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Title
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1976 August 3
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Tape/Side
13/1-A
Time
0:00 to 0:25
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Introduction
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Tape/Side
13/1-A
Time
0:26 to 7:00
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Family background--grandparents emmigrated from Germany, parents as children at the time--origins in Pomerania near Stettin--never any desire to return to Germany
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Tape/Side
13/1-A
Time
7:01 to 10:06
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Family spoke High and Low German when H. P. was a youth--H. P. born on River St.--residences of grandparents
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Tape/Side
13/1-A
Time
10:07 to 16:22
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Maternal grandfather as a mason tender--family political background--Lutheran religious background--the role of the minister as advisor to grandparents, members at St. Paul's, Missouri Synod
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Tape/Side
13/1-A
Time
16:23 to 27:03
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Persistent German custom--gardening--Low v. High German--no German spoken after World War I, warned by minister--minister used Bible to encourage patriotism, Reverend Troy--no antagonism from community, played with Irish children
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Tape/Side
13/1-A
Time
27:03 to 29:23
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Relations between German Lutherans and Irish Catholics in Janesville
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Tape/Side
13/1-B
Time
0:00 to 1:15
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Relations between earlier and later German immigrants, separate communities
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Tape/Side
13/1-B
Time
1:16 to 11:00
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Hard work, mother worked in cotton mill--social life, gathering life, soda pop at the tavern--Janesville breweries, ale brewed at Boub's brewery during the summer
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Tape/Side
13/1-B
Time
11:01 to 19:45
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Elementary school at St. Paul's Lutheran--bilingual education--strict teachers--use of German declined after WW I--H. P. preferred public school--“religion to deal with” at St. Paul's, repetitive and boring--public school offered baseball and football teams
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Tape/Side
13/1-B
Time
19:46 to 30:26
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Forms of recreation as a youth--good fishing below dam, raking in fish--raking and spearing illegal--water quality good, variety of fish--lax enforcement of game laws--drownings and inexperience
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Tape/Side
13/2-A
Time
0:00 to 0:10
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Introduction
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Tape/Side
13/2-A
Time
0:11 to 1:35
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More on recreation
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Tape/Side
13/2-A
Time
1:36 to 3:36
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Odd jobs for kids--picking fruit at Kellogg Nursery--other jobs
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Tape/Side
13/2-A
Time
3:37 to 8:23
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Preus family position in community--class awareness--frugality--“high-toned” people getting into a trade as the goal
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Tape/Side
13/2-A
Time
8:24 to 11:48
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H. P. aspired to be a railroad engineer--got into electrical work through Frank Albright, a family friend--apprenticeship
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Tape/Side
13/2-A
Time
11:49 to 15:29
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German language newspaper in Janesville, both English and German papers in Preus home--German paper in Janesville stopped publishing around WW I
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Tape/Side
13/2-A
Time
15:30 to 28:25
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Further comments on apprenticeship--wiring for lights as primary work for apprentice--contractors did not push wall plugs and appliances in early stages of electrical business--machine work--H. P. developed great interest in electricity--rapid changes in electronics--from current to electron theory, H. P. learning about electrons
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Tape/Side
13/2-B
Time
0:00 to 2:50
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Resistance to electron concept--H. P. attended night school to learn new ideas
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Tape/Side
13/2-B
Time
2:51 to 7:30
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Hazardous work on utilities--daring behavior, bravado
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Tape/Side
13/2-B
Time
7:31 to 14:20
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Janesville Electric Company--more on apprentice work--work on Samson Tractor plant--H. P. preferred industrial work--the Samson tractor--the coming of Wisconsin Power and Light
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Tape/Side
13/2-B
Time
14:21 to 17:21
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Hazards of industrial electrical installation--development of regulations, little enforcement in early years
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Tape/Side
13/2-B
Time
17:22 to 22:30
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Further comments on Frank Albright--summer as off-season--some workers travelled, union development made that more difficult--Albright as small contractor, later joined union himself
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Tape/Side
13/2-B
Time
22:31 to 25:45
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H. P.'s early attitudes toward unions--only learned about labor unions by word of mouth, mostly negative comments
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Tape/Side
13/2-B
Time
25:46 to 27:00
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The strike of 1919 against Janesville Electric--the company hired strikebreakers
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