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Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.) -- Eruption, 1980

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Michael Gutwig

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11238
Abstract

Oral history interview with Michael Gutwig conducted by James Louderman from May 11 to July 14, 2011, as part of the Oregon Labor History Program. Gutwig discusses his career as a journalist in Oregon, particularly as managing editor of the Northwest Labor Press.

Dates: 2011 May 11-July 14

Elaine W. Sadring collection of Mount St. Helens materials

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 953
Abstract

Photographs of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, four sermons by Lincoln Y. Reed about the eruption, and a 1950s report about Mount St. Helens by Beatrice Buzzetti, all of which were compiled by Elaine W. Sadring (1924-2002). Sadring was a resident of Portland, Oregon, and a member of the First Congregational Church of Portland, where Lincoln Y. Reed was pastor in 1980. Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people and causing major destruction in Washington state.

Dates: circa 1951; 1980