Pastor Rudolph "Rudy" Kemppanen Interview Transcript
Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Kemppanen_Rudy.pdf
Dates
- 2012-01-19
Summary
Pastor Kemppanen discusses his Finnish background; his grandparents’ migration to the United States; their farm (located in Salo, MI); the Finnish community in the Upper Peninsula; mining; the Quincy mine; life growing up on his family’s farm; the process of milking cows; how he became interested in the ministry; his schooling at Hancock High School and Suomi College; his knowledge of the Finnish language; his seminary studies; the different branches of the Lutheran Church; the LCA (Lutheran Church in America); the Lutheran Church in the Upper Peninsula; his career; doing church services in Finnish; the Finnish culture; Finnish Christmas celebrations; Finnish traditions; Finnish socialists; the Toomies publishing company; Finnish communists; Finnish newspapers; preparing sermons; and the Finnish ethnic community. Interviewed by Russell M. Magnaghi
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish the Pastor Rudolph "Rudy" Kemppanen Interview Transcript must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, mrobyns@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Extent
1 item (1 text file (22 pages))
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Logan (CUPS, in 3302-01)
- Agriculture. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emigration and immigration. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Finnish Americans. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hancock (Mich.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron mines and mining. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lutheran Church. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories (document genres). Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Priests Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Salo (Mich.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Socialism. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transcripts. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Upper Peninsula (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Contact:
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
