Title
Mary Schumaker Interview, 1973
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Dennis Wenker and Joni Kennedy
Interviewee
Mary Schumaker
Date Recorded
8-23-1973
Date Digital
6-26-2020
Location Recorded
Schumaker Residence, Ortonville, Minnesota
County
Big Stone County
Keywords
Ortonville (Minn.); General stores--Minnesota--Ortonville; Public schools--Minnesota--Ortonville; Teaching--Minnesota--Ortonville; Teachers--Minnesota--Ortonville; Music--Instruction and study; Ortonville (Minn.)--Social life and customs; Chautauquas--Minnesota--Ortonville; Grand Army of the Republic; World War, 1914-1918; Blizzards--Minnesota--Big Stone County; Depressions--1929
Description
Mary Schumaker was born in 1888 and was a teacher and principal in Ortonville, Minnesota.
In this interview, Mary Schumaker discusses her family history, teaching, social and intellectual activities, the chautauquas in Ortonville, the G.A.R., Ortonville and the railroad, World War I and German citizen repression, storms, the Depression, and Lawrence Welk.
Run Time
00:43:56
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
BSCSchumaker01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
299
Recommended Citation
Schumaker, Mary, "Mary Schumaker Interview, 1973" (1973). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 61.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/61
Primo Type
Audio