Oral history interview with Conrad Louis Wirth, 1966
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- Name
- Wirth, Conrad Louis, 1899-1993 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Conrad Louis Wirth, 1966
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Conrad Louis Wirth, 1966
- Abstract
- Assistant director, National Park Service, 1931-1951, Jackson Hole Preserve; recollections of Laurance Rockefeller's work to promote national park system; acquisition of land for Virgin Island National Park; Antiquities Act
- Collection Name
- Jackson Hole Preserve project
- Subjects
- Government executives; National parks and reserves--United States; Jackson Hole Region (Wyo.); Wirth, Conrad Louis, 1899-1993; United States. National Park Service
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1966
- Note (Biographical)
- Government executive
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin on June 21 and 22, 1966
- Note (Provenance)
- Conrad Louis Wirth, Gift 1966
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14336550
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wgj0-1d39
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.