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Duration
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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: Family ancestry, Germany, Czechoslovakia—Grandfather, Nicholas Weisensel, family immigration from Bamberg, Bavaria, 1853—Settlement in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1853—Father, Lawrence Weisensel, soldier in the American Civil War, 1861-1865, Second Battle of Bull Run (1862), war pensions—Leonard’s earliest memories, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, family farm, lack of technology, early 1900s—Chores, farm, caring for the horses, trapping rabbits, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Employment, first job, loading hay, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1907—Father’s illness, asthma, medicine, home remedies, pain killers, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—Life on the farm, typical day, sleeping, chores, keeping the fire going—Primary school, fights, pranks, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1911—Primary school, subjects, studying, farm work, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1911—Recreational activities, alcohol, whiskey, beer, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Exchange farming, threshing, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Family tobacco cultivation, cash crops, oats and barley, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Butchering, selling hogs, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Neighbors helping with threshing, feeding everyone, cooking, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Family and neighbor recreational activities, card games, knitting, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Barn dances, spring, basket socials, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1907—Boys and girls, relationships, dating, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1916—Capitol City College of Commerce, business college, for-profit school, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914—Family farm work, employment, milking cows, threshing, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1917—Discipline on the farm, punishments, chores, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s—Creating the farm, clearing the land, pumping water, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s. |
| Interviewee | Weisensel, Leonard |
| Interviewer | Fredricks, Howard R. |
| Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
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Type of resource
| sound recording |
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Genre
| sound |
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Genre authority
| marcgt |
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Publisher name
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
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Place of publication
| La Crosse, Wisconsin |
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Date published
| 1975-12-01/1975-12-03 |
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Date captured
| 2018-05-22 |
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Language
| eng |
| Subject topic | Weisensel, Leonard V -- 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 | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | American Legion Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Families Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Farm life -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Depressions -- 1929 Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Recreation -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Fraternal organizations -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Insurance agents -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Selling -- Insurance -- Wisconsin Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Sun Prairie (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Barron (Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH |
| Content | 00:00:30—Family ancestry, Germany, Czechoslovakia |
00:01:40—Grandfather, Nicholas Weisensel, family immigration from Bamberg, Bavaria, 1853 |
00:05:53—Settlement in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1853 |
00:06:52—Father, Lawrence Weisensel, soldier in the American Civil War, 1861-1865, Second Battle of Bull Run (1862), war pensions |
00:11:35—Leonard’s earliest memories, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, family farm, lack of technology, early 1900s |
00:12:56—Chores, farm, caring for the horses, trapping rabbits, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin |
00:14:00—Employment, first job, loading hay, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1907 |
00:15:58—Father’s illness, asthma, medicine, home remedies, pain killers, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin |
00:19:37—Life on the farm, typical day, sleeping, chores, keeping the fire going |
00:23:30—Primary school, fights, pranks, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1911 |
00:26:30—Primary school, subjects, studying, farm work, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1911 |
00:30:35—Recreational activities, alcohol, whiskey, beer, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
00:33:55—Exchange farming, threshing, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
00:36:05—Family tobacco cultivation, cash crops, oats and barley, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
00:38:44—Butchering, selling hogs, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
00:39:58—Neighbors helping with threshing, feeding everyone, cooking, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
00:43:26—Family and neighbor recreational activities, card games, knitting, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
00:49:50—Barn dances, spring, basket socials, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1907 |
00:52:49—Boys and girls, relationships, dating, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1916 |
00:54:22—Capitol City College of Commerce, business college, for-profit school, Madison, Wisconsin, 1914 |
00:55:56—Family farm work, employment, milking cows, threshing, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1917 |
00:55:37—Discipline on the farm, punishments, chores, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
01:00:25—Creating the farm, clearing the land, pumping water, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1910s |
| Source note | Tape 1 of 5. |
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Use and reproduction restrictions
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Collection
| UWL Oral History Program Collection |
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ID
| aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000178 |
| Doi | 18-0178 |
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