Oral history interview with Emil Liers [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1971.

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Oral history interview with Emil Liers [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1971.

Liers discusses growing up in Iowa and living and working around La Crosse, Wisconsin. He details his experiences trapping fur animals, hunting animals and mushrooms, and clamming. He describes the pearl button industry and pearls. He also focuses on his experiences raising otters, including some he keeps as pets.

4 sound tape reels (ca. 480 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in. + 1 transcript (34, 35, 36, 34 leaves ; 28 cm.)

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Liers, Emil E., 1890-

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