Mrs. Wyman talks about her early life, her academic career, and about her marriage to Dr. Wyman.

Mrs. Wyman talks about her early life, her academic career, and about her marriage to Dr. Wyman.

Mr. Warn grew up in Pierce County, attened the Normal School, and taught school for a short time in Webster, Wisconsin.

Mr. Slack provides one of our most interesting interviews. He was a highly decorated soldier durig World War I and has met and worked with a great variety of interesting, important, and famous people.

This is a well conducted interview with Mrs. Carl Shapiro, and early resident of the Minneapolis area. Mrs. Shapiro has some interesting stories to tell as well as offering some insight into the conditions in Virginia, Le Seure, Shakopee, and Minneapolis, Minnesota in the early 1900's. At 81, Mrs. Shaprio is extremely alert and a good conversationalist.

Mr. Phillips talks about his early life in Clear Lake, Wisconin, and also discusses some of the early history of the area.

Miss Peck, 85, reminisses about her life in the Hayward area. She has an interesting family background and her commends on the early history of Hayward are quite worthwhile.

Mr. Murphy, long-time resident of River Falls, Wisconsin who now lives in Red Wing, Minnesota, discusses his parents dairy farm, one of the earliest in Pierce County. He reminisces about the transition to darying from other types of farming and why the transition occurred. He also describes the process of making butter. Mr. Murphy attended the Normal School at River Falls and and played on the football team. He discusses changes in the sport and some of the teachers and presidents at the normal school.

This interview is concerned mostly with Mrs. Monteith's family background but also contains some interesting comments on the political and economic issues during the 1890's and 1930's. The Montieth family history is extremley interesting and informative.

Mrs. Madson gives an excellent accout of what it was like growing up and living in the Spring Valley area in the 1900's. Included in her interview is an account of the infamous 1942 flood that destroyed Spring Valley. She also gives a very good account of what it was like being a rural school teacher in Pierce County in the 1930's. Aditionally, she talks of attending the River Falls State Teachers College.

This interview with Dr. E. H. Kleinpell, past President of the Unversity of Wisconsin River Falls, offers a good look at River Falls college from 1943 to 1968. How it has grown, the problems encountered, te faculty and administration and a few insights into the powers and responsibilities of a college president are discussed.

Mrs. Foster talks about her early education and her relationsuip with Mr. Foster. She details her family history and the family history of her husband. She also brings up businesses in River Falls.

Mrs. Foster talks about her early education and her relationsuip with Mr. Foster. She details her family history and the family history of her husband. She also brings up businesses in River Falls.

During this interview, Dr. Epley recalls the life of a country doctor in the River Falls and New Richmond area. Dr. Epley is an extremely intelligent and alert individual and his experieces make for a very interesting interview.

Mr. and Mrs. Cresswell, lifetime residents of the Clifton Hollow area, discuss the construction of the Kohl Dam in 1918 as well as family life during the 1920's-1940's, including saving a school bell after a fire, large gatherings in their home, and farming the area. The interview also includes physical descriptions of the region.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cohcrane discuss their lives growing up and their experiences with education. They also detail the carpentry and milling industries in the early 1900's. The two also spend time retelling local history in both North Dakota and Wisconsin areas.

Mr. Campman is a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He served with Company A of the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which was sent to Puerto Rico in July of 1898, returing to the United States in October of that year, after Spanish surrender. He has many interesting recollections of his experiences in the army and his service in Puerto Rico. Copies of the mustering in and the mustering out rolls for Company A, as well as a short history of the company's service in the war are located in the mauscript collection of the Area Research Center at the University of Wisconsin River-Falls. Mr. Campman describes his view of the war in Puerto Rico, and that of his comrads in arms, as being "a picnic." He discusses army food, weapons issued to his company, the widespread incidence of malaria among his unit, and fond memories of the Company Captain, Tom Hommel of Neilsville. He also describes the changes wrought in the little island of Puerto Rico by the American occupation, and includes several interesting anecdotes concerning fratenezation with the Spanish, the adoption of a young Puerto Rican orphan by the company captain, and the formal acceptance of the Spanish Surrender. THe latter part of the interview deals with Mr. Campman's career as a lawyer in Neillsville after the war, a profession at which he engagedfrom 1904 until his retirement sometime after 1946.