Duration | 01:02:29.836 |
Abstract | Van Loon discusses her ancestors' 1856 emigration from the Netherlands to Wisconsin, where they settled in New Amsterdam. She focuses on her father, John Van Loon, and also discusses general family life and her childhood growing up on a farm in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Topics also discussed include the following: Farming and harvesting — Education— Location of house — Perkins family, African Americans — Childhood games— Bluff hiking — Agricultural and Horticultural Societies, La Crosse County— Traffic concerns —Horse-drawn streetcars and races. |
Interviewee | Van Loon, Maude |
Interviewer | Fredricks, Howard R. |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Type of resource | sound recording |
Genre | sound |
Genre authority | marcgt |
Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Date published | 1970 |
Date captured | 2017-09-11 |
Language | eng |
Subject topic | Van Loon, Maude -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Farm life -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | New Amsterdam (La Crosse County, Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH |
Content | 00:0:09—Farming and harvesting | 00:20:29— Education | 00:27:30— Location of house | 00:29:45— Perkins family, African Americans | 00:37:20— Childhood games | 00:41:02— Bluff hiking | 00:52:17— Agricultural and Horticultural Societies, La Crosse County | 00:56:54— Traffic concerns | 00:58:09—Horse-drawn streetcars and races |
Source note | Tape 3 of 5. |
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Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
ID | aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000104 |
Doi | 18-0104 |