Oral history interview with Wolcott E. Buren

Collection

Identifier: SR778

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Wolcott E. Buren was conducted by Nancy Gerhardt, Buren's daughter, at Nehalem Bay State Park in Oregon on August 27, 1978. In this interview, Buren discusses an eight-day hike he took along the Oregon Coast from Seaside to Newport in 1916 with Arthur "Pug" Ross. He describes the equipment they brought, the route they took, where they slept, and the people they met.

Dates

1978 August 27

Creator

Buren, Wolcott E. (Wolcott Emmett), 1899-1985 (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

Biographical note

Wolcott Emmett Buren was born in Salem, Oregon, in 1899. In 1926, he and Luella Henriette Hausler were married; they later had two children. He died in 1985.

Extent

.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (27 min., 41 sec.) + transcript (10 pages))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Wolcott E. Buren conducted by Nancy Gerhardt on August 27, 1978. Buren describes an eight-day hike he took along the Oregon Coast from Seaside to Newport in 1916.