Box 70
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Contains 28 Results:
No. 684 Charles Law, 2012
File — Box: 70, Folder: 11
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Charles Law, U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant (retired), discusses his military service, with particular focus on his time as an atomic monitor during test shots on the Marshall Islands and at Camp Mercury, Nevada, in the 1950s, where he witnessed over forty atomic detonations. He describes the shots and decontamination procedures in detail, along with environmental contamination and hazards in Nevada and the...
Dates:
2012
No. 685 Ted Major, 2012
File — Box: 70, Folder: 12
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Ted Major (b. 1920), born in Salt Lake City, remembers his long life, with an emphasis on skiing, his Teton Science School, and ecology. Born to a Mormon pioneer family with roots in Denmark, Major grew up skiing, particularly at Alta. A graduate of East High School in Salt Lake City, he was friends with Ginny Huidekoper, who had such a large impact on Jackson Hole skiing and belonged to Mr. Major’s Little Kandahar...
Dates:
2012
No. 686 Bill Conrod, 2009
File — Box: 70, Folder: 13
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Bill Conrod, born in Germany in 1948 to an American soldier and his family, grew up in Salt Lake City. He began skiing at an early age, and toured with the Wasatch Mountain Club. He spent his youth climbing and skiing, and pursued a career with the National Park Service. He was also a president of the Ute Alpine Club at the University of Utah. Conrod first discusses skiing methods and equipment, and backcountry...
Dates:
2009
No. 687 Drew Bedford, 2010
File — Box: 70, Folder: 14
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Drew Bedford was born on August 2, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in Seattle, New Jersey, and upstate New York before his family settled in Charlottesville, Virginia during his teen years. Drew skied throughout his childhood before discovering a passion for climbing when he was thirteen years old. Throughout his high school years in Virginia, Drew climbed as much as possible, despite a relative shortage of...
Dates:
2010
No. 688 Stacey Allen, 2011
File — Box: 70, Folder: 15
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Stacey Allen runs the kitchen for Occupy Salt Lake. She is not politically involved with the protests. She got involved as a volunteer because she was living at Pioneer Park with her husband and saw that they needed help with the kitchen. Because she has experience working in kitchens she decided to take over. The protest has a lot of support from local businesses who donate food, tents, blankets, and supplies....
Dates:
2011
No. 689 Jesse Fruhwirth, 2011
File — Box: 70, Folder: 16
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Jesse Fruhwirth, a journalist, activist, and prominent member of the Occupy Salt Lake City movement, shares his memories of the early period, the occupation of Pioneer Park and the subsequent police raid. Mr. Fruhwirth’s comprehensive interview begins with his background as an activist, liberal son of Republican parents in North Dakota, who became increasingly disillusioned with the American political...
Dates:
2011
No. 690 Kimberly Kasey, 2011
File — Box: 70, Folder: 17
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Kimberly Kasey was born in 1970 at Walson Army Hospital in New Jersey, and moved to Utah as a child when her grandfather took an assignment as a contractor for the Air Force. Kimberly became involved with the Occupy Salt Lake movement, taking part in marches and rallies. After Pioneer Park was closed to the movement, Kimberly became a liaison between Occupy Salt Lake and Occupy Ogden. She describes the excitement...
Dates:
2011
No. 691 Ryan Pleune, 2012
File — Box: 70, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
- Ryan Pleune talks about when he first decided to become politically active. He describes his involvement with the Occupy Salt Lake City movement and the Occupy camp that was set up in Pioneer Park. Ryan also talks about his work for the Move to Amend movement.
- Project: Occupy Salt Lake City.
- Interviewer: Anna Thompson.
Dates:
2012
No. 692 Seth Walker, 2011
File — Box: 70, Folder: 19
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Seth Walker, a traveling poet and activist, traveled from Michigan to join the Occupy Salt Lake City movement and is currently part of the Federal Reserve front. Though he has spent a number of years on the road, Seth views Salt Lake City as a sort of home. He speaks to the diversity of tactics of the protesters and the consensus model practiced by Occupiers at the Fed. More importantly, Seth shares abstract...
Dates:
2011
No. 693 Sarina Brown, 2009
File — Box: 70, Folder: 20
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Sarina Brown grew up in Hawaii. Her family moved to Oregon when she was in ninth grade and she now lives in Utah with her husband and four boys. She describes growing up in Hawaii where her family lived two miles from civilization. When her family moved to Oregon she experienced culture shock because it was so different from Hawaii. Sarina has six sisters and seven brothers. She talks about growing up in a huge...
Dates:
2009