Title
Fern Noyes Interview, ca. 1977
Files
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Document Type
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Interviewer
Lee Tempte
Interviewee
Fern Noyes
Date Recorded
1977
Date Digital
7-29-2020
County
Stevens County
Keywords
Le Grand Hotel (Morris, Minn.); World War, 1914-1918; Rationing--Minnesota; Morris (Minn.); Morris (Minn.)--Social life and customs; Dance parties--Minnesota--Morris; Railroads--Employees
Description
Fern Noyes is 79 years old and was born in Missouri. She moved to Morris in 1916 after she married, and they lived into the Le Grand Hotel.
In this interview she talks a little about Le Grand Hotel. She discusses volunteering in the ration office during World War I. She explains what Morris was like when she arrived in 1916 and talks about their social life and the dances they went to. She discusses her husband's job as a cashier and operator at the Great Northern Railway. She talks about the changes that have happened in Morris over the years.
Run Time
00:06:38
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
KMRSNoyes01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1019
Recommended Citation
Noyes, Fern, "Fern Noyes Interview, ca. 1977" (1977). Reminiscing in West Central Minnesota (KMRS Feature). 61.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/kmrs/61
Primo Type
Audio
Notes
The digitization and transcription of this oral history was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Any views, findings, opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, or the Minnesota Historic Resources Advisory Committee.