Oral History - Mabel Pederson
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Oral History Interview with Mabel PedersonCreation Date
April 5 1976Description
Recording of an oral history interview of Mabel Pederson by Dorothy Pederson in 1976.In this interview, Mabel Knutson Pederson discusses the process of changing church services conducted in Norwegian to church services conducted in English at the East Zion Lutheran church in rural Starbuck, Minnesota. The transition lasted from 1925-1951 with two thirds of the services in English by 1951. She also touches on the problems the changeover caused in the community as a whole.
The recording and transcript is available through the University of Minnesota Morris Digital Well.
Related People and Organizations
Pederson, Mabel
East Zion Lutheran Church