Marvin L. Nelson Oral History Interview

Interviewer: Stephen R. Mark, Crater Lake National Park Historian

Interview Location and Date: At Marvin Nelson’s residence in Medford, Oregon, January 12, 2000

Transcription: Transcribed by Kelli Bacher, January 2000

Biographical Summary (from the interview introduction)

Retired in 1969 after 16 years as the park’s administrative officer. In this capacity Mr. Nelson served through a total of eight superintendents during his time in the Medford office and at Crater Lake. He saw a number of changes to park operations, including major ones that affected how administrative services were rendered.

Materials Associated with this interview on file at the Dick Brown library at Crater Lake National Park’s Steel Visitor Center: taped interview

 

To the reader:

Larry Smith put me in touch with Marvin Nelson, who retired in 1969 after 16 years as the park’s administrative officer. In this capacity Mr. Nelson served through a total of eight superintendents during his time in the Medford office and at Crater Lake. He saw a number of changes to park operations, including major ones that affected how administrative services were rendered.

The following transcription is from an interview conducted one afternoon at his residence in Medford. It is relatively short, though our correspondence provides some additional information and can be found in the park’s history files.

Stephen R. Mark

February 2000

Crater Lake National Park, National Park Service, Crater Lake, Oregon 97604