Interviewer
Teresa Lewis
Files
Description
Cathy Schloeder talks about her time as a lookout in Montana for the U.S. Forest Service. Schloeder, a student at the University of Montana, speaks about her previous summers working at lookouts with her husband in Montana forests. She discusses the similarities between her lookout work and what she is studying as a forestry student at the University. She describes the layout of the cabins themselves, the lifestyle of a lookout including diet and water conservation without running water, and her experiences with isolation.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Forest fires; U.S. Forest Service; Fire lookouts; Fire season, Montana; Strawberry Lookout; Electrical storms; Montana wilderness; Fire lookouts, Isolation
Original Date
5-22-1983
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Women on Lookouts Oral History Project, OH 174, 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 174-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (7 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:14:59 minutes
Local Filename
OH_174_001.mp3; OH_174_001.pdf
Citation
Schloeder, Cathy, "Cathy Schloeder Interview, May 22, 1983" (1983). Women on Lookouts Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/womenlookouts_oralhistory/1