Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Oliver Knox

Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Oliver Knox (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Oliver Knox was born in 1884 in Canada. He spent most of his life working in logging camps. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in Canada; getting into logging; types of lumber in Canada; living in logging camps; working as a teamster on ice roads; coming to Minnesota; logging around Virginia; living and eating off a wannigan; looking at pictures and telling stories; camp breakfast foods.

Dates

• 12/12/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Esse, John
• interviewee: Knox, Oliver

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 142
• Accession Number: AV2012.1.27

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 19 pages transcript 1 sound disc

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:33:43 running time

Subjects

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