| Title: |
Edward Nichols
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Minnesota Historical Society. Library
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| Collection: |
Duluth Lynchings Online
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| Description: |
Born 1900 in Tower, Minnesota, Nichols came to Duluth in 1916, worked in the steel plant and later operated a valet service and catering business for thirty-eight years. His parents, John Nichols and Nora O’Brian were pioneers who arrived in the area in 1884. At the time of the lynchings he was in Duluth visiting his brother. He relates his personal account of the tragic event and the tense days following.
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| URL: |
http://collections.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/html/oraltext_edwardnichols.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Nichols, Edward, 1900-1987
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1900
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Tower, MN; Minnesota; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Locations discussed: |
Duluth, MN; Minnesota; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Duluth (Minn.); Duluth (Minn.)--History; Duluth, MN; Lynching--Duluth (Minn.); Minnesota; North America; Oral history; Race relations; United States
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0034110-37459
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