Oral history interview with Jayne O'Connor

Oral History

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2016.0005.0008

Scope and Content

Interview conducted in preparation for the 2016 Museum of the White Mountains' exhibition: “Taking the Lead: Women and the White Mountains” by students in the 2014 PSU American Women’s History course. Jayne O’Connor is President of the White Mountain Attractions Association, marketing the State’s most active tourism region to domestic and international travelers. She has been awarded the Mildred Beach Travel Person of the Year Award, Travel Person of the Year, and the Governor’s Export Achievement Award for her work in international marketing. A New Hampshire and White Mountains native, O’Connor grew up at her family’s country inn in Franconia.

Collection

Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2016.0005

Source or Donor

Blaine, Marcia Schmidt

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Date Release Form Signed: 2014-03-26

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Memoir

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Women, Tourism, Travel, Education

Search Terms

White Mountains (New Hampshire : mountains), Franconia (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Lost River Gorge (Grafton county, New Hampshire : gorge), Childhood

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2017-03-07 Scan ID#: WM201700460, WM201700461