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Oral history interview with Sigurd Gundersen
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Gundersen talks of his parents, early years, schooling in La Crosse and Norway, student life in the University of Wisconsin, Madison and at Columbia Medical School. He describes the state of medica...
Gundersen talks of his parents, early years, schooling in La Crosse and Norway, student life in the University of Wisconsin, Madison and at Columbia Medical School. He describes the state of medical practice in La Crosse and discusses issues such as prohibition, abortion and religion.
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- Creator
- interviewed by Howard Fredricks
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- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
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- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1971
- Physical Details
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- 2 sound tape reels (120 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in. + 1 transcript (85 leaves ; 28 cm) + 3 audiocassettes + 1 DVD-ROM (sound ; 4 3/4 in.)
- OCLC
- ocm53898721
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- Name index
- 1. Family background (Norway) -- 2. Mother's family (Helga Isaksaerte Gundersen) -- 3. Father's immigration to United States (Dr. Adolf Gundersen) -- 4. Christensen, Dr. Christian -- 5. Gundersen office, Pearl Street -- 6. Sterilization of medical equipment -- 7. Mother -- 8. Ibsen Club -- 9. Immigration, Dr. Adolf and Mrs. Helga Gundersen -- 10. Mother's education -- 11. Languages -- 12. Father's work ethic -- 13. Gundersen sons and medicine -- 14. Siblings -- 15. Mother and culture -- 16. Childhood, discipline -- 17. Mother's religion -- 18. Father's medical career -- 19. Powell, Dr. Frank "Whitebeaver" -- 20. Patent medicines, Rushford, WI -- 21. La Crosse doctors -- 22. Smoking and cancer -- 23. Religion -- 24. Father and family life -- 25. Sex education -- 26. Family life -- 27. Language, Norwegian -- 28. Education, grade school (Lincoln School, 8th and Division Sts.) -- 29. Education, grades -- 30. Fishing -- 31. History of Gundersen name -- 32. Childhood, social position -- 33. Experiences, prominent La Crosse families (Holloways, Colmans, Van Steenwycks, etc.) -- 34. Gundersen, Dr. Adolf (father) -- 35. Automobiles and doctor's calls -- 36. Education, Norway -- 37. Education, Central High School -- 38. Education, Norway (aged 15 to 17) -- 39. World War I -- 40. Education, Norway -- 41. Education, University of Wisconsin (Madison) -- 42. La Crosse men in UW Madison fraternity -- 43. La Follette, Phillip -- 44. La Follette, Robert, Sr. (Fighting Bob) -- 45. La Folletter, Robert, Jr. -- 46. Alcohol -- 47. La Crosse natives in Madison -- 48. Cargill home as school -- 49. Cargill family -- 50. Hixon, Frank -- 51. Education, University of Wisconsin (Madison) -- 52. Education, Columbia University -- 53. Education, Columbia University, student body -- 54. Opinions, surgery/surgeons -- 55. Education, operating -- 56. Education, high school fraternity -- 57. Experiences, New York (Prohibition) -- 58. 3rd and Pearl Streets Office, La Crosse -- 59. Gundersen, Dr. Adolf (S.G.'s father) -- 60. Mayo, William J. and Charles (brothers)/Mayo clinic (1920s, Prohibition) -- 61. Gundersen, Dr. Adolf and alcohol -- 62. Alcohol and Prohibition in La Crosse -- 63. World War I and anti-German feeling -- 64. Gundersen Island house -- 65. Medical profession and the public -- 66. Gundersen, Dr. Adolf and bedside manner -- 67. Salary, $3,500 starting -- 68. Gundersen medical complex evolution -- 69. Great Depression and medicine -- 70. Gundersen family personal health -- 71. Opinions, abortion -- 72. Qualities of a doctor