Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library and Museum Collections Description An account of the resource Please browse the more than 8000 knit- and crochet-related treasures in the CKC Collections Resource <a href="http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/collections/show/1">Museum and Library Collections</a> (drawn from <a href="https://dp.la/info/developers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Digital Public Library of America</a>). CKC is seeking new partner organizations to share their collections of knitting and crochet with visitors to this resource. Contact us at <a href="mailto:collections@centerforknitandcrochet.org">collections@centerforknitandcrochet.org</a> for more information about participating. <br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Hb_Y75HnhkCE5i4mKpcTlB8Msp_lB0XUtQr5S8XXKA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Learn more about criteria for Share Your Treasures.</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1 Still Image Upload at least one image that shows the object in its entirety along with detail views as desired. • Jpeg format • At least 3 MP in size • 300 ppi • Images produced with digital camera to highest quality setting (e.g. superfine, best) are usually acceptable. • Users who want to contribute video or audio files please contact info@centerforknitandcrochet.org for more information. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Relation A related resource linkto:001:http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10868648 thumb:001:http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/web5/media.php?thumb=yes&irn=10185554 full:001:http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/web5/media.php?thumb=yes&irn=10185554 Description An account of the resource BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Eugene Elsen was born in Richfield, Minnesota. He attended Assumption School and graduated from De LaSalle High School in Minneapolis. Elsen married and raised his children in Richfield and Bloomington. He worked in financial planning before being employed by his family's business, Elsen Brothers. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Changes in the services Elsen Brothers provides, from services for farmers and pumping gas to auto work; neighborhood descriptions; postwar growth and development of Richfield; transportation options: walking, hitchhiking, and streetcars; recreational sports; his family's sale of property in Richfield; postwar commercial development; World War II air raids; 1950s housing shortage in Richfield; close-knit community and family; increase in shopping options; role of Assumption Church in social life; rapid expansion of Assumption School in the 1950s and 1960s and subsequent decline; demographic changes: increase in minorities, older population; employment options in Richfield; prominence of charge accounts in family business; 1951 tornado; impact of I-494 construction and the airport on business; police-community interaction. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saylor, Thomas Elsen, Eugene Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context http://dp.la/api/items/f6ae640cc40f8272422ee9c151f4427a Title A name given to the resource Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Richfield in the Postwar Era: Interview with Eugene Elsen Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Minnesota Digital Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Created: 04/19/2007 Type The nature or genre of the resource text References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10868648