Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Dorothy and Carl Johnson

Titles: Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Dorothy and Carl Johnson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Dorothy and Carl Johnson were local fire wardens and Mrs. Johnson worked in the park in the 1930s. Their daughter Sharon was at the interview. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Picnics in the park in the 1930s; working in the laundry in the park; worker accommodations in the park; minor descriptions of the older buildings; pageants in the park; discussion on Elk's Lodge in the park; staffing at the park in the 1930s; the fire tower; pens with wild animals caged in them; the old Forest Inn; the roads.

Dates

• 08/02/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Johnson, Dorothy
• interviewee: Johnson, Carl
• interviewer: Thoma, Ben

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 102
• Accession Number: AV2003.40.6

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 12 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 25 minutes length

Subjects

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