Russ Mitchell Oral History Interview - Part 1

Interviewee: Russ Mitchell
Interviewer: Max Geier
Interview Date: September 20, 1996
Location: U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Bend, Oregon
Duration: 1:59:21
 

After growing up in western Oregon with parents who worked for the State Forestry Department, Russ Mitchell arrived at Andrews Forest as a sophomore forestry student at OSU in 1953, the summer when the renaming from Blue River Experimental Forest was formalized. He worked with many of the early researchers and fellow students at the forest, including Roy Silen, Hank Gratkowski, and Mike Kerrick, as they laid out timber sales and conducted studies. After that first year at Andrews Forest he moved into entomology and worked for the PNW Station in that capacity elsewhere in the region, except for a few occasions when he could find an excuse to return – and even put in a study plot.

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Title

Russ Mitchell Oral History Interview - Part 1

Description

After growing up in western Oregon with parents who worked for the State Forestry Department, Russ Mitchell arrived at Andrews Forest as a sophomore forestry student at OSU in 1953, the summer when the renaming from Blue River Experimental Forest was formalized. He worked with many of the early researchers and fellow students at the forest, including Roy Silen, Hank Gratkowski, and Mike Kerrick, as they laid out timber sales and conducted studies. After that first year at Andrews Forest he moved into entomology and worked for the PNW Station in that capacity elsewhere in the region, except for a few occasions when he could find an excuse to return – and even put in a study plot.

Creator

Russ Mitchell

Source

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Oral History Collection (OH 28)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

September 20, 1996

Contributor

Max Geier

Format

Digitized Microcassette

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh28-mitchell-russ-19960920-01

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Max Geier

Interviewee

Russ Mitchell

Location

U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Bend, Oregon

Original Format

Microcassette

Duration

1:59:21

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio