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| Title | Interview with Rochus Streifel, February 18, 1978 |
| Interviewee | Streifel, Rochus,1899-1983
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| Interviewer | Spiker, Allen L.
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| Description | Interview conducted by Allen Spiker is almost entirely in German, begnning with biographical and historical information regarding the family, both in Russia and coming to America and North Dakota. There are a number of stories told by Mr. Streifel including about school, drinking 'homebrew', wedding and a girl taking off with lover. For approximately minutes 19 to 46 Streifel pronounces words and phrases in German as requested by Spiker, followed by additional German stories and singing. Later into the tape can be heard ocassionally the voices of several other unidentified people. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| Date of Original | 1978-02-18 |
| Duration | 01:03:33 |
| General Subject | Ethnic
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Immigrants
Schools
Singing
Weddings
Alcoholic beverages
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| Subject (LCSH) | Russian Germans
German language
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| Personal Name | Streifel, Rochus, 1899-1983
Spiker, Allen L.
Streifel family
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| Location | Pierce County (N.D.)
Esmond (N.D.)
Benson County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1970-1979
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| Item Number | Mss 371.Cassettes 223-224 |
| Format of Original | Audio cassettes
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| Transcription | No transcription available for interview. |
| Notes | Digitization done by an outside vendor, using Cassette C223-224. |
| Biography/History | Rochus Streifel was born August 28, 1899 in Pierce County, N.D., son of Thomas and Genevieve (Heisler) Streifel. He married Elizabeth Wolf in 1921 at Selz, N.D. She was born in 1903 in Pierce County. After farming there until 1936 they moved to a farm at Esmond, N.D. In 1951 when they moved into town they operated a grocery store until 1963. They raised eight children. Rochus died in 1983 and Elizabeth in 2001. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Allen Spiker German Russian Dialect Tapes 371
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/16742 |
| Credit Line | Allen Spiker German Russian Dialect Tapes (Mss 371), Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, Fargo. |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the Institute by Allen Spiker. |
| Language | eng
ger
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| Digital ID | Rochus_Streifel_1978-02-18 |
| Original Source | Digital audio |
| Audio Tracks | 1 track mono
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| Audio Sample Rate | 44100 Hz
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| Data Rate | 128 kbps
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