Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lorraine Luschen

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lorraine Luschen (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Lorraine Luschen worked at Douglas Lodge and her husband was manager there. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The overall topic was her experiences working at Douglas Lodge. Personal background; working at the Forest Inn in 1948; waitressing at Forest Inn; civil service changes; leisure activities; Forest Inn; husband Mel as manager; Peas Bailey and others; visitor changes; changes in park facilities; Douglas Lodge; money; food; the reservation system; deposits; the people of Itasca; a "typical" day; contact with locals; park politics; park managers; conferences in the park; general reflections.

Dates

• 07/13/1993 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Luschen, Lorraine
• interviewer: Rieger, Amy K.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.42.14

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 11 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 45 minutes length

Subjects

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