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| Title | Interview with Theodosia Mehrer, 1979 |
| Interviewee | Mehrer, Theodosia Schulz, 1907-2006
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| Interviewer | Spiker, Allen L.
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| Description | Allen Spiker interviewed Theodosia Mehrer on July 14, 1979 at the North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from Russia convention held in Jamestown, N.D. Mrs. Mehrer gives a short biographical background of herself and her grandfather Simon Schulz. She sings two songs that her grandfather taught her in German. One deals with birds and the other is a sad song about soldiers. She calls them street songs since people would sing them when walking down the street. This is followed by her pronouncing various words and speaking various phrases in German as asked by Spiker. Mehrer mentions that she speaks the 'Kashibish' German dialect. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| Date of Original | 1979-07-14 |
| Duration | 00:38:38 |
| General Subject | Ethnic
Communication
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Language
Singing
Songs
Birds
Soldiers
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| Subject (LCSH) | Russian Germans
German language
Kashubian language
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| Personal Name | Mehrer, Theodosia Schulz, 1907-2006
Spiker, Allen L.
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| Organization Name | North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from Russia
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| Location | Mott (N.D.)
Hettinger County (N.D.)
New Leipzig (N.D.)
Grant County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1970-1979
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| Item Number | Mss 371.Tape 5; Mss 371.Tape 50 |
| Format of Original | Audio tapes
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| Transcription | Transcription available at NDSU Germans from Russia Heritage Collection: http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/history_culture/oral/samples/mehrer_theodosia.html |
| Notes | Digitization done by an outside vendor.
Topics Covered in Interview:
0 - 2:56 Biographical information, in English
2:57 -5:19 Singing song about birds, in German
5:20 - 6:49 Discusses songs and additional biographical information, in English
6:50 - 9:13 Singing sad song about a soldier, in German
9:14 - 38.38 Mehrer speaks phrases and words in German as requested by Spiker. |
| Biography/History | Theodosia Schulz was born in 1907 at Mott, N.D., daughter of Robert S. and Sophia Schulz. Robert was born in 1880 in South Dakota, the son of Simon Schulz who was of German ancestry, emigrating to America from Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia. He first lived in South Dakota and circa 1900 moved to Kulm, N.D. Theodosia grew up in North Dakota, including at Mott, Elgin and New Leipzig. She married and also was a teacher. She died in 2006. |
| External Resource | Consult transcription at: http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/history_culture/oral/samples/mehrer_theodosia.html |
| 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 | Theodosia Mehrer |
| Original Source | Audio tapes; |
| Audio Sample Rate | 44100 Hz
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| Data Rate | 128 kbps
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