Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Reed, Lempi
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Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Reed, Lempi
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2 sound files, digital, MPEG3 file
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The following names and terms were used in this interview: Scini, Kungsholm, The Andrea Doria, Forest St. Old Finnish Hall, Valon Leimo, Miriam (Land), Dr. Cohen, Mannerheim, Polka, Tinnaus, Sodis-Finn Hop, Karjala Rice pudding and fruit soup (ursine soppa).
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Linda Brayton and David Masters, principal oral historians; Interviewer(s):Linda Brayton.
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TRACKS: 1. Mrs. Reed's background, trip to U.S.A., reasons for coming, learning English -- 2. Employment -- 3. Growing up in Finland, subsistence farming, crafts -- 4. Russo-Finnish War memories, Finnish women's role, the economy, aftermath -- 5. Making a home in the U.S.A., adjustments -- 6. Tourism on running the Lantana House, Motif #1 and blizzard of 1978 -- 7. Sisu -- 8.Sisu (cont'd) -- 9. Holidays, Finnish foods -- 10. Visits to Finland, Finnish government and education -- 11. Family structure, contacts with other Finnish people in area, dances, fortune telling and New Year's.
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Originally issued on sound cassettes and transferred to compact discs.
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Institution: Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library
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Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Ann, Cape
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Reed, Lempi, Interviewee
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Brayton, Linda, Interviewer
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1978
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audio/mpeg
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eng
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[Gloucester, Mass] : Sawyer Free Library
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Anecdotes
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Manners and customs
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Finnish Americans
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Oral history
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sound recording-nonmusical
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Sound recordings
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1 sound disc : digital, stereo
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4 3/4 in.
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- Gloucester Oral History Collection