Bayfield Pioneer Interviews on DVD
Twenty years ago Mary Rice commissioned John Hanson to produce and direct the “Bayfield Video Archives”. Mary and John recorded over one hundred video taped interviews with people in the Bayfield area. Those interviewed were asked how, when and why their families had come to Bayfield. The tapes provide historical information and give a glimpse of how difficult it was for many to earn a living here. The recurrent theme is one of love for the Lake Superior area and a commitment to living in Bayfield.
These interviews, previously available only on VHS tape for loan through the Bayfield Carnegie Library, are now available for sale as DVD recordings at the Heritage Center and on this website using a downloaded .PDF Form which you can mail in with your selection(s). The 159 DVD collection is shown on the form and can be seen when you click on the download link below.
The following paragraphs list the participants in the Interview Singles and Sets. If you decide you would like one or more Singles or Sets make a note of the participant(s) then download the Adobe.pdf form at the end of this section and check each Single and/or Set you want sent to you, complete the form and mail it as directed.
Single DVD Interviews -- Howard Palm / Helen Cease / Roger O'Malley/Dawson Hauser / Mel and Helene Mattson / Pat Morrin / Elsie Peterson & Bertha Hyde / Gladys Hyde & Annette Johnson / Nancy Bainbridge / Madeline Island Ferry/Bayfield Down Town, Person on the Street / Bayfield Down Town, Person on the Street / Ella McQuade (voice only) / Catholic Church - Harbor Scenes / Mary RiceGarden Party 89 / Gen Ahnen & her Jam & Jelly Stand / Bayfield Scenes of Ferry Boats, Marina, & Apple Orchards / Hugo Ungrodt & Chick Sheridan – Washburn / Zilpha Goldman / Lutefisk Dinner at Maggie's / Wally Nordin / Harvey & Elva Baker / Cornucopia Scenes / Merle & Agnes Nelson, & Harriet Broman / Dee Bainbridge / Mary "Betty" Hulings & Marge Johnson in Bayport / Harold Noreng at 113 North Third 8/23/95 / Frank Montano Plays Flute in Red Cliff woods 8/22/95 / Shoreline Shots from Boat, Bayfield to Pike’s Quarry 8/26/95 /Aerials Over Apostle Islands from Mary Beth’s Piper Cub Petit Cache Airstrip 9/1/95 / Ed Erickson Lutefisk Dinner 12/18/96 / Jack Erickson 3/10/04
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Two (2) DVD Set Interviews -- Eleanor Knight / Myrtle Dooley / Mildred La Pointe / Fern Pulaski / Roberta (Kiel) Durham / Clyde and Dorothy Jensch / Frank Utpadel / Marjorie Benton / Ray and Connie (Hansen) Humphrey / Holly, Lyman & Mickey (Nordin) Nourse/ Mary Rice Garden Party 88 / Virginia Torke / Stewart and Marian Aiken / Red Cliff :Victoria Gokee, Jim LaGrew. Edward Boulley, Edmund Thomas, and Warren Connor / Pat Knode & Ellen Russell at Madeline Island & Indian Burial Grounds and Ferry Shots / Harriet & Vermont Johnson / Ruth Moon / Frank Basina - Red Cliff / Josephine Betzold / Wilford Peterson / Fern Polaski & Mary Hudak / Bibi, Emma & Lee Meierotto / Florence Hokenson / Christmas Party 89/ Helen Gordon / Marie Malden & Fred Brauns / Garden party 90 / Stuart & Marian Aiken / Rose Buffalo, M. Schreyer, G DePerry, - Red Cliff/Marge & Joe Pascale / Hale & Rodger O’Malley & Roberta Durham – Bark Point / Walter S. Newago, Sr./ Eleanor Frostman & Norma Chape / Bob Hokenson / Conrad Meyers / Jim Miller / Robert & Elizabeth Emery 7/26/01 / William G. “Bud” & Shirley Bodine 7/30/01 / James H. & Marcie Frostman 8/2/01 / Carl A. Art Larson 8/14/01 / Robert & Jean Brander 8/14/01 / Ruth Moon & Gayle Haiden at Rebekah Lodge 8/17/01 / Jim & Muriel Erickson / Julian Nelson 3/9/04 / Jim Erickson 3/11/04 / Bob Nelson 3/26/04
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Three (3) DVD Set Interviews -- Walter Lindquist & Hjalmer "Governor" Olson; Ed Erickson, Julian Nelson, Walter Lindquist, Roger O'Malley, LeRoy Olson at Mary Rice Garden Party / A D. Hulings, Mary (Betty) Hulings, Sam and Beverly Jensch / The Settlement: Rubie & Lawrence Butterfield/Alden Russel at Bar Pettie Cache
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Four (4) DVD Set Interviews -- Florence Skovald / AI Galazen, Mary & Cele Schultz Madeline Island & Ferry shots
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Five (5) DVD Set Interviews -- Ed Erickson; Ed Erickson, Julian Nelson, Walter Lindquist, Roger O'Malley, LeRoy Olson at Mary Rice Garden Party / John Boebme
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Six (6) DVD Set Interviews -- Julian, Marie Nelson, & Martha Benson; Julian & Marie Nelson; Ed Erickson, Julian Nelson, Walter Lindquist, Roger O'Malley, LeRoy Olson at Mary Rice Garden Party / Elvis & Marguerite Moe; Mari & Fred Dahl, Alma Dahl on Sand Island
Bayfield DVD Interview Archives List and Order Form
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Books about Bayfield History
The following books became available at the Bayfield Heritage Center during the 2008 summer season and are now available through through Amazon.com (See Link Below).
Tales of Bayfield Pioneers - A History of Bayfield is a wonderful collection of biographies, short stories, diaries, and potpourri of the City of Bayfield, Wisconsin. Readers will meet and view many of the shakers, movers, pioneers, courageous women, and the faithful of the “Harbor and Fountain City.”
Eleanor Knight, author of Tales of Bayfield Pioneers - A History of Bayfield was recognized and commended by the Wisconsin State Historical Society with their prestigious Award of Merit for her “distinctive contributions, and for her carefully researched and well-written newspaper articles on the history of the Bayfield area”. This four hundred plus page documentary that includes one-hundred twelve short stories and over one-hundred seventy time period photos reflect Bayfield’s one hundred fifty years of storied history, legends and lore. The times and the lives of the early pioneers and settlers, the shipwrecks, community spirit, and institutions of a fledgling community of the shores of Lake Superior are meticulously documented for posterity and for all to enjoy.
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Memories and Minutes-School District Number One -Township of Bayfield, Wisconsin is a historically accurate documentation of many school memories, legends, stories and school board minutes of a tiny educational system located near the shores of Lake Superior. From 1858 to present, more than four thousand student scholars have graced the hallowed hallways of the Bayfield Public Schools systems known here-to-fore as the Washington Avenue, Bayfield Central, Lincoln High, and the present day Bayfield School District.
Memories and Minutes-School District Number One -Township of Bayfield, Wisconsin reflects the evolution of a pioneer school district, the curriculums, lectures, debates and much more. Rich in history and facts, the one-hundred fifty year tale begins with a basic biography of the present City of Bayfield and ends with a listing of all known attendees, faculty, administrators, staff, many parents, and the school board members. More than seventy time period photos of city and country school buildings, classrooms, and the old Town of Bayfield provide the reader a glimpse into times long gone.
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