Abstract

The Hispanic oral histories (1984-1987) were conducted by the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City, Utah, primarily by Leslie Kelen and Sandra Fuller. Transcripts of tapes of interviews with Hispanic Americans living in Utah. Those interviewed were either immigrants or children of immigrants. Principal topics are family life, work, and religion.

Abstract Interviews with African Americans in Utah consist of transcripts detailing events recalled by the interviewees spanning the time period from 1889 to 1988. Topics include family life, work, religion, discrimination, civil rights experiences, and relations with the white, and in particular the Latter Day Saints establishment in Utah. Most interviews were conducted by Leslie G. Kelen of the Oral History Institute. ...

Abstract

Interviews with caucasians in Utah (1984-1988) consists of transcripts of tapes of interviews with fourteen prominent whites in Utah including four former governors. Events recalled by the interviewees span the time period from the early l900s to 1988. Common themes within the interviews are family life, educational and work experiences, and ethnic and race relations in Utah. These interviews were done as a counterpoint to those conducted with members of minority groups.