Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Joe Mannausau

Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Joe Mannausau (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Joe Mannausau was born near Loman, Minnesota in 1904. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Types of timber around Loman; farming and logging in the area throughout his life; going to work in the logging camps at 16; driving logs to Baudette; describes a boom chain; describes a jammer; prostitution near logging camps; types of saws; types of sleighs and their equipment; working as a cook; types of food in logging camps; wannigans and types of boats used in log drives; starving homesteaders; horses and horse barns; teamsters and their horses; cows and dairy produce; types of bunk houses; working in cold weather; stories about interesting loggers; making money as a logger.

Dates

• 02/08/1977 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Esse, John
• interviewee: Mannausau, Joe

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 142
• Accession Number: AV2012.1.30

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 26 pages transcript 1 sound disc

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:30:55 running time

Subjects

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