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Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Ernest Olson

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Ernest Olson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Ernest Olson was born in 1927 in Duluth, Minnesota. He attended high school in Grand Marais, Minnesota and eventually went on to study at Utah State Agricultural College. He enlisted when the war was ending and participated in the American occupation of Germany. Upon returning home, Olson worked as a fisherman, electronics repairman, and construction contractor. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up during the Great Depression; being exposed to the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] and Works Progress Administration [WPA]; attending Utah State Agricultural College; basic training in Texas; the dropping of the atomic bombs; occupying Berlin and southern Germany; working on a fishing boat; getting married and having children; working as an electronics repairman; advances in technology: color television; working for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe as a construction contractor; working for the Radisson Inn in Grand Portage.

Dates

  • 08/10/2006 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 118
  • Accession Number: AV2008.31.8

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassettes 49 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 150

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