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Contains 17 Results:
No. 878 Thomas G. Alexander, 2016
File — Box: 79, Folder: 11
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Thomas G. Alexander, Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr., Professor Emeritus of History at Brigham Young University and longtime parliamentarian of the Western History Association, discusses his academic training, the origins of the Charles Redd Center for Western American Studies at BYU, and his decades of participation in the Western History Association. Dr. Alexander received a BA and MA in history at Utah State...
Dates:
2016
No. 879 Shireen Mahdavi, 2013
File — Box: 79, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Shireen Mahdavi talks about her education and career in Iran and what brought her to the United States, as well as her continued education when she arrived. She grew up in a prominent family in Iran and received her bachelor’s degree in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She worked for the Planning and Budget Organization and the Women’s Organization of Iran. She...
Dates:
2013
No. 880 Herbert Maw, 1973
File — Box: 79, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Herbert Maw talks about his career as a Democrat in Utah politics. Maw first became involved when he ran for state senate while he was on the faculty of University of Utah. He was elected and served in the 1929 session. In 1932, Maw was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives. He ran for a seat in the United States Senate in 1934. Maw also ran for and was elected governor of Utah. He...
Dates:
1973
No. 881 Roy Newman, 1972
File — Box: 79, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Roy Newman was a miner. He started mining in Nevada in 1916-1917. Newman served in the Army in Europe. When he returned to the US, Newman worked the mines in Big Cottonwood Canyon. He studied mining engineering at the University of Utah for two years and the returned to mining. Newman details the work he did, describing the dangers of mining, talking about the tools and equipment they used, and discussing the...
Dates:
1972
No. 882 Gary Nichols, 2016
File — Box: 79, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
This is an interview with Gary Nichols, a prominent pioneer of Utah kayaking. Gary discussed how and why he began kayaking, his connection with the University of Utah, the history of the sport from his experience, and his speculations on what has influenced the sport and its popularity. Currently kayaking has been in decline, and Gary attributes that in large part to the shift of goals among kayakers: from enjoying...
Dates:
2016
No. 883 A. Ray Olpin, 1981
File — Box: 79, Folder: 16
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A. Ray Olpin went to work for Bell Laboratories in 1925 after finishing school. Olpin worked with the head of the electro-optical research there, developing ways of transmitting images. Olpin and his team worked on setting up one of the first television transmissions, which was from Herbert Hoover, who was Secretary of Commerce at that time. After that project, Olpin continued work that would improve transmission...
Dates:
1981
No. 884 Michael Searles, 2016
File — Box: 79, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Cowboy Mike Searles, Professor Emeritus of History at Augusta University, talks about his career as a historian, his time in the Western History Association, and his public persona as “Cowboy Mike.” He grew up in Edwardsville, Illinois, took a BA in history at Southern Illinois University in 1964, and later completed his MA at Howard. Long interested in the American West and particularly in African American Western...
Dates:
2016