Interviewer
Clark Grant
Files
Description
Mary Fritz talks about her early adulthood and what drew her to study forestry and work in the field. She discusses attending the University of Montana’s College of Forestry, from which she graduated in 1979 with a degree in Forest Management. Fritz credits the Forestry School with preparing her for her first post-university job at the Potlatch Corporation in Idaho. She discusses what it was like to be one of the few women in forestry, not only in school, but also at her job in the logging town of Headquarters, Idaho. Fritz details her current work for the State of Idaho designing and implementing forest management projects.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Forest Management; Potlatch Corporation; College of Forestry and Conservation; University of Montana; Logging; Idaho
Original Date
12-21-2014
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
College of Forestry and Conservation Centennial Oral History Project, OH 443, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 443-013
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound file (00:15:33 min.) digital + 1 transcript (5 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:15:33 minutes
Local Filename
OH_443_013.mp3; OH_443_013.pdf
Citation
Fritz, Mary, "Mary Fritz Interview, December 21, 2014" (2014). University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation Centennial Oral History Project. 13.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/collegeofforestry_oralhistory/13