Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with James M. Harrison

Titles: Minnesota Environmental Issues Oral History Project: Interview with James M. Harrison (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Harrison was born in Minneapolis in 1937 and spent his childhood in the Worthington area. After attending Carleton College, he graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1962 with degrees in journalism and radio and TV speech. He spent several years in the communications field before serving as a research assistant to the Minnesota Senate. Harrison joined the Minnesota Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission in 1968 and was named executive director in 1971. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His background; history of the Boundary Area Commission; relationship of Commission and the Minnesota and Wisconsin legislatures; Lower St. Croix Commission; relationship of the DNRs, Park Service and the Commission; master plan for the lower St. Croix; land zoning; the effects of increased recreational use on the St. Croix area; the Upper Mississippi River Management Act; the Corps of Engineers; the role of Northern States Power; Wisconsin lawsuit over sewage issue; and the history of conservation in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Dates

• 12/16/1986 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Robertson, Margaret A.
• interviewee: Harrison, James M.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 58
• Accession Number: AV1988.99.12

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 30 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 90 minutes length

Subjects

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