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Interview with Fred G. Anderson

Anderson, Fred G.

Fred Anderson was born in 1907 in Sweden. He came to the United States in 1926. He initially worked as a painter of homes and churches, specializing in stencil work and marbling technique. In 1948 he opened his own wallpaper & paint store in St. Louis…

Interview with Eugenia Theros

Theros, Eugenia

Greek Americans -- Minnesota.

Interview with Vera Nissenson Lyons

Lyons, Vera Nissenson

Jews -- Minnesota -- Biography.

Vera Nissenson Lyons was born in 1912 and came to Minneapolis in 1924 from Privarog, Russia, with her mother and father, an Orthodox rabbi. She married Arnold Labowitz (Lyons) in 1935. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in social…

Interview with Florence Glick Greene

Greene, Florence Glick

Jews -- Minnesota -- Biography.

Florence Glick Greene was born January 1, 1900, in Muscatine, Iowa. Her parents came from Laskova, Lithuania, a small town near Riga. Her father came to the United States in 1890, and her mother came with their four children more than three years later.…

Interview with Mahendra Nath

Nath, Mahendra

East Indian Americans -- Minnesota.

Mahendra Nath was born in India and immigrated to the U.S. in the mid 1960s. He attended college in India and Minnesota. He worked first for a U.S. corporation, and later began his own business. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Efforts to organize the Indian Club at…