Dr. Anderson, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin- River Falls, describes events that occurred between the depression and the end of World War II. He also describes life in a small town in Northern Minnesota and college life in the late 1920s and early 1930's.

Miss Burkhardt was a German citizen who immigrated to the United States in the early twentieth century. In this interview she relates some of the early history of the area around Burkhardt, Wisconsin, named for her father. This transcript, hpwever, is completely disorganized and badly put together due to the poor quality of the original tape.

In this interciew, Mr. Etcherson relates a kind of history of the logging industry for the student who is interested in the early logging and lumber industry in Wisconin.

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.

An interesting, well put together interview with Colonel Walter J. Hoar who actively participated in World War I as a stretcher-bearer and worked in the states with the Army Corp of Engineers. Colonel Hoar has also written a book about the early lumber industry in Wisconsin.

Einar Jurgenson came to the United States from Denmark in 1914. Jurgenson was in World War I and was a German Prisioner of War. Later he was appointed Clerk of Court for Pierce County. This interview contains many interesting thoughts about World War I and the court system in Wisconsin.

Mr. Phipps, a lifelong resident of the Hudson area, was a railroad employee, logger, and engineer during World War I. Phipps discusses Hudson history, homes, and social events. Also included is information regarding the Phipps family and Mr. Phipps' childhood recollections.

Fred Short, a 1910 graduate of the River Falls State Normal School, discusses his uncle, Emery Short, and his grandfather, J. A. Short, who were engaged in the milling and roalroad busnesses in Wisconsin. His father, C.P. (Commodore Perry) Short, was a farmer and a freight haulder.
Short attended the River Falls Normal School from 1898 to 1910, including eight years in the campus or Model School, and four years at the Normal itself. His first teaching assignment was at New Richmond, WI. Short joined the faculty of Norris Inorporated, a private school for "problem boys," near Milwaukee, WI, in 1931; he was still associated with the school, where he taight indistrial arts, at the time of the 1971 interview with Wyman.
Short tells of his days at the River Falls Normal and at Norris. He also discusses his recollections of his youth in the City of RIver Falls, his involvement in the Boy Scouts, and of Ku Klux Klan activities near Barron, WI, in the early 1920s.

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.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Swanson were life-long residents of Wahsington County, MN. Both were born in the vicinity of Afton, and they farmed near Afton for many years. In this interview, the Swansons describe in some detail the village of Afton, its buinesses, and churches. They also discuss farming and farm life, Mr. Swanson's service in the First World War, and the Hastings-Stillwater railroad line which ran through Afton.