Hodge, Jessie Gelnvel "Jake"

Date:
1985-05-24
Length:
120 minutes.
Interviewer:
Holmberg, James J. (James John)
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Bernheim Foundation
Series ID:
9999_005
Interview Number(s):
1985__12
1985__13
1985__14
Summary:
Jake Hodge was a long-time employee of the Bernheim Foundation. He began working as a laborer at Bernheim Forest about 1930. From that time until his retirement in April 1980 (with an approximate two year break in the early 1950s) Mr. Hodge worked as a laborer, naturalist, foreman, ranger, and mechanic at the Forest. In those almost fifty years he witnessed and participated in the development of Bernheim Forest.
Topic(s):
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Arboretums--Kentucky--Clermont