Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings
Scope and Contents
Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings (2000-2006) consists of interviews with World War II veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region. This collection has been digitized, unless otherwise noted.
Dates
- Creation: 2000-2006
Creator
- University of Utah. American West Center (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. All items have been digitized and are available. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
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.
Historical Note
The American West Center at the University of Utah was involved in a nationwide effort to preserve the stories of men and women who witnessed the events of World War II. This oral history project, Saving the Legacy: An Oral History of Utah's World War II Veterans, had the mission of interviewing veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region.
Extent
769 Audiocassette
Abstract
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.
Arrangement
Material organized by the original numbering of the tapes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by American West Center in 2004-2012.
Subject
- Remington Arms Company -- Sources (Organization)
- Lockheed Aircraft Corporation -- Sources (Organization)
- Kennecott Copper Corporation -- Sources (Organization)
- Geneva Steel Plant -- Sources (Organization)
- University of Utah -- Faculty -- Interviews (Organization)
- University of Utah -- Alumni and alumnae -- Interviews (Organization)
- Fitzsimons Army Medical Center -- Sources (Organization)
- Bushnell General Military Hospital (Utah) -- Sources (Organization)
- Central Utah Relocation Center -- Sources (Organization)
- Dachau (Concentration camp) -- Sources (Organization)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) -- Sources (Organization)
- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Works Progress Administration -- Sources (Organization)
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Army. Air Corps -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Sources (Organization)
- United States. Navy. Seabees -- Sources (Organization)
- Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- Sources (Organization)
- Massachusetts (Battleship : BB-59) -- Sources (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Camp White (Or.) -- Sources
- Dugway Proving Ground (Utah) -- Sources
- Fort Douglas (Utah) -- Sources
- Hill Air Force Base (Utah) -- Sources
Topical
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 -- Personal narratives
- Aviation mechanics (Persons) -- 20th century -- Interviews
- Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 -- Personal narratives
- Bomber pilots -- Utah -- 20th century -- Interviews
- Civilians in war -- Utah -- Interviews
- Coal miners -- Utah -- Interviews
- Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 -- Personal narratives
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Personal narratives
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Personal narratives
- Death marches -- Germany -- Interviews
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Personal narratives
- Hispanic Americans -- Utah -- Interviews
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 -- Personal narratives
- Japanese American soldiers -- Utah -- Interviews
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Māori Americans -- Utah -- Interviews
- Midway, Battle of, 1942 -- Personal narratives
- Nazi concentration camps -- Germany -- Sources
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946 -- Personal narratives
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Sources
- Prisoner-of-war camps -- Sources
- Prisoners of war -- Africa, North -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- China -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Italy -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Interviews
- Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Interviews
- Radio operators -- Utah -- 20th century -- Interviews
- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944 -- Personal narratives
- Veterans -- Idaho -- Interviews
- Veterans -- Utah -- Interviews
- Veterans -- Utah -- Nurses -- Interviews
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Military intelligence -- Personal narratives
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Warships -- Sources
- Women guerrillas -- Philippines -- Interviews
- Women veterans -- Utah -- Interviews
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Artillery operations -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Utah -- Personal narratives
- Title
- Guide to the Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Danielle Rausch
- Date
- © 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu