Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Elmer Bergstrom and Harland Towle

Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Elmer Bergstrom and Harland Towle (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Elmer Bergstrom was born in 1899 at Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. He was a teamster. Harland Towle was born in Lac Qui Parle County. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life; Elmer's father logging around Douglas County; having a Norwegian mother, Irish father; family life around logging camps; growing up helping in the camps; logging different types of wood; daily schedule; camp food; living in the bunk houses; bull cooks; lumberjack clothing; wannigans; going into town, and finding girls; driving a team of horses; ice roads and snow roads; various lumberjacks and their nicknames; washing clothes; Itasca Lumber Company; hauling loads to camps; taking care of the horses; the expansion of logging from 1900 onward; tote team hauling to various camps; selling lumber; equipment; seasonal work; getting married; sky pilots; playing poker; differences in culture between Wisconsin and Minnesota; living in Northern Minnesota.

Dates

• 1976 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Esse, John
• interviewee: Bergstrom, Elmer
• interviewee: Towle, Harland

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 142
• Accession Number: AV2012.1.4

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Forest History Oral History Project' <OH 142>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 61 pages transcript 1 sound disc

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:41:25 running time

Subjects

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