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16081 · Pièce · February 6, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Kroll transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
16084 · Pièce · September 21, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Aho transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
16093 · Pièce · June 29, 1979
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Haupt transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
16094 · Pièce · June 30, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Johnson_Roy transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
16095 · Pièce · July 26, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Kok transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
16096 · Pièce · June 21, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Kost transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
16103 · Pièce · July 24, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Owens transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
16107 · Pièce · July 12, 1979
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Wied transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church Oral Histories
184 · Collection · 1977-1979

These oral histories were performed in 38 different community churches in central Minnesota during the late 1970s.  Most of the churches are in or around the St. Cloud area or Brainerd between Interstates 94 and 35.  Ordinarily, the interviews include the church pastor and several elderly members with long family ties to the church.  All the interviews begin with the basic biographical data of the participants including birth dates, the reason their family immigrated to the area and where they came from, length of association with the church, and ethnicity.

The ethnic backgrounds of the congregations and communities are discussed in many of the oral histories.  Attention is given to the ethnic foundations of each church. Americanization of the congregation appears to be significant in many of the histories.  Frequent mention is made of the efforts and influence of church groups, particularly women’s groups, and the concern over an aging congregation without new members joining.  Several interesting anecdotes appear as part of the personal histories, church history, or discussion of the community. The issue of language is particularly noteworthy as almost all the interviews discuss the switch to English from original immigrant languages for Protestant services or from Latin to English for Catholic mass.

Many histories describe the past and present efforts to maintain the church.  Early construction, maintaining church membership (particularly youth), splits and conflicts between churches and denominations over doctrine, and how the changes of the 20th century impacted their community and church.  Notable accomplishments of the churches are also described including community involvement, ministry and counseling, missionary work both locally and internationally, and continual improvement of facilities.  Church association with education is a common topic either as established church or parochial schools, Sunday schools, or as temporary efforts in the early parts of the 20th century.

Transcripts of the interviews are available unless otherwise noted below.  The audio tapes for some of these oral histories are presently unavailable.  Those histories are mentioned in the individual finding aids below.  Most of these histories do have full transcripts available, however.  Some folders include photographs of the church, interiors, grounds, and occasionally interview participants.

A question mark (?) for date of death does not necessarily indicate the participant is deceased.

Church - Brander · Pièce · August 3, 1979
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Brander transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church - Carlson · Pièce · June 28, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Carlson transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church - Harren · Pièce · August 1, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Harren transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church - Long · Pièce · June 19, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Long transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church - Melin · Pièce · July 24, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Melin transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church - Santo · Pièce · July 5, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Santo transcript.pdf
  • The audio for this oral history is missing. Also interviewed are Richard Rooney Brooten (1935-?), Helen Rooney Felling (1904-1997), Math Jennissen (1902-?), Josephine Roooney (1906-1980), and Adolf Weiner (1910-?).
Church - Schmitz · Pièce · August 2, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Schmitz transcript.pdf
  • The audio for this oral history is missing. This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church - Snader · Pièce · June 19, 1978
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Snader transcript.pdf
  • This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.
Church oral - Ausmus · Pièce · August 10, 1979
Fait partie de Church Oral Histories
  • Ausmus.pdf
  • The audio for this oral history is missing and only a summary was created. This was part of a 1970s oral history project conducted by the Central Minnesota Historical Center. At the time, the CMHC was administered by the Department of History.