Arthur Oinas Oral History Interview
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Dublin Core
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
Collection
Citation
“Arthur Oinas Oral History Interview,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed March 18, 2025, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1649.