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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…

Tags: Saginaw River (Mich.), Shipping, Shipping--Great Lakes (North America)

Floyd Byron Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to educational system, organizations, and memories of Saginaw.

Tags: Education, Education -- Michigan -- Saginaw County -- History, Public schools, Public schools -- Michigan -- Saginaw, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History, Teachers, Teaching

William H. Rushford Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to the coal mines in the Bay City area during the years 1910-1920.

Tags: Bay City (Mich.), Bay City (Mich.) -- History, Coal, Coal miners, Coal mines and mining, Mines and mineral resources

August Vennix Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to the early days of Hampton Township, industries and education in Essexville. August Vennix was the grandson of Geradus Vennix, a Dutch immigrant involved in the establishment of St. John the Evangelist Church.

Tags: Bay County (Mich.), Bay County (Mich.) -- History, Dutch Americans, Essexville (Mich.), Essexville (Mich.) -- History, Hampton Township (Mich.), Hampton Township (Mich.) -- History

George Loeffler Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to commercial fishing and what caused this enterprise to no longer be a thriving business on the Saginaw Bay. (Sebawaing)

Tags: Fisheries, Fishing, Lake Huron -- Saginaw Bay, Sebawaing (Mich.), Sebawaing (Mich.) -- History, Walleye fishing

Arthur Rummel Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to the changes which have taken place in Rummel's General Store from its early days to the Rummel IGA supermarket of 1973.

Tags: General stores, Merchants, Merchants -- Michigan -- Sebawaing -- History, Retail trade, Retail trade -- Michigan -- Sebawaing -- History, Sebawaing (Mich.), Sebawaing (Mich.) -- History

Claudine Wicks Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to the organization of the Hi-Steppers, Saginaw.

Tags: Dance teams, Dancers, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History

Kenneth B. Forbes Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to Mr. Forbes's 34 years as manager of the Old Saginaw Auditorium.

Tags: Auditoriums, Auditoriums -- Michigan -- Saginaw, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History

Fred W. Jaus Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to farming machinery and the history of Cass City.

Tags: Cass City (Mich.), Cass City (Mich.) -- History, Farm life, Farm life -- Michigan -- Cass City, Farmers, Farmers -- Michigan -- Cass City, Farms, Farms -- Michigan -- Cass City

Bernice Swincicki Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to being the wife of a coal miner.

Tags: Bay City (Mich.), Bay City (Mich.) -- History, Cable cars (Streetcars), Coal, Coal miners, Coal mines and mining

Harry Layman Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to early schools in Birch Run.

Tags: Birch Run (Mich.), Birch Run (Mich.) -- History, Depressions -- 1929 -- United States, Education, Education -- Michigan -- Birch Run, Public schools, Public schools -- Michigan -- Birch Run

Bertha & Mary Ethel Hall Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to early life in Hemlock, Michigan.

Tags: Hemlock (Mich.), Hemlock (Mich.) -- History, Saginaw County (Mich.), Saginaw County (Mich.) -- History

Carl F. Kettelhohn Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to early Saginaw jobs, from lumber yards to the Post Office.

Tags: Lumbering, Occupations, Postal service, Postal service -- Employees, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History

Ruth Owen Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to early Bay County and Midland.

Tags: Bay County (Mich.), Bay County (Mich.) -- History, Midland (Mich.), Midland (Mich.) -- History

Dr. William Collings Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to Midland and Dow Corning and Dow Chemical Companies.

Tags: Dow Chemical Company, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland (Mich.), Midland (Mich.) -- History

Ralph W. Stroebel Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to the history of Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Saginaw.

Tags: Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church -- Michigan -- Saginaw -- History, Lutherans, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History

Adeline Tagget Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to early Spaulding Township and Indian Reservation.

Tags: Indian reservations, Saginaw County (Mich.), Saginaw County (Mich.) -- History, Spaulding (Mich. : Township)

Alfred Ebelt Oral History Interview

Tags: Poetry, Poets, Writing

John Schmidt Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to coal mining, river traffic, farm work, street cars.

Tags: Bay City (Mich.), Bay City (Mich.) -- History, Cable cars (Streetcars), Coal, Coal miners, Coal mines and mining, Farm life, Farm life -- Michigan -- Bay County, Farmers, Farmers -- Michigan -- Bay County, Farms

Arthur B. Tillock Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to personal data, family background, father's occupation, and lifestyle of the early 20th Century.

Tags: Occupations, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History

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.

Tags: Bay City (Mich.), Bay City (Mich.) -- History, Occupations, Police, Railroads

Lena Schiesswohl Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to her life in Germany, her experience immigrating from Germany to the United States and her and her husband's life in Saginaw.

Tags: German Americans -- Michigan, Immigrants, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History

Dewey H. Hesse Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to the Great Depression, World War I and World War II, Prohibition, and the economy.

Tags: Depressions -- 1929 -- United States, Prohibition -- United States, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History, World War 1914 - 1918, World War 1939-1945

Calvin A. Campbell Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to history of the Saginaw Valley and Dow Chemical Company.

Tags: Dow Chemical Company, Saginaw Valley Region

Fred McAllister Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to the following topics: how a day went as an ordinary coal miner; a mule's life in the mine; some comparison of Bay City mines to Illinois mines; wages and jobs down inside the mines; safety conditions of the mines and mine injury;…

Tags: Bay County (Mich.), Bay County (Mich.) -- History, Coal, Coal miners, Coal mines and mining, Occupations

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