Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Mills and Mrs. Everette Rouleau interview, 1972 Aug. 9.

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Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Mills and Mrs. Everette Rouleau interview, 1972 Aug. 9.

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Topics include lumber camp life; the 1913 strike; schools, dances, and theaters in Calumet, Mich.; picking berries; World War I and the Red Cross; Prohibition; working as a teamster and as an ambulance driver ; mine accidents; the Depression; the WPA in Illinois; jobs brought about by World War II; and ethnic groups.

Transcript : 26 p.

Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum

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