Sandpoint Oral History Archive

Interviews were conducted in Sandpoint, Idaho, and are housed at the Bonner County Historical Society. Interviews with Jonathan Coe and Brenda Hammond are also available at the Idaho State Historical Society.

Audio Samples

• Robert Graves talks about being stationed at Farragut Naval Training Base

• Jim Parsons, Jr. talks about the flood of 1948

• Virginia Overland talks about the meadowlands that her in-laws lost to the backwaters of Albeni Falls Dam

• Jonathan Coe talks about planning tourist events at Sandpoint

• Jim Parsons, Jr. talks about Schweitzer

• Marilyn Sabella, member of the Pend Oreille Arts Council, talks about
  Sandpoint's success as an art town

Transcripts

• Robert Graves interviewed about Farragut Naval Training Base

• Virginia Overland interviewed about the process of land condemnation

• Jonathan Coe interviewed about Sandpoint's economy

• Harlan and Margaret Walker interviewed about fishing in Lake Pend Oreille

• Jim Parsons, Jr. interviewed about skiing in north Idaho

• Ken and Janet Clark interviewed about their decision to move to Sandpoint

• Brenda Hammond interviewed about the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force