Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Peggy Mattice

Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Peggy Mattice (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Peggy Mattice was born in 1903 in Eveleth, Minnesota. She ran a bar and brothel in Craigville, Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Brief comments on early life and working in a Twin Cities emporium; moving to Craigville and working in a bar; when lumberjacks would come into town; prostitution; all of the money being spent when lumberjacks come to town; myths about the rough and tumble lumberjack towns; breaking the law; why the girls got into prostitution; stories about running a bar in Craigville; the slow decline of the city of Craigville; the types of lumberjacks that came into town; lumberjacks who marry the girls; getting the girls to Craigville; the town of Virginia, Minnesota; buying and selling alcohol during prohibition; her relationship with Baby Face Nelson; other small towns around Craigville.

Dates

• 07/08/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Esse, John
• interviewee: Mattice, Peggy

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 142
• Accession Number: AV2012.1.32

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 28 pages transcript 1 sound disc

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:28:54 running time

Subjects

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