Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Charles Godfrey

Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Charles Godfrey (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Charles Godfrey was born April 21, 1889 in Wabasha, Minnesota. He logged in the Grand Rapids area. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life; the Forest Reserve; farming; logging and different companies log marks; sorting logs at the mill; deadhead logs or logs submerged underwater; constructing ice roads; hauling logs; living in logging camps; medicine and remedies; the Frank S. Lane steamboat; various logging and milling operations around Cut Foot; types of lumber; living and working around Grand Rapids.

Dates

• 09/27/1973 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Esse, John
• interviewee: Godfrey, Charles

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 142
• Accession Number: AV2012.1.11

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Forest History Oral History Project' <OH 142>

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 20 pages transcript 1 sound disc

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:40:48 running time

Subjects

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