1980 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES Mss. Coll. #90 Contains transcripts and tapes of an oral history project documenting the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. Interviews are mostly with North Country individuals involved with the local organization of the games. Project headed by Jonathan Rossie, SLU History Department. Government document: A Report on the 1980 Winter Olympic Games At Lake Placid by Senate Committee on Investigations, Taxation, and Government Operations, Roy M. Goodman, Chairman ORAL HISTORY PAPERS FOLDER 1 [1 of 7] Interviewee: Robert Allen Manager, North Elba Park District Chairman, Planning & Engineering, LPOOC Interviewer: William C. Brayden Date of Interview: November 1, 1979 File Name: Allen & Allen 2 Pages: 27 Interviewee: Jack Barry Member, LPOOC Member, Village Board Interviewer: Catherine Woodruff Date of Interview: October 12, 1979 File Name: Barry Barry 2 Pages: 16 Interviewee: Edward Blankman St. Lawrence University Archivist Interviewer: Mary Reinman Date of Interview: March 22, 1979 File Name: Blankman Pages: 12 Interviewee: David Bochnowich Director Economic Development Administration Interviewer: Benson E. Miller Date of Interview: December 12, 1979 File Name: Bochno 2 Pages: 19 pages Interviewee: Rhett Colby Ski Jumper Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: January 18, 1980 File Name: Colby R Colby R2 Pages: 12 Interviewee: William Colby Resident of Lake Placid Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: January 18, 1980 File Name: Colby W Colby W2 Pages: 21 2 Interviewee: Daniel Deighan Real Estate Broker & Appraiser Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: November 7, 1979 File Name: Deighan Deighan 2 (same file) Pages: 15 FOLDER 2 [2 of 7] Interviewee: Richard Estes Adirondack Park Agency Interviewer: Elizabeth Morrison Date of Interview: April 16, 1979 File Name: Estes Estes 2 Pages: 14p Interviewee: David Evans Engineer, Commerce Department Construction Inspector Interviewer: William C. Brayden Date of Interview: November 1, 1979 File Name: Evans Pages: 23p Interviewee: J. Bernard Fell, President Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee Interviewer: Benson E. Miller Date of Interview: November 7, 1979 File Name: Fell Pages: 40p Interviewee: James Gragg Manage, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: January 30, 1980 File Name: Gragg Pages: 20p Interviewee: William Grossman Motel Owner Interviewer: Pricilla Paul Date of Interview: November 12, 1979 File Name: Grossman Pages: 21p Interviewee: Joe Hopkins, Assistant Director Economic Development Administration Interviewer: Benson Miller Date of Interview: November 29, 1979 File Name: Hopkins J Pages: 21p Interviewee: Jean Jesmer President, Bank of Lake Placid Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: November 9, 1979 File Name: Jesmer Pages: 15p 3 FOLDER 3 [3 of 7] Interviewee: Ronald B. Keough Saranac Lake Funeral Director Supervisor, Town of Hariettstown Member of the Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: January 30, 1980 File Name: Keough Pages: 21p Interviewee: John Musgrave Head of Marketing LPOOC Interviewer: Dave Casier Date of Interview: April 25, 1979 File Name: Musgrave Pages: 20p Interviewee: Thomas O’Neill NYS Department of Labor Interviewer: Elizabeth A. Perry Date of Interview: November 1, 1979 File Name: O’Neil Pages: 37p Interviewee: Jim Rogers Chairman, LPOOC Division of Protocol Interviewer: Derrick Holt Date of Interview: April 17, 1979 File Name: Rogers Pages: 37p Interviewee: Tim Schlacter Assistant Director of Support Planning Interviewer: Priscilla Paul Date of Interview: November 16, 1979 File Name: Schlacter Pages: 16p Interviewee: Donald Wheeler Director of Continuing Development, LPOOC Operations and Maintenance Budget Interviewer: Elizabeth A. Perry Date of Interview: October 26, 1979 File Name: Wheelerl Pages: 26p FOLDER 4 [4 of 7] Interviewee: Bernard Adler Merchant, Former Marketing Committee Member Interviewer: Catherine Woodruff Date of Interview: November 29 [1979] File Name: Adler Pages: 28p Interviewee: Nancy Beattie Owner, Bookstore Plus Former President, L.P. Businessmen’s Association Interviewer: David Casier 4 Date of Interview: April 25, 1979 File Name: Beattie Pages: 22p Interviewee: James Brooks Member LPOOC Executive Committee Lake Placid Attorney Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: January 18, 1980 File Name: Brooks Pages: 33p Interviewee: Edna Broquist President, Lake Placid Business Association Owner of Pamela’s Shop Interviewer: Elizabeth A. Perry Date of Interview: December 12, 1979 File Name: Broquist Pages: 40p Interviewee: Matt Clark Town Clerk, Town of North Elba Interviewer: Linda Frame Date of Interview: April 24, 1979 File Name: Clark Pages: 13p Interviewee: Phil Davidson Chief Flag Volunteer Interviewer: Linda Frame Date of Interview: April 16, 1979 File Name: Davidson Pages: 13p Interviewee: Hon, Robert Flacke Commissioner, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Former head of Adirondack Park Agency Interviewer: Elizabeth Morrison Date of Interview: April 19, 1979 File Name: Flacke Pages: 21p Interviewee: Harry Fregoe [Mayor Saranac Lake] Chairman Athletes Housing Committee Interviewer: Dave Casier Date of Interview: April 11, 1979 File Name: Fregoe Pages: 19p Interviewee: Ed Hale Publisher and Editor of the Lake Placid News (Oct.1974 –Feb. 1978) Interviewer: Chris Ortloff Date of Interview: April 26, 1979 File Name: Hale Pages: 29p 5 Folder 5 [5 of 7] Interviewee: Carolyn Hopkins Chairman of Board of Arts Center Interviewer: Derrick Holt Date of Interview: April 6, 1979 File Name: Hopkins C Pages: 40p Interviewee: Carolyn Hopkins Interviewer: Derrick Holt Date of Interview: April 6, 1979 File Name: Hopkins C Pages: 38p NOTE: seems like this is a copy of the one listed just above with a few differences. Interviewee: Everett Howard [recollection of 1932 Games] Canton, NY Interviewer: Mary Reinman Date of Interview: March 23, 1979 File Name: Howard Pages: 13p Interviewee: Georgia Jones Co-ordinator of Volunteeers Interviewer: Linda Frame Date of Interview: April 11, 1979 File Name: Jones Pages: 23p Interviewee: Warren Kane Clerk of Subcommittee on commerce Appropriations U.S. Senate Interviewer: Benson E. Miller Date of Interview: January 1, 1980 File Name: Kane Pages: 32p Interviewee: J. Vernon Lamb, Jr. Chairman, LPOOC Environmental Council Interviewer: E. Morrison Date of Interview: April 9, 1979 File Name: Lamb Pages: 11p Interviewee: Tom Long Legislative Counsel for Congressman Robert C. McEwen of NYS Interviewer: Benson E. Miller Date of Interview: [n.d.] File Name: Long Pages: 47p Interviewee: Lopez Interviewer: Date of Interview: File Name: Pages: 6 Interviewee: Phil LaRocque Legislative Counsel to Senator Stafford of New York State Interviewer: Benson E. Miller Date of Interview: January 21, 1980 File Name: Larocque Pages: 30p FOLDER 6 [6 of 7] Interviewee: Greg MacConnell Director of Program Planning LPOOC Interviewer: Benson Miller Date of Interview: November 29, 1979 File Name: Maconnell Pages: 37p Interviewee: Anna MacKenzie Whiteface Mt. Development Interviewer: Tom Anderson Date of Interview: June 22, 1979 File Name: ???? Pages: 18p Interviewee: Mary MacKenzie Town Historian, Lake Placid Interviewer: Mary Reinman Date of Interview: April 9, 1979 File Name: ???? Pages: 20p Interviewee: Anna MacKenzie [Whiteface Mt. Development] Interviewer: Mary Reinman Date of Interview: April 16, 1979 File Name: ???? Pages: 30p Interviewee: Eugene McEneany Pressman New York Daily News Resident of Saranac Lake Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: January 21, 1980 File Name: McEneany Pages: 28p Interviewee: Betsy Minehan Olympic Village Interviewer: David Casier Date of Interview: April 17, 1979 File Name: Minehan Pages: 14p Interviewee: Sheila Young Ochowicz Speed Skating 1976 Medalist Interviewer: Linda Frame Date of Interview: May 1, 1979 File Name: Ochowicz Pages: 24p 7 Interviewee: Robert Peacock Mayor, Village of Lake Placid Interviewer: Derrick Holt Date of Interview: April 6, 1979 File Name: Peacock Pages: 22p Interviewee:` Dick Persico APA Interviewer: Elizabeth Morrison Date of Interview: April 19, 1979 File Name: Persico Pages: 20p Interviewee: Paul Richards Manager, New York State Building Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America Interviewer: William C. Brayden Date of Interview: November 24 [1979] File Name: Richards Pages: 12p FOLDER 7 [7 of 7] Interviewee: Peter Roland Member LPOOC, Lake Placid Business Man {owns hotel] Interviewer: Linda Frame Date of Interview: April 18, 1979 File Name: Roland Pages: 11p Interviewee: Shirley Seney Member, LPOOC President, Board of Education, lake Placid Central School Interviewer: Derrick B. Holt Date of Interview: April 26, 1979 File Name: Seney Pages: 26p Interviewee: Favor Smith, Sr. Member North Elba Town Board Interviewer: Elizabeth Perry Date of Interview: January 24, 1980 File Name: Smith Pages: 22p Interviewee: Petr Spurney General Manager, Chief Executive Officer Interviewer: Tom Anderson Date of Interview: September 14, 1979 File Name: Spurney Pages: 29p Interviewee: George Stahler Department of Transportation Olympic Travel Coordinator Working for Department of Transportation Interviewer: David Casier 8 Date of Interview: April 25, 1979 File Name: Stahler Pages: 20p Interviewee: Mrs. Hubert Stevens Widow of Gold Medalist in Two-Man Bobsled, 1932 Interviewer: Mary Reinman Date of Interview: May 9, 1979 File Name: ? Pages: 14p Interviewee: Erica Terwillegar Luger Interviewer: Elizabeth