Willard Foreman interview, 1972 Aug. 1.

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Willard Foreman interview, 1972 Aug. 1.

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Topics include family history; working in a lumber camp; working for Calumet and Hecla at the age of sixteen; schools; the 1913 strike; the Depression; the WPA; being hurt in a mine accidents; taverns and moonshine; amusements in the 1920s and 1930s; sports; boardinghouses for miners; churches; the Copper Falls Mining Company; holidays; and peddlers.

Transcript : 21 p.

Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum

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