Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Walter Smith

Titles: Forest History Oral History Project: Interview with Walter Smith (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Walter Smith was born in Wadena County, Minnesota in 1893. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life with his father who worked as a lumberjack; early log drives; moving up to Balsam, Minnesota to homestead; his father's inn; log drives and building ice roads; living and eating in logging camps; building logging camps; various camps, and camp stories about loggers; river log drives.

Dates

• 07/02/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Esse, John
• interviewee: Smith, Walter

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 142
• Accession Number: AV2012.1.47

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 4 hours sound cassette 31 pages transcript 1 sound disc

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:30:02 running time

Subjects

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