Jeff Fereday interview, 1984 July 22.

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Jeff Fereday interview, 1984 July 22.

Fereday describes his involvement with an inter-regional fire crew in 1968 and 1969; his experiences with a new man crew at McCall, Idaho; experiences jumping in Idaho and Alaska; and the differences between BLM and Forest Service jumpers in Alaska. He is critical of relations between management and jumpers

1 sound cassette (70 min.) : analog + 1 transcript + 1 tape counter index.

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