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Whiting, Indiana: Generational Memory, 1991-1993

Interviewee
Klemm, Barry December 18, 1992 

Call Number
91-173

Physical Description

71 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 171 minutes; index; 4 photographs of interviewee

Interviewer
Wolford, John

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Barry Klemm, born in April of 1947, recalls his youth in Whiting, Indiana, and extensively discusses each of his parents and his grandparents, and his relationship with each of them. He also thoroughly describes his employment history and career, which began in the steel mills and expanded to construction, real estate, and finally, the professional business world. Mr. Klemm retains especially strong memories of the assassination of President Kennedy and the Standard Oil fire of 1955. In addition, he speaks of his values, especially of the value his father placed on self-sufficiency and of his contact with, participation in, and opinions of labor unions.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Condes' Restaurant
    • Inland Steel
    • Whiting Community Center
    • Youngstown Sheet and Tube
    • Family Names
    • McTague
    • Occupation Names
    • real estate agent
    • Personal Names
    • McTague, Jerome "Mick"
    • Plewniak, Ron
    • Place Names
    • Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Lafayette, Indiana
    • Paducah, Kentucky
    • Subjects
    • 1955 Standard Oil fire
    • Cold War
    • community life
    • family values
    • John F. Kennedy assassination
    • pollution
    • unions
    • women workers