Nansen Agricultural Historic District Oral History Project: Interview with Arnold Maring

Titles: Nansen Agricultural Historic District Oral History Project: Interview with Arnold Maring (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Arnold Maring grew up in Nansen Valley. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Maring talked of the history of the valley, including the cheese factory, the kinds of cheese made and the other cheeses made by valley residents. He spoke of using both Norwegian and English as a child and of having people in Norway refer to his Norwegian, when he visited the country, as "Minnesota Norwegian." He talked at length of the farming practices in the valley and of the dairy industry. He gave information about the valley orchestra, about being confirmed in Norwegian and about the layout and use of the various areas on a farm. He also talked about the use of woodlots and springs in the area.

Dates

• 05/25/1999 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Maring, Arnold
• interviewer: Sommer, Barbara W.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 55
• Accession Number: AV1999.107.1

Credit: Digitized with support from an anonymous fund for Norwegian American History.

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Nansen Agricultural Historic District Oral History Project' <OH 55>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 36 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:58:45 running time

Subjects

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