Saving the Legacy collection
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2100
Scope and Contents
Saving the Legacy collection contains items donated by World War II veterans in conjunction with their oral history interviews, conducted by the American West Center, located in the collection "Saving the Legacy oral history project" (ACCN 2070).
Dates
- 1940s-2007
Creator
- University of Utah. American West Center (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
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.
Organizational History
The American West Center at the University of Utah is involved in a nationwide effort to preserve the stories of men and women who witnessed the events of World War II, and is responsible for the oral history project, "Saving the Legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans."
Extent
8 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
German
Abstract
This collection consists of items donated by World War II veterans in conjunction with their oral history interviews conducted by the American West Center. This collection is ongoing, and items will be added periodically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from American West Center from 2004-2009.
Folders 1-11 of box 1 were donated in July 2004. Folders 12-19 of box 1 and boxes 2-4 were donated in October 2005. Folders 1 and 2 of box five, and boxes six and seven were donated in June and August 2006. Boxes 8, 9, and folders 1-2 of box 10 were donated in February 2007. Folders 3-20 of box 10 and folders 1-5 of box 11 were donated in August 2007. Folders 6-11 of box 11 were donated in December 2007. Folders 12-18 of box 11 were donated in April 2008 and February 2009. Box 12 was donated in 2012.
Folders 1-11 of box 1 were donated in July 2004. Folders 12-19 of box 1 and boxes 2-4 were donated in October 2005. Folders 1 and 2 of box five, and boxes six and seven were donated in June and August 2006. Boxes 8, 9, and folders 1-2 of box 10 were donated in February 2007. Folders 3-20 of box 10 and folders 1-5 of box 11 were donated in August 2007. Folders 6-11 of box 11 were donated in December 2007. Folders 12-18 of box 11 were donated in April 2008 and February 2009. Box 12 was donated in 2012.
Processing Information
Processed by Karen Carver from 2004-2009.
Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2018.
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Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2018.
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- Autobiographies
- Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 -- Personal narratives
- Biographies
- Bomber pilots -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Booklets
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Diaries
- Essays
- Hispanic American soldiers -- New Mexico -- Archives
- Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Sources
- Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 -- Sources
- Military
- Military records
- Newsletters
- Obituaries
- Personal correspondence
- Personal narratives
- Photocopies
- Photographs
- Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Personal narratives
- Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Personal narratives
- Reports
- Scrapbooks
- Ships' logs
- Speeches
- USS Metcalf (Destroyer : DD-595) (Destroyer) -- Archives
- United States. Air Force. Air Force, 15th -- Sources
- United States. Army -- Records and correspondence
- United States. Army -- Personnel records
- United States. Army. Air Corps -- Sources
- United States. Army. Coast Artillery Regiment, 200th
- United States. Army. Engineer Combat Group, 1104th -- Sources
- United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd -- Sources
- University of Utah -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archives
- Veterans -- Utah
- Veterans -- Utah -- Archives
- Veterans -- Utah -- Nurses -- Archives
- War crimes investigation -- Japan -- Bonin Islands -- Sources
- Women veterans -- Utah -- Archives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Sources
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Parcipation, Japanese American -- Archives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese
Creator
- University of Utah. American West Center (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Saving the Legacy collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Karen Carver.
- Date
- 2004 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2005-2009: Finding aid re-encoded and revised by Karen Carver.
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