Oral History Tapes of La Porte County

Copies are available at a cost of
$10 for each tape.

Note: Some oral histories are contained on more than one tape.
If transcripts of the tapes are available, they will also be sent.

Mail your request with:
1. The history tape number
2. Whether you want a CD or cassette copy
3. A check or money order payable to
the Michigan City Public Library

Mail to: Reference Department/Tapes
Michigan City Public Library
100 E 4th Street
Michigan City, IN 46360

Allow up to three weeks for return of request.

The audio quality of some tapes is very poor. However, the best efforts
have been made to restore the quality of the recordings.

Evelyn Kinsey T-2-30 Family life, Kingsbury

Edward Heckman T-2-31 Agriculture in La Porte County

Harry Frey T-2-32 Frey Lumber Company

Fred Stern T-2-33 Autobiographical

Gene Mc Donald T-2-34 Autobiographical

GC Calvert T-2-35 Michigan City history

Evelyn Kinsey T-2-36 Car Tour of Kingsbury

Jean Buchanan T-2-37 La Porte County cemeteries

Russell Buchanan T-2-38 Growing up in Coolspring Township

Jim Morse T-2-39 History of La Porte County Fair

Bart Bernacchi T-2-40 Bernacchi Greenhouses

Enis Bernacchi T-2-41 Bernacchi Family

Harold Schumaker T-2-42 Growing up in Springfield Township

Lois Tipton T-2-43 Clothing Styles early 1900s

Harold Welkie T-2-44 Growing up in Wanatah

Elizabeth Munger T-2-45 Michigan City history

GC Calvert T-2-46 Early Michigan City As I Remember It

Besssie Gilchrist T-2-47 Living On A Farm

Otto Griewank T-2-48 Living On A Farm

Otto Griewank T-2-49 Construction Industry 1910s to 1960s

Armandt Rosenbaum T-2-50 Wanatah , Indiana

Armandt Rosenbaum T-2-51 Wanatah

Lela Hill T-2-52 Pinhook, Indiana

Ina Grieger T-2-53 Growing up in Hanna, Indiana

Robert Cutler T-2-54 History of Christmas

Harriet Crumpacker T-2-55 Growing up in Michigan City

Harriet Crumpacker T-2-56 Home furnishings

Harriet Crumpacker T-2-57 Michigan City early 1900s

Harriet Crumpacker T-2-58 Early Michigan City schools, clothing

Clem Spychalski T-2-59 Growing Up In Michigan City

Clem Spychalski and Dude Calvert T-3-60 Growin Up and Livin in Michigan City

Edwin Crawford T-3-61 Streetcar Motorman 1918

Roy Wiseman T-3-62 Streetcar Motorman 1920s and 30s

Norman Sallawasser T-3-63 Politics

Emma Boklund T-3-64 Growing Up In Swedish Hills

Chet Glidden T-3-65 Developement of Long Beach

Wilhelmina Schmul T-3-66 Growing Up In Michigan City

Hugo Herbert T-3-67 Working on a lumber schooner

Flo Pierce T-3-68 Growing up in Michigan City

Russell Allen T-3-69 Recollections of a Black Man of Michigan City in 1920s

Harold Welkie T-3-70 Wanatah Farming

Dude Calvert T-3-71 Recollections of Michigan City

Flo Pierce T-3-72 Recollections of Michigan City

Evelyn Kinsey T-3-73 Impact of Kingsbury Ordnance Plant

Gene and Elmer Garwood T-3-74 Garwood Orchards

Flo Pierce T-3-75 Michigan City family life

Martha Rotzien T-3-76 Recollections of Westville

Leona Bruhn T-3-77 Growing Up On Michigan City's Westside

Cyrus Lloyd T-3-78 Farming In Union Mills

William Zabel T-4-79 Farming In Hanna

Elmer Glafke T-4-80 Fighting Fires 1919-1946

Martin Mc Donald T-4-81 Farming In La Crosse

Martin Mc Donald T-4-82 La Crosse Stories

Ed Howes T-4-83 Hardwood Sawmilling

Florence Andrew T-4-84 Part 1. Music Culture of La Porte

Florence Andrew T-4-84 Part 2. Music Culture of La Porte

Phil Dabagia T-4-85 Syrians

Gene Mc Donald T-4-86 History of La Porte County

Madeline Kinney T-4-87 A Ghost Story and Other La Porte stories

John Vail T-4-88 Recollections of his father William Vail

George Miller T-4-89 Ice Harvesting In La Porte

Robert Mrozinski and Ed Layman T-4-90 Horses

Fred Ritter T-4-91 Great Lakes Fishing

Charles Lubke T-4-92 50 Years at the Car Factory

Grace Burch T-4-93 Stories from Rivernook Farm

August Herbst Sr T-4-94 Farmhorses

John Stellema T-4-95 La Porte County Politics

Jessie and August Herbst Sr T-4-96 Growing in the Kankakee Marsh

Tom Mills T-4-97 Tall Tales from the Kankakee Marsh

Carlton Hatcher T-4-98 Black view of Michigan City

Sid Rice T-4-99 Living in Michigan City

Elmer Glafke T-4-100 La Porte

Ed Hibbs T-4-101 41 Years at Elston Sr. High

George Miller T-4-102 Memories of La Porte

Fay Hooton T-4-103 Maple Syrup Harvesting

Ray Schlundt T-4-104 Joy and Sullivan Mfg. foreman

Luther Cobb T-5-105 Black View of Life at Kingsforg Heights

August Herbst Jr T-5-106 Farmhorses

Ernie Bracken T-5-107 History of Mill Creek

Ray Clemens T-5-108 Voyageurs

Kenneth Powell T-5-109 Early Michigan City Boarding House

J. Wade Tennis T-5-110 Mill Creek History

Gertrude Stahlberg T-5-111 Early La Porte and Wills Township

Michael Kahn T-5-112 Early Michigan City

Ted and Edna Drews T-5-113 Indian Trails Heritage Gouse

Fay Hooton T-5-114 The Good Life Farming

A1 Gielow T-5-115 Remembering Michigan City, Indiana

Alban Smith T-5-116 Mayor of La Porte 1930s

Alban Smith T-5-117 Mayor of La Porte 1930s

Albert Roth T-5-118 Working for the Railroad

Joseph Ott T-5-119 Funeral Customs over 50 Years

Charles De Groote T-5-120 Tool Collecting and Farming In Rolling Prairie

Hilda Burkett T-5-121 Folklore Medicine

Walter Wilson T-5-122 Farming In Mill Creek

Kathleen Flint T-5-123

Sylvester Kolozieski T-5-124 0 50 Tears in Sheridan Beach

Hassin Ayad T-5-125A Syrian In Michigan City

Walter Wilson T-5-126 Dairy Cattle

Walter Wilson T-5-127 Drafthorses

Ray Snodgrass T-5-128 Working At Pullman Standard 1929 1967

Jim Agemy T-6-129 Independent Grocery Store

Frank Mc Cullough T:6-130 One Room Schoolhouse Teacher

Norman Kemp T-6-131 Part 1 Indiana State Prison

Norman Kemp T-6-131 Part 2 Indiana State Prison

Robert Keplar T-6-132 Medical Practice

Armandt Rosembaum T-6-133

Ola P. Thorne T-6-134 US Air Force Working on Atomic Bombs

Al Spiers T-6-136 Politics and the Newsman

John Shawley T-6-137 Politics