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Title

Max Glaves Interview, July 22, 1984

Interviewee

Max Glaves

Interviewer

Kathy Root

Files

Description

Max Glaves discusses his experiences as a smokejumper from 1947 to 1951, including his training at McCall, Idaho. He describes what it was like to work with the returning military veterans because he had been too young to fight during World War Two. Glaves also talks about the social life and relationships among smokejumpers, his experience jumping on a fire by himself, and the impact being a smokejumper had on him.

Document Type

Oral History

Subjects

Smokejumpers Idaho Biography; Smokejumping Idaho History; Smokejumping Social aspects

Original Date

7-22-1984

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 133-040

Media Type

Sound; Text

Original Format

1 sound cassette (68 min.) : analog + 1 transcript (24 p. : 28 cm.)

Digital Format

audio/mp3; application/pdf

Run Time

01:03:45 minutes

Local Filename

OH_133_040.mp3; OH_133_040.pdf

Citation

Glaves, Max, "Max Glaves Interview, July 22, 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-040.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/54