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Oral history interview with Arthur Giere
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Giere discusses his life in Galesville, Wisconsin. He focuses on his career as a faculty member and Dean of Men at Galesville University, describing student life and university administration. He d...
Giere discusses his life in Galesville, Wisconsin. He focuses on his career as a faculty member and Dean of Men at Galesville University, describing student life and university administration. He details Galesville recreation and entertainment activities and community organization and social activities. He also discusses his career as a lawyer.
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- interviewed by Howard Fredricks
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- English
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- 1976
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- 5 audiotape reels (approximately 600 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in. + 1 transcript (190 leaves ; 28 cm)+ 8 audiocassettes + 1 DVD
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- ocm47198694
- TAPE 1: Norwegian ancestry, tracing back to the 1200s--Growing up in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, 1885--Summary of education, attending Willmar Seminary School, Willmar, Minnesota, and Gale College (originally Galesville University), Galesville, Wisconsin, 1903--Working at different universities Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (est. 1851) and University of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, 1903-1912--Licensure and practicing law in Olympia, Washington, 1913--Working with the American Red Cross (est. 1881) after World War One (1914-1918) --Paternal grandparents travel to Dane County, Wisconsin from Norway, 1826--Father travels to Norway to study seminary, lacking a Norwegian seminary school in Dane County, Wisconsin--Paternal grandparents moving to Goodhue County, Minnesota, 1863--Father's seminary studies and other education, Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College (est. 1861), Decorah, Iowa--Family and personal encounters with Native Americans in Minnesota--Memories of growing up in the wilderness, rural school and daily life--Rural school classroom management, school day hours, classroom discipline--Early childhood, recreation, baseball team, household and farm chores--Mother's music career, teaching her children piano, reading music--Early childhood, daily life routine--Attending church with Norwegians and Germans, sermons in both languages. TAPE 2: Community involvement and drinking culture, picnics and weddings, winemaking process, Galesville, Wisconsin, early 1900s--Deciding to continue education beyond grade school, Willmar Seminary School, Wilmar, Minnesota, 1890s-1903--Teaching music, shorthand, typing, and bookkeeping at Gale College (originally Galesville University), Galesville, Wisconsin, 1903--Taking college level classes while teaching at Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, early 1900s--Religious importance within faculty at Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, Lutheranism, early 1900s--Faculty meetings, discussing problems with discipline and troubled students, Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, early 1900s--Living on the campus, amenities and rules, Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, early 1900s--Rules and responsibilities as Dean of Men, Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, 1903-1906 --Athletic program at Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, 1903-1909. TAPE 3: Athletic activities, football games at Gale College (originally Galesville University), Galesville, Wisconsin, early 1900s--Relations between Gale College and the community of Galesville, Wisconsin--Cultural activities at Gale College, guest speakers, Wisconsin Governor Robert M. La Follette (1901-1906)--Director of Gale College band and choir, public concerts and travelling to other cities to play, Minneapolis and Winona, Minnesota, traveling costs, early 1900s--Dating customs and outdoor recreation, 1903-1909--Chautauqua (adult education, entertainment) visits, lodging guests, description of event's agenda, Galesville, Wisconsin, 1920s--Impression of famous politicians, William Jennings Bryan (United States Secretary of State 1913-1915), U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), U.S. President William McKinley (1897 -1901)--Community events, tent shows, circuses, parades, Galesville, Wisconsin, trips to Minneapolis, cost of travel--Story behind Galesville, Wisconsin as the "original Garden of Eden"--Attending Minnesota College and Northwestern Conservatory of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the summer while still teaching at Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin, 1903-1909--F. Melius Christiansen, composer and instructor at St. Olaf College from 1901-1944, Northfield, Minnesota--Salary at Gale College, Galesville, Wisconsin--Drinking culture, favorite alcoholic beverage, ca. 1900s--Description of Galesville community, general stores and population, Galesville, Wisconsin, 1903-1909--Founder of Galesville, George Gale (1816-1868) and son, George Gale Jr., relationship with George Gale Jr., philosophical, religious conversations. TAPE 4: Founder of Galesville, George Gale (1816-1868) and son, George Gale Jr., unsuccessful law career--John Cash Kant, prominent banker of Galesville, Wisconsin--Relations within the community, Norwegians looked upon as foreigners, Galesville, Wisconsin--Interests in religion and law, 1909--Knowledge of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Dr. Adolf Gundersen (1865-1938), relationship with Dr. Gundersen, being operated on by Dr. Gundersen--Dr. Christiansen, working relationship and partnership with Dr. Adolf Gundersen (1865-1938)--Travelling to Tacoma, Washington to teach at Pacific Lutheran University (est. 1890), 1912--Becoming a judge in Centralia, Washington and starting law practice with Andrew Engerson--Thoughts on living in Washington state, climate, 1912-1918--Selling law practice and returning to Galesville, Wisconsin, working in new partnership and for the American Red Cross (est. 1881), 1918--Stories of German discrimination during World War One (1914-1918)--Decision to sell practice in Washington--Working in Chicago, Illinois with the American Red Cross (est. 1881), 1918--Moving back to Galesville, Wisconsin and starting new law practice with A. P. Twesme, (1879-1949), 1918--Thoughts on problematic judges, alcoholism, La Crosse County Judge Lincoln Neprud (1898-1972), La Crosse, Wisconsin. TAPE 5: Thoughts on Judge Lincoln Neprud (1898-1972)--Thoughts on Judge Albert L. Twesme (1914-1995) and law partnership, Galesville, Wisconsin--Memories of the Klu Klux Klan, local lodge in town, Galesville, Wisconsin, ca. 1920s--Thoughts on State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes Trial, 1925 --Thoughts on religion and evolution--Writing autobiographical story for the Wisconsin Bar Association, 1976--Entering law practice and change in society after World War One (1914-1918), ca. 1920s--Returning to Galesville, Wisconsin, American moral standards, 1920s--Thoughts on Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) and law cases, ca.1920s--Opinions of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, (1913-1921), Opinions of League of Nations, (1920-1946)--Impression of society in the 1920s, women drinking alcohol, bootleggers--Collection of automobiles, 1906 Cadillac and 1912 Model T--Continuing music career while also establishing law practice--Losing everything during stock market crash, Great Depression (1929-1939)--Practicing law and foreclosure cases, ca. 1930s--Closing Gale College (originally Galesville University), Galesville, Wisconsin, 1938--Thoughts on US President Theodore Roosevelt's New Deal Program, 1933-1939. TAPE 6: Community committee involvement, Galesville, Wisconsin, paving streets, public works, the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942), ca. 1930s--New banking legislation, the Banking Act of 1933--Thoughts on the effect of World War Two (1939-1945) on the Great Depression, 1939 --Effects of World War Two (1939-1945) on family and thoughts of American involvement--Thoughts on the United States joining the United Nations, 1945--Belief that communism as a threat, knowing U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957)--Alcoholism in major professions, lawyers, doctors, nurses, and priests--Thoughts on current pop culture, movies depicting sex and concerns about current generation, ca. 1970s--Thoughts on religion, afterlife and evolution--Life philosophy, living by Christian principles--Important legal connections, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944), Wisconsin Governor Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), Gale College (originally Galesville University) President Lars Munson Gindestat, George Gale Jr., Judge John Brindley (1850-1926), Judge Eugene A. Toepel (1916-2006), Judge Lincoln Neprud (1898-1972). TAPE 7: Knowledge of Judge Eugene A. Toepel (1916-2006) and annual Trempealeau County lawyers retreat to Lake Pepin, Wisconsin--La Crosse County Bar association versus Trempealeau County Bar Association--Quincy H. Hale (1893-1987) as founder of First Federal Bank in La Crosse, Wisconsin--Participation in the Freemason organization, Freemason values, Galesville, Wisconsin--Freemason history, reasons for organization secrecy, moving up in the organization by "degrees"--Freemason member rights, member support, philanthropy--Masonic dismissal, grounds of removal from the organization--Recruitment of new members, lack of diversity in the Masons, "black only" Mason groups, religion (Christianity) in the organization--Working in the legal profession, witnessing changes, 1912-1976--Thoughts on the elections of judges at different levels--Participation in Mason organization, Galesville, Wisconsin--Society's view of lawyers, working on difficult cases. TAPE 8: Society's view of lawyers and attorneys, dishonesty in the profession