Jewish oral history project audio recordings

Collection

Identifier: A0324

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Jewish oral history project audio recordings (1972-1982) document the experiences of various people of the Jewish community in Utah and surrounding areas.

Dates

1972-1982

Creator

University of Utah. American West Center (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Organizational History

In 1964, History professors A. R. Mortensen and Gregory Crampton conceived the University of Utah's American West Center (originally called the Western History Center) as an institution devoted exclusively to research on the American West. As a part of its mission to create and disseminate knowledge about the American West, the center established the ongoing Ethnic Oral Histories Project to explore the experiences of Utah members of Native American and ethnic immigrant communities, including the Jewish community.

Extent

141 Items

Additional Description

Abstract

The Jewish oral history project audio recordings (1972-1982) document the experiences of various people of the Jewish community in Utah and surrounding areas. The American West Center conducted this and other ethnic oral history projects in an attempt to record the experiences Utah's eithnic minorities.

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by format:

Audiocassettes are arranged alphabetically by the interviewee's last name; recordings of subjects who were interviewed more than once are not necessarily listed in chronological order.

Compact discs are arranged chronologically by interview date.

Some subjects are represented by interviews held on both cassette and CD.

Related Materials

Transcripts can be found in the Jewish oral history project (Accn 1629) and Interviews with Jews in Utah (Accn 998) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.