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Title

Charles Clemensen Interview, July 21, 1984

Interviewee

Charles Clemensen

Interviewer

Roxanne Farwell

Files

Description

Charles Clemensen relates in detail his two summers as a smokejumper working out of the Cave Junction, Oregon base. He describes the training, fires, project work, jumping equipment, and the uncertainty of the future of the program in 1949.

Document Type

Oral History

Subjects

Smokejumpers Oregon Biography; Smokejumping Oregon History; Forest fires California; Forest fires Oregon

Original Date

7-21-1984

Time Period

Twentieth century

Geographic Coverage

Montana

Language

eng

Original Collection

Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Collection, OH 133, 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 Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use of this item. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu

Oral History Number

OH 133-017

Media Type

Sound; Text

Original Format

1 sound cassette (67 min.) : analog + 1 transcript (21 p. : 28 cm.)

Digital Format

audio/mp3; application/pdf

Run Time

01:07:25 minutes

Local Filename

OH_133_017.mp3; OH_133_017.pdf

Citation

Clemensen, Charles, "Charles Clemensen Interview, July 21, 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-017.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/40