Oral histories
Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:
Sanpete County oral histories
The Sanpete County oral histories (1971-1972) were conducted by John S. H. Smith, who was interested in documenting life in Sanpete County, Utah, in the 1920s.
Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings
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.
Saving the Legacy oral history project transcripts
James Henry Sinquefield oral history interview
An interview (1985) by Alan Cherry with James Henry Sinquefield discussing his experiences as a black convert to the LDS Church and his opinions concerning the status of black persons in the Church. This interview is part of the LDS African American Oral History Project of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.
South Slavic oral history project
The South Slavic oral history project (1972-1973) consists of transcripts of interviews with about forty individuals of South Slavic descent.
Southeastern Utah oral histories
The southeastern Utah oral histories (1963-1984) consist of personal recollections, in the form of transcripts and stories, from people who lived in southeastern Utah and were part of its history. Each of the stories centers around the individual perspective of the interviewee. The collection covers a wide range of issues from the early settlements of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico to uranium mining or Navajo trading.
Spanish-speaking peoples in Utah oral histories
Spanish-speaking peoples in Utah oral history audio recordings
The Spanish-speaking peoples in Utah oral history audio recordings are a collection of interviews with Spanish-speaking immigrants. This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection(A0853).
James Sweeney oral history
This collection consists of the oral history of Sweeney (b. 1838), narrated to J. Ross Mackenzie in the early part of the twentieth century. Sweeney was a soldier, gold miner, freight runner, and finally a farmer.
Sandra Tanner oral history interviews
Tesuque Pueblo oral history project
The Tesuque Pueblo oral history project (1992-1993) contains several interviews collected by the American West Center.
The Railroad museum audio recordings
The Railroad museum audio recordings are a collection of recordings from the railroad symposium that took place May 6-7, 1969. This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection (A0853).
Lennox Tierney interviews audio-visual collection
The Lennox Tierney interviews audio-visual collection (1994-1997) concern Tierney's experiences as an orientalist. Dr. Tierney is an emeritus professor in art history at the University of Utah and an expert in Asian art and culture who once served as Commissioner of Art and Monuments during the Allied occupation of Japan.
Topaz Carbon County series audio recordings
The Topaz Carbon County series audio recordings consists of interviews with people involved in the coal mining industry in Carbon County. This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection (A0853).
Topaz Museum interviews
Transcripts of interviews (2008) conducted with individuals associated with internees at the Topaz internment camp in Utah.
Topaz oral history project collection
Louis Cruz Torres oral history
The Louis Cruz Torres oral history (2006) consists of the transcript of a series of interviews with Torres (b. 1923) conducted by Marsha Lundgren at the Utah Veteran's Association Nursing Home in Salt Lake City. The interviews were conducted between June and August 2006.
Uintah Basin oral history project
The Uintah Basin oral history project (1976-1978) consists of transcripts of interviews with residents of Vernal, Utah. Most interviews took place at the Golden Age Center in Vernal.
Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers biographies [photocopies]
The Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers biographies [photocopies] (1877-1984) consist of individual, family, and miscellaneous histories collected for a centennial history of the Uintah Basin titled Builders of Uintah (1947). The Uintah County chapter was organized in August 1928.
Uranium mining oral history project
The uranium mining oral history project (1970-1971) was conducted under the auspices of the American West Center. The focus of the interviews was documentation of the uranium industry in Utah and Colorado. Among those interviewed were miners, residents of towns affected by the uranium boom, employees of Union Carbide and the Vanadium Corporation of America, Native Americans, and lawyers specializing in mining.