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  Carol Bisek

  Julie M. Luker

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  Mary Olson

  Julie M. Luker

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  Timothy (Tim) Scanlan

  Julie M. Luker

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  Tom Barrett

  Julie M. Luker

  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Tom Barrett, Caucasian male born on February 28th, 1957. He is one of 5 children. Two older sisters, one older brother and one younger brother. His father worked and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. They grew up in the Mac-Groveland area. He is Cathotic. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Barrett recounts his upbringing, his paper route, household chores. He expresses that he was amazed how his family was able to get by on a limited income, but he never felt the pinch of a limited income growing up. He felt like he was able to participate in everything. Barrett shares his time as an alter boy. He tells a story of how the school kids figured out a way of signaling to warn others if the priest hearing the confessions was in a good mood or not. As an adult, Barrett tells about how he prayed for his friend with cancer, promising to be a better Catholic. Barrett shares his memories of the neighborhood and playing sports. He goes on to share the values held by the close knit community, where everyone knows each other. He mentions values held by his father and how his father was respected in the community. Barrett recounts the John F Kennedy assassination, and how that affected him in first grade. Lastly, Barrett makes note of things he remembers from his childhood that are not longer around today.

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  Tom O'Connell

  Julie M. Luker

  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Tom O'Connell is a white male born on January 7, 1947. He is the second out of 10 children. His father was a city attorney. They grew up in the Mac Groveland area, 1497 Fairmount. He grew up Catholic. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: O'Connell discussed his upbringing in the Quonset huts as well as the neighborhood they later moved to. With a family of 11 or 12 heads, money was a little limited, so O'Connell and his siblings would spend their days playing outside, and he ended up developing a habit of watching his spending money pretty closely. He goes on to describe his religious upbringing and its effect on the neighborhood, noting how the kids in the neighborhood were either Catholic or Protestant, and that the two groups didn't interact with each other. O'Connell briefly mentions how school was for him. He goes on to explain how his house looked - as well as the Quonset Huts - and what it was like to live in the neighborhood, which was peaceful. He notes how kids his age played a lot of sports, and goes on to describe how sports influenced his and his siblings' lives as they were growing up, especially in the summertime. O'Connell explains how the Vietnam War had a considerable effect on the community, and connects it to his own experiences as he was active in the Navy. He ends the interview discussing the issues that exist in that neighborhood in the present day, especially noting how there was a rivalry between Minneapolis and St. Paul.