Transcript - Oral History Robert and Patricia Ludlow
2020.142.0013.PC
Title
Oral history transcript of Robert and Patricia LudlowCreation Date
March 2 2021Materials
Description
Transcribed oral history interview with Robert and Patricia Ludlow key donors who helped to make the Worthington Minnesota Armory into the Nobles County Historical Society headquarters. File contains spiral bound and unbound transcribed interview, signed release agreement and notes. Interview was conducted by Jay Milbrandt.
INTERVIEW DATE: Fall, 2020
INTERVIEW LENGTH: 9:08
RECORDING MEDIUM: digital audio, MP4
TECHNICAL NOTES: This recording was made by Jay Milbrandt, Robert and Patricia Ludlow's grandson and the current CEO of Bedford Industries, the family business.
INTERVIEW NOTES: This interview was done at the request of oral history project administrators for this project. Bob and Pat Ludlow were pleased to be interviewed by their grandson about their gift to the Worthington Armory project to support its renovation as a home for the Nobles County Historical Society.
SUMMARY OF INTERVIEW CONTENT: In this short videotaped interview recorded by their grandson, Jay Milbrandt, Bob and Pat Ludlow talked about their lead gift to the Nobles County Historical Society and the challenge for city and county officials to match it for the National Guard Armory project. They described their thoughts about giving the gift, stating it was given in honor of Bob Ludlow's great-grandmother, Mrs. Mary (H.J.) Ludlow, the first president of the newly-founded Nobles County Historical Society (1933), and discussed their hopes for the future of the organization.
This transcript was made possible by Legacy funding from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund established by the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008, and administered by the Minnesota Historical Society. Funding was awarded to the Nobles County Historical Society through the following grant: R-MHCG-1912-24013 | $9,950 | MN Historical and Cultural
The Minnesota National Guard in Worthington, Minnesota Oral History Project. This oral history project focused on interviews with former members of the Minnesota National Guard in Nobles County who served from the Worthington National Guard Armory building.