Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Vernon D. Clark

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Vernon D. Clark (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Vernon D. Clark was born in 1932. After enlisting in the military and completing basic training, he was sent to Fairbanks, Alaska. He spent most of the Korean War in Fairbanks and after completing his service returned home to Minnesota and began working at a mill. He then found work at a hospital where he was promoted to head of maintenance. At the time of the interview Clark lived on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in the Episcopalian faith; attending Health Camp; hunting for food; attending Indian celebrations in different towns; getting sick with pneumonia and pleurisy; being stationed in Fairbanks after enlisting; basic training; working at the mill; involvement with the community; working at the hospital; the current situation on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.

Dates

• 07/26/2006 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Clark, Vernon
• interviewer: White, Karissa

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 118
• Accession Number: AV2008.31.3

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews' <OH 118>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassettes 42 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 80

Subjects

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