Missouri Environment Oral History Collection

Transcript of an interview with Albert "Abe" Phillips conducted by Jeff D. Corrigan concerning Phillips' thirty-year career with the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department as a consultant, recreation superintendent, deputy director, and acting director.

Transcript of an interview with Alex Outlaw conducted by Will Sarvis concerning Outlaw's career working for the National Park Service at Ozark National Scenic Riverways for more than two decades.

Interview with Allan Hoover conducted by Jeff Corrigan concerning Hoover's lifelong interest in hunting and hunter education.

Transcript of an interview with Andrew McDowell conducted by Bill Royce concerning life growing up in Ripley County, working at a sawmill and later as a farmer.

Interview with Anita Gorman conducted by Jeff D. Corrigan concerning Gorman's work with the Kansas City Park Board and the Missouri Conservation Commission.

Transcript of an interview with Arthur L. Sullivan conducted by Will Sarvis concerning Sullivan's work with the U.S. Park Service as a superintendent at Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

Interview with Bill and Dixie Kirk conducted by Jeff D. Corrigan concerning life in Cass County, Missouri. Topics covered include farming, hunting, and fishing. Both Bill and Dixie attended one-room schoolhouses and Dixie taught at one for a year. Bill Kirk also discusses rabbit trapping for a conservation officer in the 1940s and his military service during the Korean War.

Interview with Bill Crawford conducted by Jeff D. Corrigan concerning Crawford's work with wildlife conservation at the Missouri Department of Conservation and co-founding the Missouri Prairie Foundation.

Transcript of an interview with Bill White conducted by Jeff D. Corrigan concerning White's work with wildlife conservation at the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Transcript of a group interview with Bill Wright, Gene Braschler, Phoebe Braschler, Ray Burson, and Lester Wright conducted by Will Sarvis concerning the Current River and the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

Transcript of an interview with Carl and Mae Shockley conducted by Will Sarvis concerning the Shockley's opposition to the creation of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, as well as their farming experiences in Carter County, Missouri.

Transcript of an interview with Clint Trammel conducted by Will Sarvis concerning logging in the Pioneer Forest in Dent and Shannon Counties.

Transcript of an interview with Coleman and Dennis McSpadden conducted by Will Sarvis concerning the U.S. National Park Service, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and wild horses.

Interview with Dan and Jan Shepherd conducted by Jeff D. Corrigan concerning the Shepherds' farming operation, including growing pecans, raising buffalo, and selling gamagrass seed.

Transcript of an interview with David A. Dix conducted by Will Sarvis concerning living in Shannon County, the Ozark Scenic National Riverways, and the Current River and Jacks Fork, as well as Republican politics.

Transcript of an interview with Dennis Browning conducted by Jeff D. Corrigan concerning Browning's work with the National Park Service and the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Transcript of an interview with Don and Pauline Yantis conducted by Will Sarvis concerning life on the Current River and the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

Transcript of an interview with Dorothy Burford conducted by Ray Brassieur concerning growing up in Doniphan, Missouri, and her family's lumber and gravel businesses.

Transcript of an interview with Douglas R. Kennedy conducted by Will Sarvis concerning Kennedy's involvement as an advocate for preserving wild horses in Shannon County during the 1980s and 1990s.

Interview with Duane Woltjen conducted by Clara Barclay and Sean Rost concerning Woltjen's work with the Sierra Club and his efforts to stop the damming of the Meramed River and its tributaries.