Anna Gersich's personal recollections of life in Chisholm.
Chisholm, MN; Shenango Location; Shenango Mine; Iron mining; Country life; Emigration & immigration; Ellis Island, New York, NY; Ethnic neighborhoods; Ethnic groups; Depressions;
Document describing a collection of records held at the Iron Range Research Center documenting the activity of an Italian immigrant couple's relocation to Virginia, Minnesota.
Virginia (Minn.); Immigrants--United States--History--20th century
Document describing a records collection held at the Iron Range Research Center documenting an ethnic fraternal organization's activities in northeastern Minnesota.
Finlandia Foundation National; Fraternal organizations--Minnesota
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.
Document describing a collection of records held at the Iron Range Research Center documenting the activity of a Finnish immigrant farmer in northern Minnesota.
Two Iron Range women, Veda Ponikvar and Mrs. Lou Novak, recall working in the iron mines during World War II. Information from this oral history was later used and appeared in the article: Hemphill, Stephanie. “Women in the Mines,” Minnesota...
Chisholm, MN; Iron mining; Wars; Depressions; Social values; Country life; Fires; Disasters; Consumer rationing; Women; Emigration & immigration;