Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Myrtie Hunt

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Myrtie Hunt (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Myrtie Hunt worked as a waitress at Douglas Lodge during the summers of 1931 to 1933. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: In general, her experience as a waitress at Douglas Lodge in the 1930s; personal background; Itasca connection; first impressions of the park and her arrival; initial accommodations in cabins; people of the park; getting acquainted; pay; changes over the years; the uniforms; recreation; a "typical" day; length of shifts; activities between shifts; people of the Lodge; money in the safe; the Clubhouse vs. the cabins; raccoons; Forest Inn; reflecting on her experiences; park development.

Dates

• 08/05/1993 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Hunt, Myrtie
• interviewer: Rieger, Amy K.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.42.9

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 14 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 45 minutes length

Subjects

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