| Collection Name: |
Lumber Rafting Oral History Collection, 1873-1975 |
| Repository Name: |
Pennsylvania State University. Libraries. Special Collections [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/speccolls/FindingAids/lumber.frame.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1952-1968 |
| Description: |
The Lumber Rafting Oral History Collection documents the timber industry in North Central Pennsylvania, primarily between 1885-1940. The collection consists of sixty interviews, an article from the Harrisburg Patriot, a list of boat scaffolds in Clarion, and a film entitled The Last Raft, documenting the historical recreation of the last lumber raft, 1939. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
60 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Industry and Labor; Economics |
| ASP Subjects: |
Forests and forestry; Lumber camps; Lumber trade; Lumber--Transportation; Oral history; Pennsylvania; United States |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0002847 |
