Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Sid Rommel

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Sid Rommel (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Sid Rommel served as a forester at Itasca Park. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The general topic was his experiences as a forester at Itasca. Personal background; interest in forestry as a scout; his first acquaintance with the park in 1931; student at forestry station; southwest cabin; the Division of Forestry "encampment"; Earl Lange; Frank Pugh; deer; November storms and others; transfer out of Itasca; determining how to perpetuate pines in Itasca; forestry schools; John Dobie; exploring the park; Wegmann and other locals; Butlers; park visitors; Itasca vs. other areas of duty; park politics; duties at Itasca; maintaining the telephones; cleaning up after storms; the Division of Forestry and the Division of Parks; staffing the tower; general reflections.

Dates

• 08/31/1993 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Rommel, Sidney
• interviewer: Rieger, Amy K.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.42.17

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

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

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