Summary Information
Ethnic History of Wisconsin Project Recordings
1955
Audio 125A; Audio 130A; Mss 332; Mss 333
55 tape recordings and 0.4 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Recordings and partial transcriptions of both broadcasts and research interviews by William J. Schereck, from a Wisconsin State Historical Society radio series entitled "Sounds of Heritage," documenting different European ethnic groups who settled the state. The materials document prominent individuals, settlement patterns, and contributions made by Cornish, Croatian, Czech (Bohemian), English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Scottish, Slovak, Swiss, and Greater Syrian immigrants. Some recordings specifically concern Christmas customs, music, Washington Island, and Marathon County nationality groups.
This collection is considered part of State Archives Series 684.
English
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Related Material
State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Project Files (Series 1762)
Scope and Content Note
Interviewees include:
- Albrecht, Eileen O'Keefe
- Barlow, Edwin
- Botic, Elias
- Burazin, Josephine
- Castagna, I.
- Clark, Jeanette
- Colson, John Calvin
- Copeland, Louis Albert
- Corby, Mrs.
- Covelli, Rose
- Deneen, Mike
- Derleth, August
- Dudden, Anne Lemore
- Ele, Michael, Mrs.
- Felber, Alfred
- Flynn, William, Mrs.
- Foehringer, George
- Folkedahl, Beulah
- Friend, Neita Oviatt
- Hosken, Lillian
- Kipp, Frank, Mrs
- Kukanich, Val
- Magaro, Nicholas
- Magaro, Ralph
- Maretich, Peter
- Marquardt, Ralph
- Meyer, Meta
- Meyer, Oscar E.
- Molinaro, George
- Molinaro, Ralph
- Montemurro, Thomas
- Mueller, Ted
- Neal, Robert M.
- Ouelette, Agnes
- Retzlaff, August
- Rupke, Charles J.
- Ruste, Oli
- Ryan, Mary Tuohy
- Savaglio, Frank
- Schaeffer, Emil
- Starr, Mary Agnes
- Swenson, Stener, Mrs
- Tomlinson, Edwin W.
- Treloar, John
- Wimmer, Joseph
Contents List
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Series: Sounds of Heritage Broadcasts
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Audio 125A
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Recordings
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125A/1
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"The Polish People of Wisconsin"
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125A/2
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"The Cornish People of Wisconsin"
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125A/3
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"The Italian People of Wisconsin"
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125A/4
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"The Jewish People of Wisconsin"
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125A/5
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"The Norwegian People of Wisconsin"
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125A/6
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"The Swiss People of Wisconsin"
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125A/7
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"The English People of Wisconsin"
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125A/8-9
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"The French People of Wisconsin"
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125A/10-11
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"The Croatian People of Wisconsin"
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125A/12
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"The Irish People of Wisconsin"
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125A/13
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"The Slovak People of Wisconsin"
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125A/14
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"The German People of Wisconsin"
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125A/15
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"Christmas in Wisconsin"
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125A/16
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Significance of nationality groups in Wisconsin
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125A/17
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Music
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125A/18
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“Pearl fishing” with John Pecock and William Schereck
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Mss 332
Box
1
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Transcriptions (except for 125A/13 and 125A/15)
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Series: Interviews and Oral Research Materials Gathered in Preparation for Sounds of Heritage
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Audio 130A
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Recordings
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130A/1-4
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Bohemian (Czech) people, 1955
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130A/5-6
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Cornish and Swiss people, 1952, 1954
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130A/7
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Croatian people, 1954
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130A/8
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“Czechoslovak” (Czech and Slovak) people, 1954
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130A/9
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English people, 1955
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French people
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130A/10
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1954
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130A/11
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1955
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130A/12
Side
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1954
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130A/12
Side
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German people, 1954
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130A/13
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Irish people, 1954
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130A/14
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Italian people, 1954
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130A/15
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Italian and Syrian people, 1954
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130A/16
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Italian and Swiss people, 1954
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130A/17-21
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Latvian people, 1955
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130A/22-23
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Norwegian people, 1955
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130A/24-29
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Polish people, 1954
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130A/30
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Scottish people, 1955
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130A/31-32
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Swiss people, 1954
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130A/33-34
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Syrian people, 1954
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130A/35
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Washington Island, 1951
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130A/36-37
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Experiences with Nationality Groups in Marathon County, 1954
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Mss 333
Box
1
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Partial transcriptions
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