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Interviews relating to Yosemite National Park : oral history transcripts / 1946-1976.
BANC MSS 84/96 c; Phonotape 1516 A,B; Phonotape 3808 C; BANC CD 627 v.1-2; ...
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Title:

Interviews relating to Yosemite National Park : oral history transcripts / 1946-1976

Creator/Contributor:

Colby, William Edward, 1875-1964, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Watkins, Julia C., 1881-1977, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Anderson, Ralph H., 1920-, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Wirth, Conrad Louis, 1899-1993, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Thompson, Ben H. (Benjamin Hunter), 1904-1997, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Scoyen, Eivind T., interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Seaton, Fred A. (Fred Andrew), 1909-1974, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Creator/Contributor:

United States, National Park Service.

Abstract:

Donated Tapes Collection. Unedited transcripts of 24 tape recorded interviews, containing reminiscences of early Yosemite, buildings there, information on coaching in the Valley, the Ahwahnee Hotel, John Muir, Carleton E. Watkins, William Keith, local Indians, Mariposa Grove, etc.
Interviewees include William E. Colby, Julia C. Watkins, Charles Albert Harwell, Ralph H. Anderson, John F. Kennedy, Conrad L. Wirth, Eivind T. Scoyen, Fred Seaton, Ben Thompson and others.

Date:

1946 (issued)

Contents:

Phonotapes: Reel 1: Wawona Washburn Hartwig and Eleanor Crooks, Oct. 1976. 5 in., 3 3/4 ips, 15/16 ips -- Reel 2: Lecture on conservation and ecology in Yosemite. 5 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 3: John F. Kennedy in Yosemite, Aug. 18, 1962. 5 in., 7 1/2 ips, 1 7/8 ips -- Reel 4: Eddie Webb, Aug. 16, 1961. 7 in, 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 5: copy 2 of reel 4 -- Reel 6: W.M. Sell interview, Jan. 15, 1959. 7 in, 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 7: W.M. Sell, Jr., July 9, 1958. 7 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 8: Mrs. Scott Knight Smigh, Apr. 7, 1961. 7 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 9: Ruth Van Heusen Brown, Aug. 11, 1964. 7 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 10, track 1: William E. Colby, Aug. 24, 1948. 7 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 10, track 2: Julia Watkins, Oct. 26, 1949. 7 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 11: Mrs. Salina Lamarr (Hat Creek Indian at Sugewi). 7 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 12: Lamarr, cont. 7 in, 7 1/2 ips -- Reel 13: N.A. Bishop, Oct. 2, 1966. 5 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 14: Walter Bonitz, Sep. 23, 1961. 5 in., 1 7/8 ips -- Reel 15: Flora Hill McCullough, 1964. 5 in., 1 7/8 ips -- Reel 16: Bert Harwell. 7 in, 7 1/2 ips -- Reel 17: Owen (stage driver) 7 in., 3 3/4 ips.
Phonotapes, cont.: Reel 18: Clara Wenger Greeley, George Wenger, Emma Wenger Trumbull and Glorine Watson. 7 in., 1 7/8 ips, almost inaudible due to bleedthrough -- Reel 19: William Kat, June 19, 1961. 7 in. -- Reel 20: Ralph H. Anderson, Jan. 16, 1953. 7 in., 7 1/2 ips -- Reel 21: Jack Leidig and William Mayhall, July 23, 1958. 7 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 22: Jack Leidig and William Mayhall, May 10, 1960. 7 in, 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 23: Mission 66-In Action Progress Report, 1958-1959. 5 in., 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 24: Ribbon-cutting ceremony when east side of park was closed to private vehicles, July 9, 1970. 5 in., 3 3/4 ips.

Subject:

n-us--- -- n-us-ca
Muir, John -- 1838-1914
Watkins, Carleton E -- 1829-1916
Keith, William -- 1838-1911
Keith, William -- 1838-1911
Muir, John -- 1838-1914
Watkins, Carleton E -- 1829-1916
Ahwahnee Hotel.
United States. -- National Park Service -- Interviews
Ahwahnee Hotel.
United States. -- National Park Service.
Coaching (Transportation) -- California -- Yosemite Valley
Indians of North America -- California -- Yosemite Valley
Buildings
Coaching (Transportation)
Indians of North America
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Mariposa Grove (Calif.)
California -- Mariposa Grove
California -- Yosemite National Park
California -- Yosemite Valley

Note:

tape recorded interviews conducted under the auspices of the National Park Service and the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California,
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.
Interviews.
Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 box (22 folders)
24 audiotape reels : analog, 15/16 ips, 1 7/8 ips, 3 3/4 ips, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track ; 5 in, 7 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 84/96 c
Phonotape 1516 A,B
Phonotape 3808 C
BANC CD 627 v.1-2
BANC CD 627

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.