Arthur Oinas Oral History Interview

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Title

Arthur Oinas Oral History Interview

Description

Topics include his parents' emigration from Finland; lumber camps; copper mines and mining; school in Calumet, Mich.; the 1913 strike; Western Federation of Miners; Socialists in the mines; Finnish newspapers; World War I; farm life in Oskar, Mich.; selling produce during the Depression; the Congregational church in Hancock; the WPA; a dairy producers cooperative; Fourth of July celebrations; and religious life.

Oral History Item

Interviewer

Puotinen, Arthur

Interviewee

Oinas, Arthur -- 1893-1976

Date Recorded

1972-08-03

Citation

“Arthur Oinas Oral History Interview,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed March 17, 2025, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1649.

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