Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Keith Butler

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Keith Butler (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Keith Butler moved to the Itasca area in as a young boy. Five generations of his family have lived at Itasca. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: General discussion about growing up in the area of Itasca State Park; the Depression; family's early arrival in the Itasca area; Wegmann; holidays in the park; school; resorts north of the park; two sub-cultures; biological station; Frank Pugh and others; animals in the park; development of the park; general reflections. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The first interview is only about 20 minutes. The second interview is more extensive. It was done at his place of business and there was some background noise.

Dates

• 07/29/1993 - 08/06/1993 (Interviews conducted 7/29/1993 and 8/6/1993.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Butler, Keith
• interviewer: Rieger, Amy K.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.42.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project' <OH 102>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 18 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 105 minutes length

Subjects

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