Browse Items (125 total)
- Collection: Saginaw Valley Region Oral History Collection
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Calvin Ennis Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the late Mr. Ennis's knowledge of the history of the Arenac County Area.
Position: 98 (400 views)
Captain Stanley Harrison Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the following topics: What influenced him to go sailing; responsibilities of being captain; life and living conditions of a sailor; shipping during the great depression; the Great Storm of 1913; changes in shipping during his…
Position: 57 (442 views)
Carl C. Poston Jr. Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to participation in the Saginaw City Council and on the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners and the development and the affects of the Commission on the residents of Saginaw County.
Position: 35 (496 views)
Carl F. Kettelhohn Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to early Saginaw jobs, from lumber yards to the Post Office.
Position: 81 (416 views)
Carl Ruffertshafer Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the following topics: coal miners wages compared to other industries; definitions of jobs and machinery at the mine; names, locations, and operation of Bay City area mines; labor problems, mine safety, and health conditions;…
Position: 58 (440 views)
Charles R. Delaney Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the Saginaw Labor Movement of the 1930's and local history, U. A. W.
Position: 100 (397 views)
Chester Hey Oral History Interview
Chester Hey was a historian from Bad Axe, Michigan. The interview focuses on the German communal colony, Ora Labora, founded near Bay Port, Michigan by Emil Baur in the mid-nineteenth century.
Position: 19 (574 views)
Clarence Harnden Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the Saginaw County Fair and its history. Clarence Harnden was the manager of the Saginaw County Fair.
Position: 125 (359 views)
Claudine Wicks Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the organization of the Hi-Steppers, Saginaw.
Position: 2 (1100 views)
Daniel M. Fitzgerald Oral History Interview
Daniel M. FitzGerald was chairman of the board of the Wickes Corporation. Topics discussed include the history of the Wickes Corporation, Mr. Fitzgerald's joining of Wickes, Harvey Randall Wickes, and the move of corporate offices to San Diego.
Position: 11 (620 views)
Darwin Shreve Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to what it was like to grow up during the Great Depression and some of the changes in the landmarks around Saginaw.
Position: 63 (431 views)
David Avedisian Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to Mr. Avedisian's tenure with the Saginaw Eddy Band, the Eddy Band in general and other related subjects.
Position: 45 (461 views)
Dewey H. Hesse Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the Great Depression, World War I and World War II, Prohibition, and the economy.
Position: 78 (418 views)
Donald Clark Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to past and present mining of Michigan's minerals. (Essexville)
Position: 61 (435 views)
Donald Culver Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to lumbering and pharmacy in early Saginaw.
Position: 43 (473 views)
Donald J. Comtois Oral History Interview
This interview includes a discussion of the history of shipbuilding in Bay City, Michigan.
Position: 24 (550 views)
Dorothy Arbury Oral History Interview
Dorothy Arbury was the granddaughter of Dr. Herbert H. Dow, founder of the Dow Chemical Company. She served on the Board of Control of SVSU and established the Arbury Fine Arts Building along with the Fredericks Sculpture Gallery.
Position: 3 (961 views)
Dr. A.D. Allen Oral History Interview
Medicine
Position: 79 (417 views)
Dr. William Collings Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to Midland and Dow Corning and Dow Chemical Companies.
Position: 60 (437 views)
Edmund Fisher Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to Indian events from 1819 to the turn of the century and to his life, which starts in 1900.
Position: 8 (648 views)
Edna Nuttall Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the history of Standish, MI.
Position: 85 (411 views)
Edward O'Hare Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to O'Hare's background, his career on the Bay City Police Department, occupations and life in the old day's, and railroading during the 192O's.
Position: 83 (414 views)
Edward Perlberg Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to Edward Perlberg's first memories of standish, the town and outlying areas,
Position: 45 (461 views)
Ellis Merkley Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to the history of the Temple Theater in Saginaw, and to the Saginaw theaters of the 1940's. Ellis Merkley was the manager of the Temple Theater.
Position: 134 (337 views)
Emil Gansser Oral History Interview
Interview devoted to music in the Bay City Area and his experiences in World War I.
Position: 25 (544 views)