Title
Helen Burfiend Interview, 1973
Files
Download Helen Burfiend Interview Transcript (1.3 MB)
Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Joni Kennedy
Interviewee
Helen Burfiend
Date Recorded
8-31-1973
Date Digital
7-2-2020
Location Recorded
Key Row Apartments, Wheaton, Minnesota
County
Traverse County
Keywords
Brown, Joseph; Lake Traverse (Minn. and S.D.); Indigenous peoples--Minnesota; County seats--Minnesota--Traverse County; Fort Sisseton (S.D.); Allanson, George Gray
Description
Helen Margaret Allanson Burfiend was born on July 4, 1901 in the town of Wheaton, Minnesota to George and Bertha Allanson. Her great grandfather, Major Joseph Brown, was the founder of Browns Valley and Henderson, Minnesota.
In this interview, Helen Burfiend discusses her great grandfather Major Joseph Brown at Lake Traverse, Native American relations, her family history, the Wheaton-Browns Valley fight for the county seat, Fort Sisseton, and her father George Allanson.
Run Time
00:23:47
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
TCBurfiend02
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
283
Recommended Citation
Burfiend, Helen, "Helen Burfiend Interview, 1973" (1973). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 58.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/58
Primo Type
Audio