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Oral history interview with Leonard Weisensel / interviewed by Howard Fredricks (2 of 5)
Date published: 1975-12-01/1975-12-03

 
 
 



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Duration 01:01:59.974
Abstract Weisensel discusses family life, recreation, and childhood on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. He describes his service in the Army Air Corps during World War I; the Great Depression; his work history; and Ku Klux Klan activity in Barron, Wisconsin. He details his career selling insurance in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and also discusses his involvement in the American Legion and the Rotary Club and other fraternal and service organizations. Topics also discussed include: Creating the farm, clearing the land, pumping water, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Picking hickory nuts, dye, soaps, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—German and Catholic neighborhoods, World War I, 1914-1918, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Capitol City College of Commerce, for-profit school, coursework, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917—Capitol City College of Commerce, tuition, living expenses, odd jobs, Threshing Machine Company, banking, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917—World War I, 1914-1918, US patriotism, enlistment into the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1917—Experience in the US South, discrimination, civilian and military segregation, 1917—Spending money in the service, hobbies, sending money back home, salaries, 1917—Experience in New York, criticism of drunk people, waiting for discharge, 1918—German community, role of the church, Catholicism, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Leonard’s father’s inventions, farm technology, boot jack, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Hunting, ducks, rabbits, Fall Hall Glen, Wisconsin—Family’s first automobiles, Ford, 1914, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Farm work, taxes, fixing the roads, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Fishing, eating the fish, illegal spearfishing, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Duck hunting, trapping for skins, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—World War I, 1914-1918, discharge from the service, Mineola, New York, 1918—Train ride to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, discharge from the service, 1918—Returning to Capitol City College of Commerce, Madison, Wisconsin, E. E. Winters, business professor, influences in business efficiency, 1918—Cigarettes, tobacco use, drinking alcohol—Employment, Savings Bank, bookkeeping, salary, Baron, Wisconsin, 1920—Employment, US Post Office, shoveling snow, Baron, Wisconsin, 1922—Employment, Time Insurance Company, accident and health insurance, premium collector, selling insurance to men only, Baron, Wisconsin, 1923—Time Insurance Company, competition selling insurance, Wisconsin, 1923.
IntervieweeWeisensel, Leonard
InterviewerFredricks, Howard R.
OwnerUniversity 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 1975-12-01/1975-12-03
Date captured 2018-05-22
Language eng
Subject topicWeisensel, Leonard V -- Interviews Authority: LCSH
Subject topicOral history Authority: LCSH
Subject topicOral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH
Subject topicInterviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH
Subject topicLa Crosse (Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topicKu Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH
Subject topicAmerican Legion Authority: LCSH
Subject topicFamilies Authority: LCSH
Subject topicFarm life -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH
Subject topicDepressions -- 1929 Authority: LCSH
Subject topicRecreation -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH
Subject topicFraternal organizations -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH
Subject topicInsurance agents -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH
Subject topicSelling -- Insurance -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH
Subject topicSun Prairie (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH
Subject topicLa Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH
Subject topicBarron (Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH
Content00:00:00—Creating the farm, clearing the land, pumping water, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s | 00:02:27—Picking hickory nuts, dye, soaps, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s | 00:04:14—German and Catholic neighborhoods, World War I, 1914-1918, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:07:29—Capitol City College of Commerce, for-profit school, coursework, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917 | 00:10:15—Capitol City College of Commerce, tuition, living expenses, odd jobs, Threshing Machine Company, banking, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914-1917 | 00:16:18—World War I, 1914-1918, US patriotism, enlistment into the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1917 | 00:23:18—Experience in the US South, discrimination, civilian and military segregation, 1917 | 00:25:16—Spending money in the service, hobbies, sending money back home, salaries, 1917 | 00:27:58—Experience in New York, criticism of drunk people, waiting for discharge, 1918 | 00:31:31—German community, role of the church, Catholicism, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:33:10—Leonard’s father’s inventions, farm technology, boot jack, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:34:30—Hunting, ducks, rabbits, Fall Hall Glen, Wisconsin | 00:37:07—Family’s first automobiles, Ford, 1914, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:39:50—Farm work, taxes, fixing the roads, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:41:04—Fishing, eating the fish, illegal spearfishing, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:43:29—Duck hunting, trapping for skins, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | 00:44:22—World War I, 1914-1918, discharge from the service, Mineola, New York, 1918 | 00:46:50—Train ride to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, discharge from the service, 1918 | 00:48:42—Returning to Capitol City College of Commerce, Madison, Wisconsin, E. E. Winters, business professor, influences in business efficiency, 1918 | 00:51:25—Cigarettes, tobacco use, drinking alcohol | 00:52:35—Employment, Savings Bank, bookkeeping, salary, Baron, Wisconsin, 1920 | 00:53:37—Employment, US Post Office, shoveling snow, Baron, Wisconsin, 1922 | 00:55:50—Employment, Time Insurance Company, accident and health insurance, premium collector, selling insurance to men only, Baron, Wisconsin, 1923 | 01:01:10—Time Insurance Company, competition selling insurance, Wisconsin, 1923
Source noteTape 2 of 5.
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Collection UWL Oral History Program Collection
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