Document describing a collection of records held at the Iron Range Research Center documenting the activity of the Boundary Waters Conservation Alliance.
Dr. Joseph G. Perpich, Vice President, Grants and Special Programs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is the youngest of the four Perpich brothers. He spoke of growing up in the Perpich family, of his memories of his oldest brother, Governor Rudy...
Hibbing, MN; Carson Lake, MN; Perpich Sr., Rudolph George Rudy; Governors; Government officials; Politics & government; Political issues; Political campaigns; Economic & social conditions; Country life; Families; Social values; Dentistry;
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;
