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University of Wisconsin-River Falls Oral History Project interviews, 1969-circa 1996.
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Anderson, Phillip S.

In an essentially single topic interview, Dr. Anderson discusses his World War II military experiences. Dr. Anderson was a member of the United States Army Signal Corps, and served as a radio interceptor in the Pacific Theatre of action. He was stationed in a variety of areas including Brisbane, Australia; Port Moresby, New Guinea; Biak Island; Leyte Island; Luzon Island; Okinawa, Japan. Interesting Interview.

Bloom, Mrs. Grace Pilgrim

Mrs. Bloom was a student of Fredirck Jackson Turner at te University of Wisconsin in 1903-1904. She later moved to New Richmond where she and her husband ran and edited the New Richmond Leader and later went to Osceola where they bought and operated the Osceola Sun. This interview offers good insights into the personality and teaching methods of Fredrick Jackson Turner and also newspaper operations in the 1920's and 1930's.

Campman, Mr. William A.

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.

Chappelle, Mrs. H.H. (Edith)

Mrs. Chappelle was born in Kinnickirurl.c Township, St. Croix Cowity,
in 1888. She moved to Washburn County in 1913, and lived there until
the time of her death in 1972. She was the area historian and a correspondent for the Rice Lake (Wisconsin) Chronotype for 29 years. The interview deals mainly with the lumber industry am the men who brought it to Washburn County. She includes infomation on the Onaha Railroad, the Knapp-Stout Lumber Company, and local lumber companies am area sawmills in her discussion. Mrs. Chappelle is the author of The Why of Names in Washburn County, am the taped interview is followed by thirty minute program in which Mrs. Chappelle discusses the writing of the book. The Why of Names in
Washburn Cowity is om file at the Area Research Center located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Darr (Democratic Convention)

This transcript is a public discussion panel composed of Richard Darr, Ted Fetting, Carl Pemble and James Smart. All of these men were involved in and assisted the McCarthy campaign. The discussion directed at the panel, bring into question the events that occurred inside and outside of the Democratic National Convention, as well as the actions of the police before the convention.

Gore, Mr. Leroy

This interview deals with the "Joe Muse Go" recall movement of the mid 1950's, which was directed against Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy and coordinated by Mr. Leroy Gore. At the time of the recall campaign Mr. Gore was the editor of the Sauk-Prarie Star located in Sauk City, Wisconsin.
Mr. Gore was born in Iowa, and graduated from the university of Nebraska in 1928. Following his graduation, he worked on three country-weekly newspapers and at an adversiting agency until 1947, at which time he purchased the Spring Valley Sun, a weekly published in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. After running this paper for five years, he sold it and aquired the Sauk-Prarie Star in October of 1952. Mr. Gore sold the star in Feburary of 1955, worked for a labor daily in Iowa for some time, eventually returning to Wisconsin to begin the publication of the Wisconsin Tales and Trails magazine. He later became public relations director for a private company, at which time he worked for twelve years, until his retirement.

Graslie, Mr. John

Mr. Graslie, lifetime resident of the Upper Midwest, begins the interview with a brief description of his grandfathers life in Norway and his father's emmigration to Baldwin, Wis. in 1869. He talks about life in Norway, what convinced his father to emigrate, and the route his father travelled. He then goes on to describe his own life in the St. Croix and Pierce County areas such as his schooling, work and a farmer. and work as a carpenter. He also describes the Gilman Cheese Factory. The bulk of the interview deals with Spring Valley, Wis., where Mr. Graslie settled and became a banker. He describes banking in the area, as well as conditions of the village over the years, the settlers who came to the area, and the businesses that existed. His recollections of the mining industry tells of both the men who worked in the mines and those who owned them. He talks about the operation of smelters and the manner in which the operations dissapeared. Mr. Graslie also describes the 1942 flood and a plan that had been made to move the entire village to a safer location.

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