Title
Fred Foslien Interview, 1978
Files
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Document Type
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Interviewer
Jeff Rasmusson
Interviewee
Fred Foslien
Date Recorded
8-9-1978
Date Digital
7-7-2020
Location Recorded
Foslien Residence, Alexandria, Minnesota
County
Douglas County
Keywords
Production Credit Association (Alexandria, Minn.); Business enterprises--Minnesota--Alexandria; Victoria Heights (Alexandria, Minn.); Real estate development--Minnesota--Alexandria; Roads--Minnesota; Highway planning--Minnesota; Minnesota. Legislature. Senate; Legislators--Minnesota; Minnesota Nonpartisan League; Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Description
Fred Foslien was born July 25, 1895 outside of Alexandria. He completed an 8th grade education. While farming with his father, he was instrumental in organizing the Production Credit Association of Alexandria. He managed PCA for 39 years, beginning in 1933. He bought land east of Alexandria and was responsible in setting up the Victoria Heights Community. As a State Senator for three years in the 1930s he did much to pass vital highway legislation among other things.
In the interview, Foslien discusses the Production Credit Association (PCA), Victoria Heights development, the state highway legislation of the 1930s, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), and the Non-Partisan League, in which he was very active.
Run Time
01:02:57
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
DCFoslien01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1151
Recommended Citation
Foslien, Fred, "Fred Foslien Interview, 1978" (1978). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 87.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/87
Primo Type
Audio