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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Navajo oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0941
Abstract The Navajo oral history collection (1975) consist of transcripts of interviews conducted by Nita Weber as research for her graduate thesis.
Dates: 1975

William Wallace Newby papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0606
Abstract The William Wallace Newby papers (1930-1971) consist of personal and professional materials concerning William Newby (1902-1977), a professor of biology at the University of Utah from 1927-1971. Included are biographical information, obituary notices, an oral history transcript, numerous hand drawn and reproduced illustrations, and literature and correspondence pertaining to the Aztec Club, of which Newby was president from 1965-1966.
Dates: 1930-1971

Chieko N. Okazaki papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2839
Abstract The Chieko N. Okazaki papers (1924-2012) consist of correspondence, administrative documents, and memorabilia from her teaching career, the Japan-Okinawa and Japan Central Missions, her term as the first woman of color to serve as a Relief Society General Presidency member, as well as speeches and manuscripts from her time as an author and speaker. Click here to view the digitized journals from the...
Dates: 1924-2012

Old timers Colorado River trip video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0718
Abstract The old timers Colorado River trip video collection (1994) consists of video recordings of an expedition down the Colorado River designed to document changes to the river, its geology and its ecosystem in the years after the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Representatives of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and veteran river guides were joined by historians and archivists. This collection includes footage of the river trip, group meetings at Northern Arizona University, and...
Dates: 1994 September 09-14

Helen Zeese Papanikolas papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0471
Abstract The Helen Zeese Papanikolas papers (1954-2001) contain materials concerning the research and writing of this Utah historian and folklorist. Included are correspondence, research files, news clippings, oral history manuscripts, published and unpublished articles.
Dates: 1954-2009

Jean and Wilburn Pickett papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1573
Abstract The Jean and Wilburn Pickett papers (1961-1998) contain correspondence, entry applications, score cards, news clippings, posters, trail maps, brochures, and editions of the Alta Powder News, detailing both the history of Alta, Utah, and Alta's Gelande ski jump competitions as well as other intermountain ski racing and jumping events. Jean and Wilburn Pickett were associated with skiing at Alta for many years. Wilburn began publishing the ...
Dates: 1961-1998

Rick Reese mountaineering audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0151
Abstract The Rick Reese mountaineering audio collection (1980-1996) consists of oral histories of mountaineers once active in Wyoming's Teton Range. An historian and former Grand Teton National Park climbing ranger, Reese himself conducts one of the interviews.
Dates: 1980-1996

Agnes Just Reid papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0365
Abstract The Agnes Just Reid papers (1850-2004) consist of a biographical sketch, an oral history transcript (1972), personal correspondence, and biographical sketches and correspondence relating to her mother, Emma Thompson Bennett Just. Included are correspondence and other materials related to the publication of her book Letters of Long Ago.
Dates: 1850-2004

Miles Pratt Romney papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1732
Abstract The Miles Pratt Romney papers (1881-1984) consist of diaries, newspaper clippings, certificates, typescripts of autobiographies and biographies, day books, note cards, correspondence, a published book and oral histories pertaining to the family of Miles Pratt Romney.
Dates: 1881-1984

Sanpete County oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0562
Abstract The Sanpete County oral histories (1971-1972) were conducted by John S. H. Smith, who was interested in documenting life in Sanpete County, Utah, in the 1920s.
Dates: 1971-1972