This collection of interviews details the life of Ole Bodin focusing primarily on the years during the Great Depression and World War II. The interviews were conducted in 1978 by Diann Wiesner. Bodin describes his childhood in Sweden and immigrating to the United States. He talks about life during the Great Depression including spending time in logging camps, bumming between Minneapolis and Seattle, gold mining in Montana, and working as a ranch hand in Montana. The original interviews are held as Oral History collection OH 041 at Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula.
This collection includes 5 interviews.
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Ole Bodin Interview, August 1, 1978
Ole Bodin
Ole Bodin talks about mining for gold in Quartz Creek near Rivulet, Montana and how he and some of his fellow loggers moved to Montana after the Monroe, Washington logging camps closed. He goes on to discuss moving to Superior, Montana, and the odd jobs ... Read More
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Ole Bodin Interview, August 8, 1978
Ole Bodin
Ole Bodin describes gold mining at Quartz Creek in Montana during the 1930s and ‘40s. He recalls dealing with crooked partners, an issue that caused him to quit mining. Bodin talks about his frequent stays in Missoula, Montana, during his Great Depression freight train trips ... Read More
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Ole Bodin Interview, July 11, 1978
Ole Bodin
Ole Bodin talks about immigrating from Sweden to Monroe, Washington, in 1927, where he started logging for Weyerhaeuser and other companies. He goes on to describe his life during the Great Depression, hopping on freight trains between Minneapolis and Seattle to search for work and ... Read More
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Ole Bodin Interview, July 18, 1978
Ole Bodin
Ole Bodin describes immigrating from Sweden to the United States on a ship that sailed from Denmark to Halifax, Canada. He talks about traveling from there to Monroe, Washington where he found employment as a sawyer. Bodin describes the logging camps in which he worked ... Read More
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Ole Bodin Interview, October 1978
Ole Bodin
Ole Bodin describes how he viewed life in the United States during the Great Depression and the country’s future. He recalls waiting in soup lines and searching for work during that time. Bodin talks about hopping freight trains between Seattle and Minneapolis to look for ... Read More