Browse Items · Melvin J. Zahnow Library Digital Archives

Interview devoted to the following topics: the purpose of establishing settlements in Michigan; comparing religious bonds among Lutherans of yesterday and today; the difference between synods and the turmoil in the Missouri synod; the founding of St.…

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

Position: 27 (594 views)

Hiel Rockwell Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to early Mercantilism in downtown Saginaw, contrasted to Merchandising downtown during the 1970s, and the impact of Urban Renewal on the Saginaw area.

Tags: Business enterprises, Business enterprises -- Michigan -- Saginaw, Commerce, Merchants, Merchants -- Michigan -- Saginaw -- History, Retail trade, Retail trade -- Michigan -- Saginaw -- History, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History, Urban renewal

Position: 45 (515 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.

Tags: City council members, Local government, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History

Position: 36 (545 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;…

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

Position: 54 (491 views)

William D. Couillard Oral History Interview

Interview devoted to early Saginaw history, St. Andrew's Church, and the Tittabawassee River Boom Company.

Tags: Catholic Church -- Michigan -- Saginaw -- History, Lumbering, Saginaw (Mich.), Saginaw (Mich.) -- History, St. Andrew Church (Saginaw Mich.) -- History, Tittabawassee River Boom Company

Position: 53 (492 views)

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

Position: 79 (464 views)

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

Position: 117 (413 views)

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

Position: 84 (459 views)

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

Position: 62 (481 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.

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

Position: 88 (454 views)