Oral history interviews of the Star Island Oral History Project, 1976, 1985.

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Star Island Oral History Project. Oral history interviews of the Star Island Oral History Project, 1976, 1985.

Oral history interviews of the Star Island Oral History Project, 1976, 1985.

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The project consists of two sets of interviews with the island's residents. The first set, done in 1976, deals mostly with the history of the island and its community. The second set, done in 1985 as part of interviewer Carol Ryan's doctoral dissertation on the development and history of the summer community, examines why people returned to the island year after year and generation after generation, and looks at meanings that residents saw in the island. Star Island is a 1,163-acre island in Cass Lake, Minn. Most of the island is part of Chippewa National Forest, but since 1909 privately owned cabins have been built along the island's shoreline, primarily as summer residences.

Sound recordings : 118 sound cassettes (60 min. each).Transcripts : 13 vol. (1,708 p.) ; 28 cm.

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