India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project - IAM History: Interview with Gummadi J. Franklin

Titles: India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project - IAM History: Interview with Gummadi J. Franklin (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Gummadi Franklin graduated from pharmacy school in India before immigrating to Minnesota in 1969. He became president of the India Association of Minnesota [IAM] in 1998. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Childhood; growing up in India; family; education; getting married; moving to Minnesota and finding a job; involvement with the Trustee Advisory Committee of the IAM; creation of the School of India for Languages and Culture [SILC]; various demographical branches of the IAM; importance of community; membership in the association; involvement in the Festival of Nations; serving as president of the association; fiftieth anniversary of India's independence celebration; involvement in relief projects; commercialization of the organization; future of the association.

Dates

• 07/31/2004 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Sonifer, Polly
• interviewee: Franklin, Gummadi

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 119
• Accession Number: AV2007.24.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project - IAM History' <OH 119>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 25 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:36:01 running time

Subjects

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