Interview: John. Schweifler
Title: John Schweifler [sound recording] : tape recorded interview by Donald E. McHenry, Park Naturalist, Yosemite National Park:/ John Schweifler.
Interviewee: Schweifler, John.
Recording Location: Yosemite Nat'l Park, CA
Date Recorded: December 5, 1952
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Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?139
Call Number: F868 .T915 S415 1952
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Year Recorded: 1952
Physical Description: 1 online resource (2 audio files (53 min. , 01 sec.).
Series Title: (Columbia College oral history series)
General Notes: Contents outline (typescript) accompanies recording.
Contents: Side 1: Weather at Yosemite -- Recalls prominent customers and visitors -- Barber shop in Cosmopolitan Building, 1916-1932 -- Automobiles in the valley -- Sentinel Hotel and adjacent buildings -- Barber Shop at Sentinel Hotel -- Barber Shop at Store Building -- Schools in the valley -- Indians in the valley -- Side 2: Indian dwellings -- Flowers and animals -- Reminisces about early painter -- Early buildings -- Speculates on proposed changes for the park -- Visitors to the valley -- Skiing at Yosemite -- Came to United States from Hungary.
Local Notes: Recorded December 5, 1952.
Held By: COLUMBIA
Geographic Term: Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
