Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with Frederick T. Witzig

Titles: Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with Frederick T. Witzig (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Witzig, a native of Morton, Illinois, served three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II and then earned a B.S. degree from Bradley University and a M.S. and Ph.D in geography from the University of Illinois. After teaching at both the Bradley and Illinois campuses, he joined the University of Minnesota Duluth faculty in 1953 and was named head of geography in 1965. Witzig wrote articles for a number of publications, including "The Crane Lake Issue in the Establishment of Voyageurs National Park," which appeared in the 1983 Upper Midwest History journal. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Involvement with the establishment of Voyageurs National Park; arguments against the park; role of the National Park Service; Crane Lake issue; Park Service vs. Forest Service; Boise Cascade proposal; Voyageurs National Park Association; Citizen's Committee for Voyageurs National Park; and the future of Voyageurs National Park.

Dates

• 02/23/1987 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Robertson, Margaret A.
• interviewee: Witzig, Frederick Theodore

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 58
• Accession Number: AV1988.99.31

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project' <OH 58>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 17 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

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