DISCOVER MORE TRAILS HEAD HISTORY
If you wish to discover more of Trails Head History, check out our detailed summaries covering our founding in 1983 up to present days.
The Oral History Project includes transcripts from audio interviews with ten Trails Head leaders from July 1996 through May 1998.
DETAILED SUMMARIES OF TRAILS HEAD HISTORY
Trails Head member Ross Marshall was involved with Trails Head since even before its inception, that is, during the planning meetings leading up to the creation of the chapter. Marshall used minutes, notes, clippings, oral histories, newsletters, and other resources to compile a detailed history of the first 30-plus years of the chapter. Marshall’s history follows.
If you wish to learn of these details in a narrative fashion, click on the years of your interest.
Trails Head History Covering Our Founding in 1983 to Present
TRAILS HEAD ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
In her first “President’s Column” in the February 1996 chapter newsletter, Mary Conrad proposed that oral histories of early Trails Head leaders should be conducted. Trails Head members and professional archivists, Niel Johnson and Harold Smith, agreed to conduct these audio interviews. They interviewed ten leaders from July 1996 through May 1998. Through the coordination of Trails Head member Sandy Wiechert, the resulting audio tapes were transcribed in 2013 and 2014 by Jewell Willhite of Lawrence. The tapes also were re-created on CDs at that time. Long-time chapter member Ross Marshall then provided clarifying notations within the resulting transcripts.
If you wish to read any of these transcripts, click on the appropriate line below.
Interview with Barbara Bernauer
Trails Head History Tapes List