No.415 Dorothy Z. Mortensen, 1995

File — Box: 52, Folder: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Mrs. Mortensen (b. 1916) recalls her parentage, childhood, and education. She discusses her marriage, houses lived in during World War II, her job with the legislature, siblings, her divorce and college degree, and her position as editor at the Historical Society. She recalls her move to the University of Utah Press, her remarriage in 1963, the founding of the American West magazine in the 1960s, the sale of the magazine in the 1970s, and working in Washington, D.C. She also recalls working in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and her retirement.
Interviewer: Everett L. Cooley

Dates

1995

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