Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Richfield in the Postwar Era: Interview with Marvin Iverson

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Richfield in the Postwar Era: Interview with Marvin Iverson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Marvin Iverson was born in Minneapolis and graduated from Roosevelt High School. He served in the Navy and moved to Richfield where he and his wife raised their family. Iverson worked as a firefighter in Richfield for many years and was part of the New Ford Town interest group. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Fire department entrance exams; postwar housing development and the GI Bill; New Ford Town as a town within a town; close-knit community; inconvenience of shopping; public transportation; relationship of Richfield and Edina to Southdale; influential residents of Richfield; development of New Ford Town and later airport buy-out of the land; issues addressed by the New Ford Town interest group; New Ford Town's inferior treatment by the city; impact of personal political involvement; role of fire department in community involvement, fighting fires, building inspections, and rescue work; negative impact of highway construction on the fire department; construction of Mother's Lake; stories of colorful individuals, plane crashes, and fires in Richfield; local speakeasy; inter-city fire department agreements; local government leaders; changing demographics, especially diversity and an aging population.

Dates

• 04/19/2007 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Iverson, Marvin
• interviewer: Saylor, Thomas

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 114
• Accession Number: AV2008.27.14

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Richfield in the Postwar Era' <OH 114>

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 40 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 100 minutes length

Subjects

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