Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings
Collection
Identifier: A0864
Scope and Contents
Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings (2000-2006) consists of interviews with World War II veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region. This collection has been digitized, unless otherwise noted.
Dates
- 2000-2006
Creator
- University of Utah. American West Center (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. All items have been digitized and are available. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Historical Note
The American West Center at the University of Utah was involved in a nationwide effort to preserve the stories of men and women who witnessed the events of World War II. This oral history project, Saving the Legacy: An Oral History of Utah's World War II Veterans, had the mission of interviewing veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region.
Extent
769 Audiocassette
Abstract
The Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings consists of interviews with World War II veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region about their experiences, early, and after war lives. The oral histories were taken by the American West Center, University of Utah. The collection was later expanded to include all war veterans.
Arrangement
Material organized by the original numbering of the tapes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by American West Center in 2004-2012.
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 -- Personal narratives
- Audiocassettes
- Aviation mechanics (Persons) -- 20th century -- Interviews
- Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 -- Personal narratives
- Bomber pilots -- Utah -- 20th century -- Interviews
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) -- Sources
- Bushnell General Military Hospital (Utah) -- Sources
- Camp White (Or.) -- Sources
- Central Utah Relocation Center -- Sources
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Sources
- Civilians in war -- Utah -- Interviews
- Coal miners -- Utah -- Interviews
- Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 -- Personal narratives
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Personal narratives
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Personal narratives
- Dachau (Concentration camp) -- Sources
- Death marches -- Germany -- Interviews
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Personal narratives
- Dugway Proving Ground (Utah) -- Sources
- Fitzsimons Army Medical Center -- Sources
- Fort Douglas (Utah) -- Sources
- Geneva Steel Plant -- Sources
- Hill Air Force Base (Utah) -- Sources
- Hispanic Americans -- Utah -- Interviews
- Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- Sources
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 -- Personal narratives
- Japanese American soldiers -- Utah -- Interviews
- Kennecott Copper Corporation -- Sources
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Lockheed Aircraft Corporation -- Sources
- Massachusetts (Battleship : BB-59) -- Sources
- Māori Americans -- Utah -- Interviews
- Midway, Battle of, 1942 -- Personal narratives
- Nazi concentration camps -- Germany -- Sources
- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) -- Sources
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946 -- Personal narratives
- Oral histories
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Sources
- Prisoner-of-war camps -- Sources
- Prisoners of war -- Africa, North -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- China -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Italy -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Interviews
- Radio operators -- Utah -- 20th century -- Interviews
- Remington Arms Company -- Sources
- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944 -- Personal narratives
- Sound recordings
- United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Sources
- United States. Army. Air Corps -- Sources
- United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd -- Sources
- United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps -- Sources
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps -- Sources
- United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve -- Sources
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st -- Sources
- United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve -- Sources
- United States. Navy. Seabees -- Sources
- United States. Works Progress Administration -- Sources
- University of Utah -- Faculty -- Interviews
- University of Utah -- Alumni and alumnae -- Interviews
- Veterans -- Idaho -- Interviews
- Veterans -- Utah -- Interviews
- Veterans -- Utah -- Nurses -- Interviews
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Military intelligence -- Personal narratives
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Warships -- Sources
- Women guerrillas -- Philippines -- Interviews
- Women veterans -- Utah -- Interviews
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Artillery operations -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Utah -- Personal narratives
Creator
- University of Utah. American West Center (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Danielle Rausch
- Date
- © 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu