Nelson, Alexander, 1900-1986
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Topics include his grandparents coming from Norway; moving first to Hancock and then to Calumet, Mich.; different ethnic groups; the 1913 strike; the Italian Hall disaster; the YMCA; Fourth of July; sports; Prohibition; gambling; the board of trade in Houghton, Mich.; Finns, Italians, Mexicans, and Germans in Copper Country; his restaurant and bar business (1920s-1940s); the Depression; politics; temperance; tourism; home remedies and medical care; recreation; and churches in Calumet.
From the description of Alex Nelson interview, 1972 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 180703571
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Subjects:
- Bars (Drinking establishments)
- Boards of trade
- Businessmen
- Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914
- Depressions
- Ethnic groups
- Finnish Americans
- Fourth of July celerbrations
- Gambling
- German Americans
- Italian Americans
- Italian Hall Disaster, Calumet, Mich., 1913
- Medical care
- Traditional medicine
- Norwegian Americans
- Prohibition
- Recreation
- Restaurants
- Sports
- Strikes and lockouts
- Temperance
- Tourism
- Young Men's Christian associations
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Places:
- Michigan--Houghton County (as recorded)
- Michigan--Houghton (as recorded)
- Hancock (Mich.) (as recorded)
- Michigan (as recorded)
- Michigan--Keweenaw Peninsula Region (as recorded)
- Houghton County (Mich.) (as recorded)
- Calumet (Mich.) (as recorded)
