Title
Mabel Koch Interview, 1979
Files
Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Jeff Rasmusson
Interviewee
Mabel Koch
Date Recorded
3-4-1979
Date Digital
7-7-2020
Location Recorded
300 E. 6th St., Morris, MN
County
Pope County
Keywords
Norwegian Americans--Minnesota--Pope County; Lutheran Church--Minnesota--Pope County; Nora Lutheran Church (Kensington, Minn.); Norwegian language--Minnesota; Farm life--Minnesota--Pope County; Housekeepers--Minnesota
Description
Mabel Koch discusses church activities and family life while growing up on a farm north of Cyrus, Minnesota in Pope County. She also discusses her Norwegian ethnicity, the use of Norwegian in the church she attended, Nora Lutheran Church, and that church's switch from using Norwegian in the services to using English. She also discusses the jobs she held in West Central Minnesota as a housekeeper for several families.
Run Time
00:27:59
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
NORKoch01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1170
Recommended Citation
Koch, Mabel, "Mabel Koch Interview, 1979" (1979). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 108.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/108
Primo Type
Audio
Notes
This oral history was done as part of a Norwegian ethnicity oral history project.