Summary Information

Title: Sea Grant Commercial Fishing Oral History Project
Inclusive Dates: 1978-1979

Call Number: Mss 765; Audio 922A

Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 67 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Interviews with 55 commercial fishermen on Lake Michigan conducted by Catherine Coberly for the Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, concerning ecological changes affecting commercial fishing on the Great Lakes. The interviews contain information about personal backgrounds, boats and equipment used, types of fish, locations, and the economics of commercial fishing, as well as observations about weather and lake conditions. The fishermen's recollections span 1900-1979. The collection includes paper transcriptions for several of the interviews.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00765

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