Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection, 2008-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Williams, Randy, 1961-
Title
Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection
Dates
2008-2009 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 boxes, (1.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_FOLK COLL 42
Summary
This collection focuses on land use of Logan Canyon [Utah]. The materials in this collection include the original cassette tape(s), the typed transcription and compact disc(s) for each recorded interview.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Beginning in 2008, Randy Williams, Bradford Cole and Robert Parson (Utah State University's Special Collections and Archives), Elaine Thatcher (the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies) and Barbara Middleton (the College of Natural Resources' Department of Environment and Society) collaborated to collect the oral histories of key land use managers and users of Logan Canyon [Utah]. Randy Williams, Elaine Thatcher and Barbara Middleton trained interviewers from the Logan Canyon Land Use Management Project gathered oral histories of people who have worked in or enjoyed the Canyon during the last century. In these interviews, available in audio and transcript form, people talk about what Logan Canyon meant to them. The stories of ranchers, recreationists, scientists, activists, scholars, foresters and sheepherders adds cultural depth to the work of scientists, engineers and academics. This growing collection of oral histories and personal papers from those who have worked in Logan Canyon is fast becoming a major resource for others interested in rehabilitation, land management and policy. These oral recollections form a basis for understanding policy in one area. Principles from them can be applied to broader land areas.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The materials in this collection include the original cassette tape(s), the typed transcription and compact disc(s) for each recorded interview. Cassette tapes are attached to the inside front cover of each folder and compact discs are attached to the back of each folder.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the the Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection, 2008-2009. (FOLK COLL 42). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Interviews are arranged in alphabetical order by the interviewees last name.

Processing Note

Processed by Anne Christensen, September of 2009. Register prepared by Anne Christensen, September 2009; updated by Randy Williams, March 2012.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were acquired through first person interviews by USU trained employees and volunteers. Interviews were conducted from March 2008 through May 2009.

Related Materials

Digital Collection Logan Canyon Land Use Managers

Custodial History

Provenance

In January 2008, a workshop was held to train interested students and community members to conduct oral histories with Logan Canyon land manager and user. Between March 2008 through May 2009, over 20 interviews were conducted. The interviews, conducted with cassette or digital recorders, were transcribed and reviewed and approved by the interviewee. Along with funding from USU Special Collections and Archives, the project received generous funding from the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Division of State History.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Administration, 2007-2009Return to Top

The Administration box consists of background information, funding information and correspondence.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Utah Humanities Council (UHC) Grant
Undated
Item 1: Copy of Oral History Grant Application Form
Undated
Item 2: Copy of Oral History Grant Agreement
Undated
Item 3: Oral History Grant Cash Request
Undated
Item 4: Oral History Project Director Instructions
Undated
Item 5: Oral History Fiscal Agent Instructions
Undated
Item 6: Copy of Oral History Final Report Form
Undated
Item 7: Land Use Management (LUM) In-kind Work
Undated
Item 8: Bob Parson Land Use Management Work
Undated
Item 9: Copy of Electronic Personnel Action for Barbara Middleton
Undated
Item 10: Interviewer Invoices
Undated
Item 11: Transcription Invoices
Undated
1 2
LUM Historical Background
Item 1: Copy of Utah Historical Quarterly article titled, "Whiskey or Water: A Brief History of the Cache National Forest."
Undated
Item 2: Copy of USDA flyer for recruitment of Forest Service Rangers
1907-1987
Item 3: Significant Acts, Laws, Programs pertaining to Land Use Management
Undated
Item 4: Photocopy of Herald Journal article titled, "A well-deserved honor."
1996 September 06
Item 5: Photocopy of Herald Journal article titled, "Honoring the man who rescued the Wellsvilles."
1996 September 12
Item 6: Photocopy of article titled, "River Teeth: A Definition."
Undated
1 3
Land Use Management Training Workshop
Item 1: Detailed Teaching Agenda
Undated
Item 2: Workshop for Interviewers Agenda
Undated
Item 3: Meeting Agenda, January 28, 2008
2008 January 28
Item 4: Copy of Oral History Training Workshop Evaluation Form
Undated
1 4
Oral History Training Workshop Evaluations
Item 1: Participant Evaluations
Undated
1 5
Pilot Interviews Information
Item 1: Contact Information
Undated
1 6
Interview Release Forms [removed to collection file]
Item 1: Dennis Austin
Undated
Item 2: Garth Barker
Undated
Item 3: Dave Baumgartner
Undated
Item 4: Thadis Box
Undated
Item 5: Scott Bushman
Undated
Item 6: Barrie K. Gilbert
Undated
Item 7: Katherine Gilbert
Undated
Item 8: Ron Goede
Undated
Item 9: John K. Hansen
Undated
Item 10: William Hurst
Undated
Item 11: Jim Kennedy
Undated
Item 12: Ted Kindred
Undated
Item 13: Fred Knowlton
Undated
Item 14: Janet Quinney Lawson
Undated
Item 15: John Neuhold
Undated
Item 16: Willard (Bill) Reed Petersen
Undated
Item 17: Ted Seeholzer
Undated
Item 18: Frederic Wagner
Undated
1 7
Interview Questions
Item 1: Logan Canyon Land Use and Management Oral History Questions
Undated
1 8
Land Use Management Oral History Project Media Reports
Item 1: Article in USU Magazine
Undated
Item 2: Herald Journal
2007 November 20
Item 3: Utah Statesman
2009 January 30
Item 4: Utah State Today (online edition)
2009 February 2
Item 5: Utah Statesman
2009 February 4
Item 6: Utah State Magazine article titled, "Canyon Voices: Project Seeks Oral Histories"
2009
1 9
Correspondence
Item 1: Letter from Utah Humanities Council to Randy Williams regarding Grant approval
2007 December 12
Item 2: Copy of letter from Randy Williams to Philip Notarianni thanking him for grant approval
2007 January 7
Item 3: Copy of letter from Randy Williams to Cynthia Buckingham thanking her for grant approval
2007 January 7
Item 4: Copy of letter from Brad Cole to Dave Baumgartner inquiring about his preferred format for his personal copy of the interview
2008 May 13
Item 5: Copy of letter from Brad Cole to Ted Seeholzer requesting his signature on an oral history release form
2008 December 4
Item 6: Copy of letter from Randy Williams to Ted Kindred regarding his review of the typed transcript
2009 February 24
Item 7: Letter from Randy Williams to Willard (Bill) Reed Petersen regarding his review of the typed transcript,
2009 February 24
Item 8: Email from Randy Williams to Ashley Nielsen regarding Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board Grant
2008 January 9
Item 9: Email from Barbara Middleton to Randy Williams et al. about upcoming meeting for LUM Project
2008 March 05
Item 10: Email from Becky Olson to Randy Williams answering several funding questions
2009 January 22
Item 11: Email from Becky Olson to Randy Williams about hours spent on LUM Grant
2009 February 19
Item 12: Email from Glenda Nesbit to Randy Williams regarding hours spent on LUM transcription
2009 February 20
1 10
Institutional Review Board IRB)
Item 1: IRB Proposal
Undated
Item 2: Application for Review of Oral History Projects
Undated
Item 3: Email from True Fox to Randy Williams addressing feedback in response to the IRB Proposal
2007 October 30
Item 4: Email from True Fox to Randy Williams regarding the letter of information
2007 November 19
Item 5: Email from True Fox to Jerilyn Hansen about Randy Williams IRB Protocol
2008 January 07
1 11
LUM Sponsored Programs
Item 1: Proposal Approval Form
Undated
Item 2: Notice of Award Action
Undated
Item 3: Memorandum regarding New Award Information
Undated
1 12
UHC Community Presentation
Item 1: Audience Evaluation Forms
2009 February 4
1 13
Interviewer Information
Item 1: LUM Oral History Project Fieldworkers
Undated
1 14
Pre-proposal for Transcript
Item 1: Pre-proposal Summary Form
Undated

Oral Histories, 2008-2009Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 1
Dennis Austin (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 2
2009 February 18
Item 2: Cassette tape on interview 2 of 2
2009 February 18
Item 3: Transcription of interview (30 pages)
2009 February 18
Item 4: Compact disc of interview
2009 February 18
2 2
Garth Barker (interviewed by Brad Cole and Clint Pumphrey)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (12 pages)
2009 February 4
Item 2: Compact disc of interview
2009 February 4
2 3
Dave Baumgartner (interviewed by Brad Cole)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (32 pages)
2008 May 5
Item 2: Compact disc of interview
2008 May 5
2 4
Thadis Box - 1st Interview (interviewed by Elaine Thatcher)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (8 pages)
2008 March 21
Item 2: Compact disc of interview
2008 March 21
2 5
Thadis Box - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Bob Parson)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 2
2008 April 1
Item 2: Cassette tape of interview 2 of 2
2008 April 1
Item 3: Transcription of interview (32 pages)
2008 April 1
Item 4: Compact disc of interview 1 of 2
2008 April 1
Item 5: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2008 April 1
2 6
Scott Bushman (interviewed by Darren Edwards and Brad Cole)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (24 pages)
2008 April 23
Item 2: Compact disc of interview 1 of 2
2008 April 23
Item 3: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2008 April 23
2 7
Barrie Gilbert (interviewed by Brad Cole)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (17 pages)
2008 May 21
Item 2: Compact disc of interview
2008 May 21
2 8
Katherine Gilbert - 1st Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview
2008 April 8
Item 2: Transcription of interview (15 pages)
2008 April 8
Item 3: Compact disc of interview
2008 April 8
2 9
Katherine Gilbert - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview
2008 April 29
Item 2: Transcription of interview (7 pages)
2008 April 29
2 10
Ron Goede - 1st Interview (interviewed by Elaine Thatcher and Brad Cole)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (28 pages)
2008 October 16
Item 2: Compact disc of interview 1 of 2
2008 October 16
Item 3: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2008 October 16
3 1
Ron Goede - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Elaine Thatcher and Brad Cole)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (35 pages)
2008 October 28
Item 2: Compact disc of interview 1 of 2
2008 October 28
Item 3: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2008 October 28
3 2
Ron Goede and John Neuhold (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 2
2009 February 22
Item 2: Cassette tape of interview 2 of 2
2009 February 22
Item 3: Transcription of interview (43 pages)
2009 February 22
Item 4: Compact disc of interview
2009 February 22
3 3
John K. Hansen (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 3
2009 March 12
Item 2: Cassette tape of interview 2 of 3
2009 March 12
Item 3: Cassette tape of interview 3 of 3
2009 March 12
Item 4: Transcription of interview (55 pages)
2009 March 12
Item 5: Compace disc of interview 1 of 2
2009 March 12
Item 6: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2009 March 12
3 4
William Daly Hurst - 1st Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 2
2008 April 16
Item 2: Cassette tape of interview 2 of 2
2008 April 16
Item 3: Transcription of interview (19 pages)
2008 April 16
Item 4: Compact disc of interview
2008 April 16
3 5
William Daly Hurst - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 2
2009 February 11
Item 2: Cassette tape of interview 2 of 2
2009 February 11
Item 3: Transcription of interview (20 pages)
2009 February 11
Item 4: Compact disc of interview
2009 February 11
3 6
Jim Kennedy
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 3
2009 May 4
Item 2: Cassette tape of interview 2 of 3
2009 May 4
Item 3: Cassette tape of interview 3 of 3
2009 May 4
Item 4: Transcript of Interview
Item 5: Compact disc of interview 1 of 3
2009 May 4
Item 6: Compact disc of interview 2 of 3
2009 May 4
Item 7: Compact disc of interview 3 of 3
2009 May 4
3 7
Ted Kindred (interviewed by Darren Edwards)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (22 pages)
2008 August 13
Item 2: Compact disc of interview 1 of 2
2008 August 13
Item 3: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2008 August 13
Box Folder
4 1
Fred Knowlton (interviewed by Rebecca Smith)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (17 pages)
2008 April 28
Item 2: Compact disc of interview
2008 April 28
4 2
Janet Quinney Lawson (interviewed by Brad Cole and Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview 1 of 2
2008 April 28
Item 2: Cassette tape of interview 2 of 2
2008 April 28
Item 3: Transcription of interview (34 pages)
2008 April 28
Item 4: Compact disc of interview
2008 April 28
4 3
John Neuhold (interviewed by Lyra Hilliard)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (23 pages)
2008 April 11
Item 2: Compact disc of interview 1 of 2
2008 April 11
Item 3: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2008 April 11
4 4
Willard (Bill) Reed Petersen (interviewed by Rebecca Smith)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (15 pages)
2008 April 14
Item 2: Personal Notes
Item 3: Obiturary for Willard (Bill) Reed Petersen from Logan Herald Journal
2013 January 25
Item 4: Compact disc of interview
2008 April 14
4 5
Ted Seeholzer (interviewed by Brad Cole and Clint Pumphrey)
Item 1: Transcription of interview (31 pages)
2008 November 19
Item 2: Compact disc of interview 1 of 2
2008 November 19
Item 3: Compact disc of interview 2 of 2
2008 November 19
4 6
Frederic H. Wagner (interviewed by Barbara Middleton)
Item 1: Cassette tape of interview
2008 April 15
Item 2: Transcription of interview (11 pages)
2008 April 15
Item 3: Compact disc of interview
2008 April 15

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Forest management--Utah--Logan Canyon--History.
  • Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon--History.
  • Natural resources--Management--Utah--Logan Canyon--History.
  • Outdoor recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon--History.
  • Public lands--Utah--Logan Canyon--History.

Corporate Names

  • United States. Bureau of Land Management--History.
  • United States. Forest Service|xHistory.

Geographical Names

  • Logan Canyon (Utah)--History.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Oral history.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Middleton, Barbara