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East Side Oral History Project: Interview with Wilfrid John Anderson, Edith Olson McShannock and Robert McShannock

Titles: East Side Oral History Project: Interview with Wilfrid John Anderson, Edith Olson McShannock and Robert McShannock (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Wilfrid John Anderson and Edith McShannock are cousins. They along with Robert McShannock, Edith's husband, are the grandchildren of Scandinavian immigrants. Edith Olson McShannock's grandparents owned a dairy, hatchery and farming business begun in the early 1880s. Wilfrid Anderson's father owned a clothing store, which opened in 1924. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Origin of the McShannock name. Lots of family history: Jackson (Jacobson), Olson, Anderson, Damberg, Skoog. Some Swedish geography, folk lore. Bits and pieces on the family dairy, which became the Olson Brothers Dairy. The workings of a pre-WWII dairy. The family's musical traditions. The French connection to Sweden and the Swedish connection to Russia. The Hamm's Brewery and Drewry Bottleworks. Lake Phalen and Phalen Creek. Coming through Ellis Island. Wilfrid Anderson's father's clothing store on Payne Avenue. Changes in retail over the years.

Dates

  • 03/07/1991 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 99
  • Accession Number: AV2003.92.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 36 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 02:05:52 running time

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