Interview: Archie Stevenot
Title: Archie Stevenot, "Mr. Mother Lode" 81st birthday interview [sound recording]: tape recorded interview by Dorothy Firebaugh:/ Archie Stevenot.
Interviewee: Stevenot, Archie
Recording Location: Sonora, CA
Date Recorded: September, 1963
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Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?168
Call Number: F868.T915 S843 1963
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Year Recorded: 1963
Physical Description: 1 sound disc :|c4 1/2 in.
Series Title: (Columbia Colllege oral history series)
General Notes: Contents outline (typescript) accompanies recording.
Contents: Side 1: Opening birthday cards -- Archie Stevenot - the pumper story -- Donner Monument dedication -- Stevenot Journal -- Boyhood memories -- Grandfather, "Angel Gabriel" Stevenot -- Description of family portrait -- Reminiscences of California governors, Teddy Roosevelt, Horace Albright -- Indian pow-wows in Yosemite -- Discussion of Bodie, Ella Cain -- Tales of brother Fred in politics -- Side 2: Passage of Point of Origin Water Bill -- Governor C.C. Young -- Carson Hill -- Hotel business in Merced -- King of Sweden -- Side 3: Reminiscences & stories of the period when Stevenot owned Tioga & El Capitan Hotels in Merced -- Moving elk out of Yosemite -- Don Trusto, horse-riding companion -- Nellie Dixie -- Homesteading on Bear Mountain and in Carson Hill -- Side 4: Early memories -- Yancy -- Arthur Dudley -- Brother, Joe Stevenot -- Stevenot's book collection -- "Mr. Mother Lode" -- Politics -- Wife.
Local Notes: None
Held By: COLUMBIA
Geographic Term: Sonora (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
Geographic Term: Tuolumne County (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
