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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

The Railroad museum audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A1304
Abstract The Railroad museum audio recordings are a collection of recordings from the railroad symposium that took place May 6-7, 1969. This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection (A0853).
Dates: 1969

Lennox Tierney interviews audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0489
Abstract The Lennox Tierney interviews audio-visual collection (1994-1997) concern Tierney's experiences as an orientalist. Dr. Tierney is an emeritus professor in art history at the University of Utah and an expert in Asian art and culture who once served as Commissioner of Art and Monuments during the Allied occupation of Japan.
Dates: 1994-1997

Topaz Carbon County series audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A1306
Abstract The Topaz Carbon County series audio recordings consists of interviews with people involved in the coal mining industry in Carbon County. This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection (A0853).
Dates: 1982-1983

Topaz Museum interviews

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2465
Abstract Transcripts of interviews (2008) conducted with individuals associated with internees at the Topaz internment camp in Utah.
Dates: 2008

Topaz oral history project collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1002
Abstract The Topaz oral history project collection interviews (1987-1993) were conducted by Sandra Taylor, of the University of Utah's Department of History. The interviews were part of her research for Jewel of the desert: Japanese American internment at Topaz (1993). Also included are correspondence, news clippings, published and unpublished articles, and research files.
Dates: 1987-1993

Louis Cruz Torres oral history

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Identifier: ACCN 2360
Abstract The Louis Cruz Torres oral history (2006) consists of the transcript of a series of interviews with Torres (b. 1923) conducted by Marsha Lundgren at the Utah Veteran's Association Nursing Home in Salt Lake City. The interviews were conducted between June and August 2006.
Dates: 2006

Uintah Basin oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0772
Abstract The Uintah Basin oral history project (1976-1978) consists of transcripts of interviews with residents of Vernal, Utah. Most interviews took place at the Golden Age Center in Vernal.
Dates: 1976-1978

Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers biographies [photocopies]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0468
Abstract The Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers biographies [photocopies] (1877-1984) consist of individual, family, and miscellaneous histories collected for a centennial history of the Uintah Basin titled Builders of Uintah (1947). The Uintah County chapter was organized in August 1928.
Dates: 1877-1984

Uranium mining oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1322
Abstract The uranium mining oral history project (1970-1971) was conducted under the auspices of the American West Center. The focus of the interviews was documentation of the uranium industry in Utah and Colorado. Among those interviewed were miners, residents of towns affected by the uranium boom, employees of Union Carbide and the Vanadium Corporation of America, Native Americans, and lawyers specializing in mining.
Dates: 1970-1971

Utah women's political oral history audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A1307
Abstract The Utah women's political oral history audio recordings are a collection of interviews with prominent women political figures in Utah. This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection (A0853).
Dates: 1975-1981