Abstract The Patrick Duenwald collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Duenwald and Maureen Holicky during September 1983. In the interview, Duenwald discussed his experiences growing up in Potter County South Dakota and his memories of attending Hoven High School in Hoven, South Dakota between 1963 and 1967. He talked about student behavior, sports, extra curricular activities, and the conservative politics of county residents and their...

Abstract The collection contains a typed copy of reminiscences by George Griffin written in the fall of 1941. Griffm focused on his numerous jobs. He recalled his youthful occupations and reminisced about working on a threshing crew, being a carpenter, running steam engines, and working in boiler rooms at various factories and mills located in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Griffin's activity with the Baptist Church, membership on the Board of Trustees for Pillsbury Academy, and his...