[Oral History Program interview with Glenda Denniston, 2009]

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Denniston, Glenda Boyd, 1940- interviewee

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Abstract: In her 2009 interview with Emma Schroeder, Glenda Denniston shares her memories about volunteering and working for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve along the shores of Lake Mendota. Dennisto...

Abstract: In her 2009 interview with Emma Schroeder, Glenda Denniston shares her memories about volunteering and working for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve along the shores of Lake Mendota. Denniston recalls the Kline-Bader plan, the work and leadership of the Lakeshore Preserve Committee, invasive plant species, and memories of the Frautschi family who gave the land as a gift to the University in the 1980s. This interview was conducted for inclusion in a Master's thesis on the Eagle Heights Community Gardens.

Keywords: Eagle Heights; Eagle Heights Community Gardens; Environmental History; Lakeshore Nature Preserve; Kline-Bader plan; Bill Cronon; Virginia Kline; Jerry Frautschi; Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve (originally Friends of Campus Natural Areas (FCNA)); Lake Mendota.

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