KIP Oral Histories
Alternative Title
Oral History: Jeanne Gurnee
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Contributor
University of South Florida--Libraries--Oral History Program; University of South Florida. Library
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract
Jeanne Gurnee, speleologist, explorer, writer, editor, conservationist, and land-use planner, discusses how she developed her lifelong interest in caving, how she met her husband Russell, and how they began their involvement with the National Speleological Society (NSS) as a professional pair. She gives an in-depth, chronological discussion of her professional involvement with caving groups and organizations, specifically the founding of fifty or more grottos, as well as her cave projects in Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Angola. Jeanne Gurnee speaks of her love of "show caves", their importance, her reception as an ecological lecturer, and her advice to young women beginning careers in the geographical field. She also discusses the topic of journal publication, target readership, and the future for karst environments.
Interview conducted Dec. 11, 2007 at the National Speleological Society of America convention in Marengo, Indiana.
Keywords
Oral History Project, Karst, Cave conservation, Karst conservation, Women in conservation of natural resources, Ecotourism, Applied ecology, Conservation of natural resources, International cooperation, Speleology, Sonora Caverns (Tex.)
Type
Sound
Language
English
Publisher
University of South Florida Libraries
Identifier
K26-01525
Recommended Citation
Gurnee, Jeanne; Chavez, Todd A.; and Fratesi, Sarah Elizabeth, "Gurnee, Jeanne / interviewed by Beth Fratesi and Todd Chavez Oral History: Jeanne Gurnee" (2007). KIP Oral Histories. 2.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_oral_histories/2
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