Adolph Woerfel & Henry Goettelman Interview

Archive

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Adolph Woerfel & Henry Goettelman Interview

Entry/Object ID

1998.15.004

Scope and Content

#AC-4-Adolph Woerfel & Henry Goettelman Interview. Interviewed by Mrs. Howard Blomily, they tell about downtown Sturgeon Bay (Sawyer?). They were both raised in hotels. They tell about hauling ice by boat and pulling it out with horses, drilling 10 feet per day through rocks for wells, fishing at 4:00 AM and coming back with filled 10 quart pails of fish, about inflation, what the food was like, hauling logs down a river, and the drowning of Lily Baptist in the canal in winter. Physical Characteristics: 1 audio cassette,

Collection

Door County Archives Audio Cassette Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

1998.15

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - Audio Cassette Collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Search Terms

Interview, Early Life, Sturgeon Bay, Ice Harvest, Fishing, Logging, Drowning

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Cassette, Audio

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 audio cassette

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: early 1960's Date(s): early 1960's Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Container

Cassette Box 1, AC-4

Category

Permanent

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Side 1: 30 mins. - Side 2: 10 mins. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

September 8, 2002

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 2, 2026