Rose Ida Lindrup reminiscence

  • Creator Names Lindrup, Rose Ida, b. 1909.
  • Title Rose Ida Lindrup reminiscence [sound recording], 1994 Aug.
  • Physical description 1 sound cassette.
  • Access and usage restrictions For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
  • Collection summary Interview of Rose Ida Lindrup (nee Schneider), a German American native of Chicago who married John Allan Lindrup, a Norwegian native who was editor and part-owner of two Norwegian-language newspapers in Chicago (the "Skandinavian" and the "Viking") from the 1930s until his death in 1958. Rose Lindrup discusses her own work as a librarian at the Humboldt branch of the Chicago Public Library in the 1920s, the annual Norwegian-American parade on North Avenue every May 17, the Norwegian men's singing society (of which her husband was a member), her husband's newspaper work, and the dispersal of Chicago's West Side Norwegian community to the northern suburbs in the years following World War II. She also discusses the effects of the Great Depression on her community (she remembers a mounted machine gun atop a building which overlooked a community relief center) and her husband's service in the post office for the government during World War II, scanning Scandinavian-language letters for intelligence.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Allan J. Lindrup (1997.0017).
  • Biographical or Historical Note Interview conducted by David Mingay, under contract to Mrs. Lindrup's son Allan.
  • Names
    • Lindrup, Rose Ida, b. 1909.
    • Lindrup, John Allan, d. 1958.
  • Subjects
    • Depressions 1929 Illinois Chicago.
    • Librarians Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Newspaper publishing Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Norwegian Americans Social life and customs Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century.
    • West Town (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Audiocassettes. aat
    • Reminiscences. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County.