Oral History: Balaton Area, Farm Holiday Association, Great Depression (Farmers, Balaton), Electricity (Northern States Power, REA), Township Board (function, role, etc.), Prohibition, Balaton Town Well. Photo prints, slides, and negatives, recordings and transcripts.

Oral History interview of Micahel Kaelk: Development of the student affairs program at Southwest Minnesota State College; Early decision making processes at SMSC; Minority concerns at SMSC; Includes 5 slides of Michael Kaelke interview; Kaelke was Dean of Students, University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, and first Dean of Students of SMSC

Oral History interview covering: Practicing medicine in Vesta (kinds of cases, treatments, etc.); Uses of electricity in medicine; Community of Vesta; Health Officer and duties; Redwood Red Cross; First Automobiles (roads, gas, tires); Great Depression