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    • Ed Komidor Oral History Transcript

    • Ed Komidor Oral History Transcript

    • Ed Komidor's personal recollections of life in Chisholm. Ed Komidor was born in 1911 in the Monroe Location near Chisholm. His family moved to Chisholm when he was 3 years old. The interview covers personal family history, his work experiences...

    • Chisholm, MN; Iron mining; Communicable diseases; War; Depressions; Strip mining; Miners' unions; Strikes; Country life; Schools;
    • Ed Salmi Oral History

    • Ed Salmi Oral History

    • Ed Salmi's personal recollections of life in Chisholm.

    • Chisholm, MN; Nashwauk, MN; Hibbing, MN; Alexandria Location; Glen Location; Harris Addition; Kane; J.P. Vaughan; Pillsbury; Moving of structures; Depressions; Country life; Schools; CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps, Co. 717, Project S-53; Military...
    • Eldon Brustuen Oral History

    • Eldon Brustuen Oral History

    • The interview was conducted over two days. The first day, the information given focused on the organization of the 1982 campaign. Mr. Brustuen described the organization of the campaign, the work of volunteers in the Twin Cities area, the...

    • Hibbing, MN; Minneapolis, MN; Perpich Sr., Rudolph George Rudy; Governors; Government officials; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Political issues; Economic & social conditions; City planning; World Trade Center; IRRRB: Iron Range...
    • Father Frank Perkovich Oral History

    • Father Frank Perkovich Oral History

    • Father Frank Perkovich's personal recollections of life in Chisholm, including his work as a priest and the creation of Polka Mass.

    • Chisholm, MN; Polka Mass; WPA: Work Project Administration; Duluth; St. Paul; Gilbert; Religion services; Catholic churches; Popes; Morgan Park; J.P. Morgan; Tamburitzas; Pig Town; Gangs;
    • Florence Hoffman Oral History Transcript

    • Florence Hoffman Oral History Transcript

    • Florence Hoffman's personal recollections of life in Chisholm. Florence attended Winona State in pre-school education. She then taught in the Chisholm school district, teaching night school as well as helping establish their pre-school department.

    • Chisholm, MN; Country life; Education; Schools;
    • Frances Zalec Oral History

    • Frances Zalec Oral History

    • Frances Zalec's personal recollections of life in Chisholm. Frances was born in 1913 in Slovenia, and immigrated to the United States in 1939. She worked for many years in Pete Schultz's ice cream parlor.

    • Chisholm, MN; Emigration & immigration; Cleveland Mines; Schools; Theater; Marriage; Labor; War; Consumer Rationing; Veda Ponkivar; Ice cream & ices; Soda fountains; Clubs; Organizations; Churches;
    • Frank Ongaro Sr. Oral History

    • Frank Ongaro Sr. Oral History

    • Mr. Ongaro is one of Governor Perpichs oldest friends. During the interview, he spoke about growing up in Carson Lake with Governor Perpich, about their childhood games, about the grade school, junior high school and high school they attended...

    • Hibbing, MN; Carson Lake, MN; Perpich Sr., Rudolph George Rudy; Governors; Government officials; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Political issues; Economic & social conditions; Education; War; Dentistry;
    • Gary Lamppa Oral History

    • Gary Lamppa Oral History

    • Mr. Lamppa discussed his friendship with Governor Perpich and the Perpich family, his work on the Perpich campaigns, as Chief of Staff for then-Lieutenant Governor Perpich, and his work as IRRRB Commissioner under Governor Perpich. He described the...

    • Hibbing, MN; Perpich Sr., Rudolph George Rudy; Governors; Government officials; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Political issues; Economic & social conditions; IRRRB: Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board;
    • George Rogich Oral History

    • George Rogich Oral History

    • Mr. Rogich is a labor leader on the Iron Range. He has also been involved in Iron Range politics for more than forty years. In this interview, he describes his first meetings with Governor Perpich, the Governors first campaigns for the school board...

    • Hibbing, MN; Perpich Sr., Rudolph George Rudy; Governors; Government officials; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Political issues; Education; School boards; School board members; Labor unions;
    • Harvey B. Mackay Oral History

    • Harvey B. Mackay Oral History

    • Mr. Mackay discussed meeting Governor Perpich, their friendship, the work done to build the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the tenure of the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings in the state, bringing the Timberwolves to the state, the...

    • Minneapolis, MN; Perpich Sr., Rudolph George Rudy; Governors; Government officials; Politics & government; Political issues; Economic & social conditions; City planning; Urban growth; Sports; Baseball; Football; Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome;...
    • Helen Pellika Oral History

    • Helen Pellika Oral History

    • Helen Pillika's personal recollections of life in Chisholm. Helen remembers the Myers Location, business during the depression, going to beauty school and becoming a beautician, the depressian era, and the Chisholm community.

    • Chisholm, MN; Schools; Marriage; Health; Depressions; Community centers; J.P.Vaughn; Archibald Wright Graham; C.C.C.: Civilian Conservation Corps;
    • Helen Pellika Oral History

    • Helen Pellika Oral History

    • Helen Pillika's personal recollections of life in Chisholm. Helen remembers the Myers Location, business during the depression, going to beauty school and becoming a beautician, the depressian era, and the Chisholm community.

    • Chisholm, MN; Schools; Marriage; Health; Depressions; Community centers; J.P.Vaughn; Archibald Wright Graham; C.C.C.: Civilian Conservation Corps;

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