ALFRED P. GALE AND LEONA R. GALE:
An Inventory of Their Oral History Interview at the Minnesota Historical Society
Oral History Collection
OVERVIEW
| Title: | Oral history interview with Alfred P. Gale and Leona R. Gale. | |
| Dates: | 2008. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | The Gales discuss his young life, his travels for odd jobs, his involvement with the Merchant Marine, their farming operation in North Dakota, building a home, their family, selling the farm, and returning to Minnesota. | |
| Quantity: | 5 master audiocassettes, 9 submaster audio files: WAV, 9 user audio files: MP3, 1 transcript volume (84 pages), and 1 transcript text file: PDF. | |
| Location: | OH 116: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Alfred Pillsbury Gale was the son of Richard Pillsbury and Isobel Rising Gale. He was born in Minnesota and raised in Minneapolis and on the family's farm near Maple Plain. He built and managed a large farming operation in North Dakota from 1947-1970 when he and his wife moved to Maple Plain.
Leona Rowe Gale was born in North Dakota and married Alfred Gale in 1948. She worked with him in their farming operation, raised two sons, and was active in a variety of civic and community activities for many years, both in North Dakota and in Minnesota.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Alfred Gale discusses his childhood and life as an itinerant teenager who traveled the American west working on ranches, farms, and other temporary positions while attending school between these adventures. He talks of his years in the Merchant Marine, his love for the land and development of the North Dakota farms, and his later return to Minnesota and life there as an investor and land owner.
Leona Gale discusses her early life in North Dakota, the hard work of developing a farm and managing a home and family, and her involvement in a variety of civic and community activities.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Oral History Interview with Alfred P. Gale and Leona R. Gale. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2009.63
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990069298750104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| OH 116 | Interview with Alfred P. Gale and Leona R. Gale, January 31, February 20, and July 31, 2008. | ||||||||||
Transcript - Digital version
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Digital version
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CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Agriculture -- Minnesota.
- Agriculture -- North Dakota.
- Family farms -- Minnesota.
- Family farms -- North Dakota.
- Farmers -- Minnesota.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Merchant marine -- United States.
- Voyages and travel.
- Persons:
- Fogerty, James E., 1945-, interviewer.
- Gale, Alfred P., interviewee.
- Gale, Leona R., interviewee.
- Document Types:
- Interviews.
- Oral histories (document genres)
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