Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project

Titles: Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project (Supplied title)

Description: The Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project consists of 37 interviews generated between 1986 and 1989 for the Project to Document Radicalism in Twentieth-Century Minnesota and 33 previously conducted interviews. Carl Ross, former Minnesota Communist leader, served as project director. This oral history project has been one part of a larger effort by the MHS Research Department to uncover the role of left-wing radicalism in shaping the state's political culture. Radicals who were active in the decades up to 1960 were interviewed, including men and women, members of various left-wing political parties and unaffiliated activists, artists, organizers, and WPA workers. The other major product of the MHS radicalism research was an annotated bibliography of sources on the subject in the collections of MHS and the University of Minnesota libraries, "Radicalism in Minnesota, 1900-1960: a survey of selected sources", published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in 1994.

Dates

• 1972 - 1989 (Creation)

Interviews

• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Nellie Stone Johnson' <OH 30.38>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Nellie Stone Johnson' <OH 30.37>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Albert V. Allen, Jr.' <OH 30.1>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Jacob Anderson' <OH 30.2>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Arnold Arnio' <OH 30.3>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Rosalind Matusow Belmont' <OH 30.4>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Earl T. Bester and Joseph Paszak' <OH 30.5>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Andre Boratko' <OH 30.7>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Arthur Borchardt' <OH 30.8>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Elwin T. and Marjorie J. Brawthen' <OH 30.9>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with D. Alan Bruce' <OH 30.10>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Elizabeth Hoff Bruce' <OH 30.11>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Paul M. Buhle' <OH 30.12>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Grace Holmes Carlson' <OH 30.13>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Anthony Brutus Cassius' <OH 30.14>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Harry DeBoer, Pauline DeBoer and Jake Cooper' <OH 30.15>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Ernest DeMaio' <OH 30.16>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with George Dizard' <OH 30.17>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Edwin G. Drill' <OH 30.18>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with John Enestvedt' <OH 30.19>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Walfrid Engdahl' <OH 30.20>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Ole Fagerhaugh' <OH 30.21>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Fred Fine' <OH 30.22>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with James H. Flower' <OH 30.23>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Alma Howe Foley' <OH 30.24>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Clarence M. Forester' <OH 30.25>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Bernice Fossum' <OH 30.26>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Bernice Fossum' <OH 30.27>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Orville L. Freeman' <OH 30.28>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Newton Friedman' <OH 30.29>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Max Geldman' <OH 30.30>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Max and Shevi Geldman' <OH 30.31>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Frank Green' <OH 30.32>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Douglas and Victoria Hanson and Ole Fagerhaugh' <OH 30.33>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Clarence Hemmingsen' <OH 30.34>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Clarence Hemmingsen' <OH 30.35>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Irwin Herness' <OH 30.36>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Clara, John and Peter Jorgensen' <OH 30.39>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Clara, John and Peter Jorgensen' <OH 30.40>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Charles Karson' <OH 30.41>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with John Kykyri' <OH 30.42>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Robert Latz' <OH 30.43>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Martin Lebedoff' <OH 30.44>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Yank Levine' <OH 30.45>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Jack Maloney' <OH 30.46>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Jennifer Mayville' <OH 30.47>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Patrick McMillen' <OH 30.48>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with George Naumoff' <OH 30.49>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Eino Niemela' <OH 30.50>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Orville E. Olson' <OH 30.51>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Orville E. Olson' <OH 30.52>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Richard J. Parish' <OH 30.53>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Joseph Paszak' <OH 30.54>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Glenn Pearson' <OH 30.55>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Leata Wigg Pearson' <OH 30.56>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Frank Puglisi' <OH 30.58>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Karl F. Rolvaag' <OH 30.59>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Carl E. Ross' <OH 30.60>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Clarence Sharp' <OH 30.61>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Clarence Sharp' <OH 30.62>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Ruth Siegler' <OH 30.63>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Carl Skoglund' <OH 30.64>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Joseph Swan and Bernice Fossum' <OH 30.65>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with James Thomblison' <OH 30.66>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Leo Turner' <OH 30.67>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Elizabeth Watson' <OH 30.68>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Bertha Weiss' <OH 30.69>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Raymond R. Wright' <OH 30.70>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Veda Ponikvar' <OH 30.57>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Twentieth Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Frank P. Blatnik' <OH 30.6>

Creation

• interviewee: Allen, Albert V.
• interviewee: Anderson, Jacob
• interviewee: Arnio, Arnold F.
• interviewee: Belmont, Rosalind Matusow
• interviewee: Benson, Steven
• interviewer: Berman, Hyman
• interviewee: Bester, Earl T.
• interviewee: Blatnik, Frank Paul
• interviewer: Blin, Richard
• interviewee: Boratko, Andre
• interviewee: Borchardt, Arthur
• interviewee: Brawthen, Elwin
• interviewee: Brawthen, Marjorie J.
• interviewer and interviewee: Bruce, D. Alan
• interviewee: Bruce, Elizabeth Hoff
• interviewee: Buhle, Paul
• interviewee: Carlson, Grace
• interviewee: Cassius, Anthony Brutus
• interviewee: Cooper, Jake
• interviewee: DeBoer, Harry
• interviewee: DeBoer, Pauline
• interviewee: DeMaio, Ernest
• interviewee: Dizard, George
• interviewee: Drill, Edwin G.
• interviewee: Enestvedt, John
• interviewee: Engdahl, Walfrid
• interviewee: Fagerhaugh, Ole
• interviewee: Fine, Fred M.
• interviewer: First, Randy
• interviewee: Flower, James H.
• interviewee: Foley, Alma
• interviewee: Forester, Clarence M.
• interviewee: Fossum, Bernice
• interviewee: Freeman, Orville L.
• interviewer: Frenkel, Susanna
• interviewee: Friedman, Newton
• interviewee: Geldman, Max
• interviewee: Geldman, Shevi
• interviewer: Gilman, Rhoda R.
• interviewee: Green, Frank
• interviewee: Hanson, Douglas
• interviewee: Hanson, Victoria
• interviewee: Hemmingsen, Clarence
• interviewee: Herness, Irwin
• interviewer: Hyvarinen, Virginia
• interviewee: Jarvi, Carl
• interviewer: Johnson, Jean
• interviewee: Johnson, Nellie Stone
• interviewee: Jørgensen, Clara
• interviewee: Jørgensen, John J.
• interviewee: Jørgensen, Peter
• interviewee: Karson, Charles
• interviewee: Kykyri, John
• interviewee: Latz, Robert
• interviewee: Lebedoff, Martin
• interviewee: Levine, Yank
• interviewee: Maloney, Jack
• interviewee: Mayville, Jennifer
• interviewee: McMillen, Patrick J.
• interviewer: Miller, Deborah L.
• interviewee: Naumoff, George
• interviewee: Niemela, Eino
• interviewer: O'Connell, Tom
• interviewee: Olson, Orville E.
• interviewee: Parish, Richard J. (Richard Justus)
• interviewee: Paszak, Joseph
• interviewee: Pearson, Glenn
• interviewee: Pearson, Leata
• interviewee: Ponikvar, Veda F.
• interviewee: Puglisi, Frank
• interviewee: Rolvaag, Karl F.
• interviewee: Ross, Carl
• interviewer: Salerno, Salvatore
• interviewer: Schloff, Linda Mack
• interviewee: Seaverson, Don
• interviewee: Sharp, Clarence
• interviewee: Siegler, Ruth
• interviewee: Skoglund, Carl
• interviewee: Swan, Joseph
• interviewee: Thomblison, James C.
• interviewer: Trimble, Steve
• interviewee: Turner, Leo
• interviewee: Watson, Elizabeth
• interviewee: Weiss, Bertha
• interviewer: Weissman, George
• interviewee: Wright, Raymond R.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 30
• Accession Number: AV1990.228
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 172.5 hours sound cassette 2464 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Subjects

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