Finnish-American historical archives in Michigan are now being preserved for future generations, thanks to a $4,000 grant from the Keweenaw National Historical Park.
Archivist Kent Randell and a graduate student intern will spend most of their summer digitizing about 250 cassette tapes from the early 1970s. The recordings were part of an oral history project to preserve first hand accounts from immigrants and other notable residents of the Copper Country.
Archivist Kent Randell and a graduate student intern will spend most of their summer digitizing about 250 cassette tapes from the early 1970s. The recordings were part of an oral history project to preserve first hand accounts from immigrants and other notable residents of the Copper Country.
You can read more in an article by Ashley Palumbo at http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=470217
