Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Ken Felt

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Ken Felt (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: The Felt family lived north of the park in the 1920s and 1930s. Ken Felt was a frequent visitor and part-time worker at the park as well as county sheriff. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family picnics at the park; sawing wood and ice at the park; memories of the University Station and manager's house; stories about Walter Nelson, former park manager; comments on park personnel; camping in the park in the 1930s; changes in law enforcement in the park; deer hunting in the park; controlled burns to promote forest growth; CCC anecdotes; Jack Hubbard anecdote; an addendum on changes in staffing methods.

Dates

• 08/14/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Felt, Ken
• interviewer: Thoma, Ben

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.40.5

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 7 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 15 minutes length

Subjects

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