guild; Communist Party, union, and newspaper relationships; DFL-CIO relationship; Humphrey and the Communist Party. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The second interviewer has been tentatively, but not certainly, identified as Stephen Trimble. RESTRICTIONS ON USE: Interview may not be quoted directly for publication.

Creation

• interviewee: Kykyri, John
• interviewer: O'Connell, Tom
• interviewer: Trimble, Steve

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 30.42
• Accession Number: AV1990.228.67
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 30>

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 23 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:30:55 running time

Subjects

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