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| Title | Interview with Theodore Hillius and Israel Dammel, 1979 |
| Interviewee | Hillius, Theodore E., 1916-1980
Dammel, Israel, 1885-1980
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| Interviewer | Spiker, Allen L.
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| Description | Interivew conducted by Allen Spiker with Ted Hillius and Israel Dammel. The first portion is with Hillius and includes biographical information (mix of German and English) and pronoucing words and phrases in German as asked by Spiker. This is followed by interview with Dammel to include biographical information, singing German songs and relating stories, mostly done in German. No word list was done with Dammel. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| Date of Original | 1979-07-18 |
| Duration | 00:43:57 |
| General Subject | Ethnic
Communication
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Language
Singing
Storytelling
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| Subject (LCSH) | Russian Germans
German language
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| Personal Name | Spiker, Allen L.
Hillius, Theodore E., 1916-1980
Dammel, Israel, 1885-1980
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| Location | Medina (N.D.)
Stutsman County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1970-1979
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| Item Number | Mss 371.Tape 3; Mss 371.Tape 24 |
| Format of Original | Audio tapes
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| Transcription | No transcription made for interview. |
| Notes | Digitization done by an outside vendor from Tape 3 in collection.
Tape 24 (other copy of same interview, possibly the master) copied onto four cassettes by Institute staff.
Topics Covered in Interview:
0:01 - 2:32 Hillius biographical information
2:33 - 21:10 Hillius pronouncing words and phrases in German as requested by Spiker
21:10 - 21:45 Hillius and additional biographical and historical information
21:46 - 26:39 Dammel biographical information
26:40 - 28:24 Dammel singing songs in German
28:25 - 43:57 Dammel telling additional stories. |
| Biography/History | Theodore E. Hillius, Jr. was born in 1916 near Medina, N.D. and in 1938 married Emma Schatz. They farmed in the Medina area and raised seven children. Theodore died in 1980.
Israel Dammel was born in 1885 in Teplitz, Bessarabia. In 1893 the family immigrated to America and settled in Eureka, S.D. Israel circa 1899 homesteaded near Medina, N.D. He married Christina Kirschman in 1909, they farmed and raised three children. In 1942 they retired and moved into Medina. Israel died in 1980. |
| 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 | Hillius and Dammel |
| Original Source | Audio tapes; |
| Audio Sample Rate | 44100 Hz
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| Data Rate | 128 kbps
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