Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection

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)
20082009
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

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