Oral histories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:
Paul W. Hodson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0554
Abstract
The Paul W. Hodson papers (1958-1995) contain manuscripts, research files, news clippings, and correspondence related to the writings of this University of Utah administrator. Hodson was an emeritus vice-president, former Vice President for Business (1959-1967) and Vice President for Special Projects and Director of International Education (1967-1973) at the University of Utah. He was involved with campus planning and building construction during the 1960s and 1970s, including the development...
Dates:
1958-1995
Holladay oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: A0990
Abstract
The Holladay oral history collection (2002-2008)is a collection of video interviews with people who lived in Holladay around the time the city was founded and have lived there most of their lives.
Dates:
2002-2008
Rudolph Hope oral history interview
Collection
Identifier: MS 0621
Abstract
The Rudolph Hope oral history interview (1971) was done by John S. Smith with Rudolph Hope discussing inter-war economic conditions in Sanpete County, Utah; the Danish community in the county between 1905 and 1915; social life during the 1920s and 1930s; and politics during the Great Depression. Hope was elected county treasurer in 1934 as a Democrat on the "coat-tails" of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dates:
1971
Indian Self-Rule oral histories
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2186
Abstract
This collection contains transcripts of two interviews conducted in the 1970s and six transcripts of interviews and speeches given during the Conference on Indian Self-Rule, which took place in Sun Valley, Idaho, in August 1983. The conference was sponsored by the Institute of the American West. In 1995 the Utah State University Press published a book which grew out of this conference entitled Indian Self-Rule: First-Hand Accounts of Indian-White Relations from...
Dates:
1976-1983
Indian self-rule oral history audio recordings
Collection
Identifier: A1302
Abstract
The Indian self-rule oral history audio recordings consists of audio from the 1983 Indian self-rule conference as well as interviews with Native Americans. This collection was previously part of the Ethnic archives oral history audio recordings collection (A0853).
Dates:
1983
Interviews with African Americans in Utah
Collection
Identifier: MS 0453
Abstract
Interviews with African Americans in Utah consist of transcripts detailing events recalled by the interviewees spanning the time period from 1889 to 1988. Topics include family life, work, religion, discrimination, civil rights experiences, and relations with the white, and in particular the Latter Day Saints establishment in Utah. Most interviews were conducted by Leslie G. Kelen of the Oral History Institute. ...
Dates:
1982-1988
Interviews with caucasians in Utah
Collection
Identifier: MS 0483
Abstract
Interviews with caucasians in Utah (1984-1988) consists of transcripts of tapes of interviews with fourteen prominent whites in Utah including four former governors. Events recalled by the interviewees span the time period from the early l900s to 1988. Common themes within the interviews are family life, educational and work experiences, and ethnic and race relations in Utah. These interviews were done as a counterpoint to those conducted with members of minority groups.
Dates:
1984-1988
Interviews with Italian Americans in Utah
Collection
Identifier: MS 0516
Abstract
The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute (OHI) of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. This particular series of interviews with Italians took place in 1987. Events recalled by the interviewees span the time period from the 1880s to 1987. Common themes within the interviews are family life, work, religion, discrimination, and relations with the community, and in particular the Mormon establishment in...
Dates:
1987
Interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1209
Abstract
The interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah (1984-1988) consists of transcripts of a series of interviews conducted with members of the Japanese community between 1984 and 1988. Common themes within the interviews are family life, work, religion, immigration experiences, discrimination, and relations with the Mormon establishment in Utah.
Dates:
1984-1988
Interviews with Jews in Utah collection [transcripts]
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0998
Abstract
The interviews with Jews in Utah collection [transcripts] (1982-1988) is part of a project funded by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities and undertaken by the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City, Utah. Events recalled by the interviewees span the time period from the 1880s to 1986. Common themes include family life, immigration, relations with the LDS community, religious activity, the...
Dates:
1982-1988