Minnesota Historical Society Oral History Project: Interview with Susan Roth

Titles: Minnesota Historical Society Oral History Project: Interview with Susan Roth (Supplied title)

Description: SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in Silver Lake, Minnesota; attending Southwest Minnesota State University; becoming involved with the Minnesota Historical Society [MHS] in college; changes going on at MHS during 1970s; the Archaeology Department and the State Historic Preservation Office at Fort Snelling; colleagues Michele Decker and Britta Bloomberg; big changes at work such as getting the first computers into the office; working in the SHPO office in the mid to late 1970s and chronology of the office and its past leaders; evolving scope of the SHPO office; changes to the SHPO during the Regan administration; dealing with the public; a typical day in the field surveying; transitions at the federal level in historic preservation; the National Register of Historic Places evolution and working on the Review Board; future of the National Register; personal importance of the state of Minnesota after working in historic preservation.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Susan Roth was born in Silver Lake, Minnesota. After attending Minnesota State University she began working for the Minnesota Historical Society in the State and Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

Dates

• Exactly 03/01/2012 (Content)
• Exactly 03/01/2012 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Roth, Susan
• interviewer: Grabitske, David
• subject: Minnesota Historical Society
• subject: Minnesota Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 82.17
• Accession Number: AV2011.24

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Historical Society Oral History Project' <OH 82>

Quantity: 1 compact disc 1 transcript 8 digital file

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:44:17 running time

Subjects

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