Arthur Oinas interview, 1972 Aug. 3.

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Arthur Oinas interview, 1972 Aug. 3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/176633385

Topics include his parents' emigration from Finland; lumber camps; copper mines and mining; school in Calumet, Mich.; the 1930 strike; Western Federation of Miners; Socialists in the mines; Finnish newspapers; World War I; farm life in Oskar, Mich.; selling produce during the Depression; the Congregational church in Hancock; the WPA; a dairy producers cooperative; Fourth of July celebrations; and religious life.

Transcript : 19 p.

Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum

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