| Title: |
Melvin Backman
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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| Collection: |
Personal Oral History
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| Description: |
My name is Marc Aaron and I am interviewing my grandfather, Melvin Backman, for my oral history assignment. Except for a hiatus during which I was overseas, we have maintained close contact for much of my life. We always corresponded at least once a month and thus are aware of the happenings of each other's lives. During my high school years, our relationship reached a form of strain. He had always great difficulty in expressing his emotions and in dealing in like situations. I have always been able to make him laugh, but any other real form of expression took a more concerted effort. During this interview, I saw into a part of his life, which until within the last year, I had no idea existed. This interview is the result of one man's opening up and I am forever appreciative.
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| URL: |
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/marc.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1998 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Backman, Melvin, 1919(?)-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1919
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
79
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| Document date: |
1998
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| Interviewer: |
Aaron, Marc
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Michigan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Biography; Interviews; Local history; Michigan; Michigan--History; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--History; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029282-32418
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