Mr. and Mrs. Matti Tauriainen interview, 1972 July 28.

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Mr. and Mrs. Matti Tauriainen interview, 1972 July 28.

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Topics include father's cutting timber for mines; diet; Otter Lake; religious life; recreation; sauna; wizard oil; fighting mosquitoes; midwivery and childbirth; World War I; school; farming and selling crops; mining at Isle Royale; loneliness of lumber camps; doctor; community activities; ministers; child rearing philosophy; the Depression; the WPA; big changes in recent years, including television; a co-op; and their philosophy of life.

Transcript : 27 p.

Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum

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