Oral History Collections of the Upper Peninsula
The Northern Michigan University and Regional Oral History Collection
The Red Dust Project Oral History Collection
Students of the former National Mine School followed by Aspen Ridge Middle School conducted numerous oral history interviews from 1983-2000. From these interviews, they wrote and produced 17 books title “Red Dust” as part of the Red Dust local history project. Maxine Honkala, Sharon Richards and Bobbi Ameen directed the project. The student’s received national and state awards for the documentaries which they produced for National History Day. This collection contains 800 interviews.
The Italian-American Immigrant Oral History Collection
