Title
Edna Varnum Interview, 1979
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Peg Michels-Peterson
Interviewee
Edna Varnum
Date Recorded
10-24-1979
Date Digital
6-19-2020
Location Recorded
Varnum Residence, Morris, Minnesota
County
Stevens County
Keywords
Businesspeople--Minnesota--Morris; Business enterprises--Minnesota--Morris; Hardware stores--Minnesota--Morris; Family-owned business enterprises
Description
In this interview, Edna Varnum discusses how she and her husband started their Main Street business that eventually became Varnum's Hardware. She discusses here role in buying and determining new product lines, the difficulties and changes World War II brought to the hardware business, and the reasons for the sale of their family-operated business.
Run Time
00:25:36
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
SCVarnum01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1193
Recommended Citation
Varnum, Edna, "Edna Varnum Interview, 1979" (1979). Stevens County. 36.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/stevenscounty/36
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.