Rodney Madsen and Nathan Rogers-Madsen
Recorded
November 28, 2008
01:20:28
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Id:
LMN000925
Description
Rodney Madsen (60) is interviewed by his son Nathan Rogers-Madsen (31) about his parents, Theodore and Elvira Madsen.Subject Log / Time Code
Rodney says why he got into the field of economics--the choice was heavily influenced by his parents who went through the Great Depression.
what Nathan remembers about Rodney’s parents-- grandmother who was social and grandfather always content playing solitaire.
Rodney’s father had values that dealt with the ordinary man.
Rodney’s story about grandfather who would cuss all the time and he was known to blow up rocks and a tree with dynamite. He was an interesting character.
more on Rodney’s parent’s values-- that money wasn’t everything and that it is happiness that counts-- he tries to instill that in his students as a teacher of economics.
what Rodney see as his parent’s hopes and dreams for the family. They had the American Dream in mind and how there is a covenant between generations.
Rodney’s parent’s physical appearance
Participants
- Rodney Madsen
- Nathan Rogers-Madsen
Recording Locations
StoryCorps Lower Manhattan BoothVenue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Appearance
- army recruiting
- cake decorating
- Danish ancestry
- Dennis Madsen
- Dynamite
- Economics
- Elvira Gladys Madsen
- family expressions
- family in-jokes
- Family Traditions
- Financial crisis
- Lake Preston, South Dakota
- Lakewood, California
- Long Beach, California
- memories of growing up
- Mischief
- Pacifism
- personal experiences
- Pigs
- political party donations
- priming the pump
- Republican Party
- school day memories
- Sherry Madsen
- solitaire (card game)
- The American Dream
- Theodore Madsen
- Values
- War
- welder
- Yankton, South Dakota