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personal narratives

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Narratives, usually told in first person, relating the life events or experiences of the narrator.

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Research on the 20th anniversary of the Cresent City tsunamis, 1964, 1984, 1994

 File — Box 02: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008124007], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS043:01.02.09
Scope and Contents The newspaper articles from 1964, include Mr. Powers' handwritten notes about the tsunami in Crescent City. Articles and notes concern the destruction of the infrastructure and the shipwrecks caused by the high waves. The materials relate to the earthquake originating in Anchorage, Alaska that caused the tsunami and stories about the damage caused by the earthquake. Additional articles cover the 20th anniversary of the tsunami in Crescent City and provide the stories of survivors...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1964, 1984, 1994

Story of Dan Pederson and the Brush Mountain Lookout, 1938

 File — Box 08: Series MSS019:K; Series MSS019:L [Barcode: 35138008116078], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS019:L.02
Scope and Contents

L-3 "Story of Dan Pederson and the Brush Mountain Lookout," John W. Sarginson, Historical Information, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon (5p). Narrative of Pederson's lookout career and his construction of the lookout tree at Brush Mountain with the spiral ladder and counter-weighted "elevator." [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Dates: 1938

Takilma 1970 stories, 2016

 File — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008124544], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS052:01.04
Scope and Contents

Robert Hirning describes what it was like be a hippie in Takilma in the 1970s, a community near Cave Junction, Oregon.

Dates: 2016

The Rogue River National Forest chapter from the book "Memoirs", 1989-1997

 File — Box 09: Series MSS019:L; Series MSS019:M [Barcode: 35138008116086], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS019:L.17
Scope and Contents L-40 A photocopy of one chapter from "Memoirs," by Harold C. Chriswell, Bellingham, Washington. Memoirs is a privately produced document that contains a portion of Mr. Chriswell's memoirs of his Forest Service career, 1933-1971. The chapter "Memoirs" covers Chriswell's years at the RRNF, 1950-52. Chriswell recalls the heavy snowfall at Union Creek, and the Forest Service employees living there. The document includes a discussion of the typical workload, briefly mentions the mining claim...
Dates: 1989-1997

Tree Planting Takilma and Green Side Up, Inc., 2016

 File — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008124544], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS052:01.05
Scope and Contents

Robert Hirning describes his work with Green Side Up, a tree planting cooperative that grew out of the Takilma community near Cave Junction, Oregon that operated in the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 2016