UUS_folkcoll42.xml Guide to the Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection2008-2009 Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection2008-2009 Finding aid created by Anne Christensen, 2009. Revised by Paul Daybell, December 2020 Utah State University, Merrill Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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©2009 Encoded in oXygen XML editor by Anne Christensen 2009. Finding aid encoded in English. Finding aid based on DACS DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition) 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Overview of the Collection UUS_FOLK COLL 42 Utah State University Logan Canyon Land Use Management oral history collection 2008-2009 Williams, Randy, 1961- Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Fife Folklore Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 465-797-8248 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
4 boxes 1.5 linear feet 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. Material in English

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

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.

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

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.

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

 Biographical Note

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.

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.

Digital Collection Logan Canyon Land Use Managers

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

 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.

Middleton, Barbara Agriculture Fisheries and Wildlife Forestry and Logging Oral history--Utah United States. Forest Service|xHistory. United States. Bureau of Land Management--History. Public lands--Utah--Logan Canyon--History. Outdoor recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon--History. Forest management--Utah--Logan Canyon--History. Natural resources--Management--Utah--Logan Canyon--History. Land use--Utah--Logan Canyon--History. Oral history. Logan Canyon (Utah)--History. Administration 2007-2009

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

 1 1 Utah Humanities Council (UHC) GrantUndated Item 1 Copy of Oral History Grant Application FormUndated Item 2 Copy of Oral History Grant AgreementUndated Item 3 Oral History Grant Cash RequestUndated Item 4 Oral History Project Director InstructionsUndated Item 5 Oral History Fiscal Agent InstructionsUndated Item 6 Copy of Oral History Final Report FormUndated Item 7 Land Use Management (LUM) In-kind WorkUndated Item 8 Bob Parson Land Use Management WorkUndated Item 9 Copy of Electronic Personnel Action for Barbara MiddletonUndated Item 10 Interviewer InvoicesUndated Item 11 Transcription InvoicesUndated LUM Historical Background 1 2 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 ManagementUndated 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 Land Use Management Training Workshop 1 3 Item 1 Detailed Teaching AgendaUndated Item 2 Workshop for Interviewers AgendaUndated Item 3 Meeting Agenda, January 28, 2008 2008 January 28 Item 4 Copy of Oral History Training Workshop Evaluation FormUndated Oral History Training Workshop Evaluations 1 4 Item 1 Participant EvaluationsUndated Pilot Interviews Information 1 5 Item 1 Contact InformationUndated Interview Release Forms [removed to collection file] 1 6 Item 1 Dennis AustinUndated Item 2 Garth BarkerUndated Item 3 Dave BaumgartnerUndated Item 4 Thadis BoxUndated Item 5 Scott BushmanUndated Item 6 Barrie K. GilbertUndated Item 7 Katherine GilbertUndated Item 8 Ron GoedeUndated Item 9 John K. HansenUndated Item 10 William HurstUndated Item 11 Jim KennedyUndated Item 12 Ted KindredUndated Item 13 Fred KnowltonUndated Item 14 Janet Quinney LawsonUndated Item 15 John NeuholdUndated Item 16 Willard (Bill) Reed PetersenUndated Item 17 Ted SeeholzerUndated Item 18 Frederic WagnerUndated Interview Questions 1 7 Item 1 Logan Canyon Land Use and Management Oral History QuestionsUndated Land Use Management Oral History Project Media Reports 1 8 Item 1 Article in USU MagazineUndated 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 Correspondence 1 9 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 Institutional Review Board IRB) 1 10 Item 1 IRB ProposalUndated Item 2 Application for Review of Oral History ProjectsUndated 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 LUM Sponsored Programs 1 11 Item 1 Proposal Approval FormUndated Item 2 Notice of Award ActionUndated Item 3 Memorandum regarding New Award InformationUndated UHC Community Presentation 1 12 Item 1 Audience Evaluation Forms 2009 February 4 Interviewer Information 1 13 Item 1 LUM Oral History Project FieldworkersUndated Pre-proposal for Transcript 1 14 Item 1 Pre-proposal Summary FormUndated Oral Histories 2008-2009 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 Garth Barker (interviewed by Brad Cole and Clint Pumphrey) 2 2 Item 1 Transcription of interview (12 pages) 2009 February 4 Item 2 Compact disc of interview 2009 February 4 Dave Baumgartner (interviewed by Brad Cole) 2 3 Item 1 Transcription of interview (32 pages) 2008 May 5 Item 2 Compact disc of interview 2008 May 5 Thadis Box - 1st Interview (interviewed by Elaine Thatcher) 2 4 Item 1 Transcription of interview (8 pages) 2008 March 21 Item 2 Compact disc of interview 2008 March 21 Thadis Box - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Bob Parson) 2 5 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 Scott Bushman (interviewed by Darren Edwards and Brad Cole) 2 6 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 Barrie Gilbert (interviewed by Brad Cole) 2 7 Item 1 Transcription of interview (17 pages) 2008 May 21 Item 2 Compact disc of interview 2008 May 21 Katherine Gilbert - 1st Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton) 2 8 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 Katherine Gilbert - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton) 2 9 Item 1 Cassette tape of interview 2008 April 29 Item 2 Transcription of interview (7 pages) 2008 April 29 Ron Goede - 1st Interview (interviewed by Elaine Thatcher and Brad Cole) 2 10 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 Ron Goede - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Elaine Thatcher and Brad Cole) 3 1 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 Ron Goede and John Neuhold (interviewed by Barbara Middleton) 3 2 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 John K. Hansen (interviewed by Barbara Middleton) 3 3 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 William Daly Hurst - 1st Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton) 3 4 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 William Daly Hurst - 2nd Interview (interviewed by Barbara Middleton) 3 5 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 Jim Kennedy 3 6 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 Ted Kindred (interviewed by Darren Edwards) 3 7 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 Fred Knowlton (interviewed by Rebecca Smith) 4 1 Item 1 Transcription of interview (17 pages) 2008 April 28 Item 2 Compact disc of interview 2008 April 28 Janet Quinney Lawson (interviewed by Brad Cole and Barbara Middleton) 4 2 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 John Neuhold (interviewed by Lyra Hilliard) 4 3 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 Willard (Bill) Reed Petersen (interviewed by Rebecca Smith) 4 4 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 Ted Seeholzer (interviewed by Brad Cole and Clint Pumphrey) 4 5 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 Frederic H. Wagner (interviewed by Barbara Middleton) 4 6 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