Linne M. Erkkila interview, 1975 Apr. 5.

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Linne M. Erkkila interview, 1975 Apr. 5.

Topics include family history; life in Ishpeming, Mich.; nurse's training; home remedies; hospitals; tuberculosis; silicosis; hospital benefits given by mining companies; Christmas; Fourth of July; Finnish newspapers; Taft and Roosevelt in Ishpeming; life during the Depression; and attending Suomi College.

Transcript : 12 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927732

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