Interviewer
Renée Gouaux
Files
Description
Jim Deeds describes his experiences working as a smokejumper from 1964 to 1968, primarily based out of Missoula, Montana, with some time spent in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and New Mexico. He discusses an incident in which he and his twin brother jumped a two-man fire together which resulted in the U.S. Forest Service establishing a new policy concerning brothers working together. Deeds analyzes some of the policy changes that have occurred between the 1960s and 1980s regarding professional jumpers, women jumpers, and the “let burn” policy.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Smokejumpers Montana Biography; Smokejumping Montana History; Smokejumpers West (United States) Biography; Smokejumping West (United States) History; Forest fires Montana; Smokejumping Social aspects
Original Date
7-30-1984
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 133-025
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (67 min.) : analog + 1 transcript (23 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:11:13 minutes
Local Filename
OH_133_025.mp3; OH_133_025.pdf
Citation
OH 133-025Deeds, Jim, "Jim Deeds Interview, July 30, 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-025.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/44