photo (color); Photocopy; "Interviewed by Stephen R. Mark on September 18, 1997; Transcribed by Renee Edwards, August 1998." - T.p.
To the reader: James S. Rouse served Park Superintendent at Crater Lake from 1978 to 1984. He brought a varied background to this assignment, one that combined operations with planning. This helped to insure successful initiation of what are now ongoing programs in lake research and historic preservation, but also included a significant expansion of the park in 1980. The follov/ing transcription is derived from an interview that has its origin when I met Mr. Rouse at the Crater Lake Lodge dedication in 1995. Two years passed before I could arrange to meet him at his residence in Mount Vernon, Washington. Laurin Huffman, who worked with Rouse during the 1970s in the Pacific Northwest Regional Office, joined us for a portion of the interview. His questions and comments for Mr. Rouse are in italics, whereas mine are in bold. Some correspondence and additional biographical information can be found in the park's history files. Stephen R. Mark December 1998 Topics include interviewee's education, other employees, park operations at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Interpretation and Resource Management Park Division, Office of Resource Planning, wilderness planning for Crater Lake National Park where he served as Superintendent, 1978-1983, and involvement with Rotary and other community organizations.
To the reader: James S. Rouse served Park Superintendent at Crater Lake from 1978 to 1984. He brought a varied background to this assignment, one that combined operations with planning. This helped to insure successful initiation of what are now ongoing programs in lake research and historic preservation, but also included a significant expansion of the park in 1980. The follov/ing transcription is derived from an interview that has its origin when I met Mr. Rouse at the Crater Lake Lodge dedication in 1995. Two years passed before I could arrange to meet him at his residence in Mount Vernon, Washington. Laurin Huffman, who worked with Rouse during the 1970s in the Pacific Northwest Regional Office, joined us for a portion of the interview. His questions and comments for Mr. Rouse are in italics, whereas mine are in bold. Some correspondence and additional biographical information can be found in the park's history files. Stephen R. Mark December 1998 Topics include interviewee's education, other employees, park operations at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Interpretation and Resource Management Park Division, Office of Resource Planning, wilderness planning for Crater Lake National Park where he served as Superintendent, 1978-1983, and involvement with Rotary and other community organizations.