Itasca State Park Oral History Project

Titles	Itasca State Park Oral History Project
Description	In 1993, oral history intern Amy K. Rieger, working for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, did 27 interviews with people who had associations with Itasca State Park. She spoke with architects, directors, long and short time employees, including Civilian Conservation Corps workers, visitors, and people who lived near the park. Also included are sound recordings of two Itasca Park programs presented by Ben Thoma, "Walk Through Time" and "People of Itasca". In 1994, Ben Thoma, retired Itasca State Park Naturalist, interviewed an architect and people restoring buildings at the park. In 2000, he did a series of interviews with 17 other people associated with the park.
Quantity	1 project 82.5 hours sound cassette 928 pages transcript
Format	Content Category: sound recordings Content Category: text
Measurements	3180 minutes length
Creation	Interviewer: Rieger, Amy K. Interviewer: Lynne, Gladwin Interviewer: Miles, Ron Interviewer and interviewee: Thoma, Ben Interviewee: Barber, E. W. Interviewee: Bishop, Rollis Interviewee: Butler, Keith Interviewee: Cary, Alma Interviewee: Cary, Elon Interviewee: Colligan, Lyle Interviewee: Cressel, George Interviewee: Cunningham, Bev Interviewee: Cunningham, Joe Interviewee: Dick, Dorothy Interviewee: Drewes, Delbert Interviewee: Engel, Buena Interviewee: Engel, Ervin Interviewee: Erb, Tim Interviewee: Evenwoll, Dave Interviewee: Evenwoll, Pat Pfeifer Interviewee: Feil, David Interviewee: Felt, Ken Interviewee: Forbes, Viola Veit Interviewee: Gaehring, Leslie Interviewee: Harvey, Esther Interviewee: Heegard, Harley Interviewee: Hella, Udert W. (Udert W.) Interviewee: Higgins, Fred Interviewee: Hunt, Myrtie Interviewee: Imholte, Elaine Interviewee: Imholte, Jim Interviewee: Johnson, Carl Interviewee: Johnson, Dorothy Interviewee: Juntunen, John Interviewee: Katzenmeyer, Alvin Interviewee: Katzenmeyer, Dorothy Interviewee: Kontola, Waino Interviewee: Kurmis, Vilis Interviewee: Lamont, Jim Interviewee: Law, Reuben Interviewee: Lindgren, Carol Interviewee: Luschen, Lorraine Interviewee: Lynne, Gladwin Interviewee: Moberg, Dale Interviewee: Nelson, Charles W. (Charles Winfred) Interviewee: Nystuen, David W. Interviewee: Pfeifer, Bert Interviewee: Powers, Morgan Interviewee: Qualley, Lorraine Interviewee: Rapisarda, Steve Interviewee: Renner, Cal Interviewee: Rommel, Sidney Interviewee: Rutherford, Harold Interviewee: Sauer, Richard T. Interviewee: Schaefer, Erna Interviewee: Schaefer, Leo Interviewee: Schloss, Christian Interviewee: Schubert, Edward Interviewee: Smith, Elizabeth L. Interviewee: Smith, Floyd Interviewee: Smith, Reverend George Alvin Interviewee: Sperling, Harry Interviewee: Stillwell, Cleve Interviewee: Stillwell, Joyce Interviewee: Stillwell, Milo Interviewee: Thompson, Ardis Interviewee: Thompson, Marvel Interviewee: Veit, Hugh Interviewee: Veit, John Interviewee: Wallin, Roy Interviewee: Wethern, Frank Interviewee: Wethern, Veronica Interviewee: Wilson, Don
Subjects	Itasca State Park
Dates	Creation: 06/23/1993 - 08/31/2000
Holding Type	Oral History - Project
Identifiers	OH 102 (Library Call Number) AV2003.40 (Accession Number) AV2003.42 (Accession Number)
More Info	MNHS Library Catalog
Related Collections	Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Waino Kontola' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lorraine Qualley and Esther Harvey' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Viola Forbes, John Veit and Hugh Veit' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Elon and Alma Cary' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with David Feil' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Fred Higgins' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Myrtie Hunt' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with John Juntunen' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Alvin and Dorothy Katzenmeyer' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Reuben Law' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lorraine Luschen' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Sid Rommel' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Harold Rutherford' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Christian Schloss' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Edward Schubert' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Harry Sperling' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Roy Wallin' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Milo Stillwell' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Keith Butler' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Rollis Bishop' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lyle Colligan' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Dorothy Dick and Carol Lindgren' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with David Feil' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Ken Felt' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Dorothy and Carl Johnson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Alvin and Dorothy Katzenmeyer' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Lorraine Luschen' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Dale Moberg' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Bert Pfeifer, Pat P. and Dave Evenwoll, and Judy P. and Ken Schrupp' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Richard T. Sauer' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Floyd "Swede" Smith' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Cleve and Joyce Stillwell' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Marvel and Ardis Thompson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Vilis Kurmis' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Veronica and Frank Wethern' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, transcript: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Old Timer's Cabin Restoration Interview' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Elizabeth and George Smith' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Don Wilson' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Bert Pfeifer' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Cleve Stillwell' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Keith Butler' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interviews with Long Time Park Visitors and Campground Hosts' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Ben Thoma Itasca State Park Program, "Walk Through Time"' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Ben Thoma Itasca State Park Program, "People of Itasca"' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with George Cressel' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Harley Heegard' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, transcript: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with U.W. Hella' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Interview with Edward Barber' Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Itasca State Park Oral History Project: Ice and Wood House Restoration Interview'

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