Idaho Panhandle National Forest Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: MG 157

Staff Only

Content Description

Forty-nine taped interviews used in the preparation of A Cultural Resource Overview for the Colville and Idaho Panhandle National Forests ... 1981. Interviews were conducted by Margot Knight, Sharon Boswell, Mary Reed and others.

Scope and Contents

Forty-nine tapes containing twenty-two separate interviews, and one book compiling the Freedom of Information Act forms.

Dates

Creation: 1980-1981

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Ralph Kizer, who donated the materials, was the Forest Supervisor of the Kaniksu and Idaho Panhandle National Forests in Northern Idaho. He was the chairman of the Inland Empire Society of American Foresters. He recieved his degree from the University of Idaho College of Forestry. He was bron in 1927 in Centralia, Washington. He died 29 September 2003 in Hayden, Idaho.

The oral history project was prepared as a cultural resource overview for the Colville and Idaho Panhandle National Forests.

Extent

0.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

In this collection are tapes relating to the personal histories of twenty-two individuals in the Idaho panhandle, told by themselves. It also includes the dates of the interviews, and their release agreements.