Giving Back: Oral Histories of Meal-Sharing Traditions in Cache Valley, Utah, 2019

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Fife Folklore Archives.
Title
Giving Back: Oral Histories of Meal-Sharing Traditions in Cache Valley, Utah
Dates
2019 (inclusive)
Quantity
8 interviews , (542 Megabytes)
Collection Number
UUS_Folk Coll 68
Summary
In the Spring of 2019, Utah State Unviersity students from the English 6720 Oral History and Fieldwork class interviewed eight professionals about their connections to the food culture of Cache Valley. The interviewees shared stories of their families, traditions, and professional lives. Taken together, their words offer a beautiful illustration of the nuanced and complex ways that food sharing nourishes us all.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

“And we started small, but we thank the community and God for giving us a success, because without Logan, without God, . . . it couldn’t have been possible. So thank you, Cache Valley." — Mohit Arora, Tandoori Oven

Nourishment can mean many things. It can describe the physiological sustenance that we gain from food, and it can also describe the emotional and spiritual support that we receive from our communities. Food production and consumption play a role in both of these forms of nourishment, and this project seeks to explore these ideas of sustenance and support in the community of Cache Valley, Utah. Focusing on a wide range of food purveyors—from dairy farmers to beekeepers, restaurants to grocery stores, the food pantry to the university—the students in the Spring 2019 English 6720 Oral History and Fieldwork class interviewed eight professionals about their connections to the food culture of Cache Valley. The interviewees shared stories of their families, traditions, and professional lives. Taken together, their words offer a beautiful illustration of the nuanced and complex ways that food sharing nourishes us all.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Eight interviews with full transcripts, audio, and 80 images. Interviews conducted by Natalie Christensen, Jack Daly, Andrea Diamond, Emma George, Jennifer Mansfield, Camille Sleight-Price, Terri Wesemann, and Marianne Young.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

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Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Giving Back: Oral Histories of Meal-Sharing Traditions in Cache Valley, Utah must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_Folk Coll 68; Giving Back: Oral Histories of Meal-Sharing Traditions in Cache Valley, Utah; Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_Folk Coll 68, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by interview.

Acquisition Information

This collection was created by seven USU English students during the Spring of 2019 as part of English 6720, an intensive fieldwork course on oral history taught by Lynne McNeill. Field School students deposited their fieldwork materials at Utah State University Special Collections. The audio was transcribed and all participants were given opportunity to vet. This collection includes audio, interview transcripts, and images

Processing Note

Processed in April of 2019

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
Item 1: Mohit Arora giving a family welcome to unnamed employee to work in the kitchen - Tandoori Oven restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 05
Item 2: Mohit Arora preparing chicken coconut kurma for the lunch buffet - Tandoori Oven restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 05
Item 3: Renovated exterior of Tandoori Oven and Sinclair Gas Station, Logan, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 05
Item 4: Unnamed employee preparing naan with butter and seasoning - Tandoori Oven restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 05
Item 5: Naan oven - Tandoori Oven restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 05
Item 6: Tandoori Oven restaurant menu [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 7: Booth, wall decor, and table setting inside the renovated Tandoori Oven restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 8: Sham Arora [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 9: Plated pineapple chicken curry, rice, and sweet naan - Tandoori Oven restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 10: Plated chicken coconut kurma, rice, and sweet naan - Tandoori Oven restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 11: Sham and Mohit Arora interview (audio) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 12: Sham and Mohit Arora interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Description Dates
Item 1: Note from Matthew Whitaker's daughter, April 4, 2019
2019 April 19
Item 2: Thank you note from a young member of the Cache Valley community for the Cache Community Food Pantry [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 3: Plague listing donors in the office entrance at the Cache Community Food Pantry [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 4: Food in the 'store' portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 5: Food in the 'store' portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 6: Food in the 'store' portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 7: Matthew Whitaker, director of the Cache Community Food Pantry, standing in front of a wall of artwork from his kids [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 8: Outside entrance into the office portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 9: Matthew Whitaker, director of the Cache Community Food Pantry, sitting at his desk on site [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 10: Matthew Whitaker, director of the Cache Community Food Pantry, sitting at his desk on site [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 11: Matthew Whitaker interview (audio) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 12: Matthew Whitaker interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Description Dates
Item 1: Handmade sign for the Utah State University Student Organic Farm made in 2008 [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 2: Utah State University College of Agriculture banner proudly claiming they were the #1 Ag School in the nation in 2016 [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 3: Utah State University College of Agriculture building (ARGS) [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 4: Hoophouses at the Utah State Univerity Student Organic Farm [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 5: Spring preparations at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 6: Row crops in the Utah State University Student Organic Farm [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 7: Utah State University student explaining work on the Student Organic Farm [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 8: Fresh turned dirt in between hoophouses at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 9: Wheel line irrigation at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 10: Inside a hoophouse at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm [Click to access]
2019 April 08
Item 11: Dr. Kelsey Hall interview (audio) [Click to access]
2019 March 29
Item 12: Dr. Kelsey Hall interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 March 29
Description Dates
Item 1: People bottling milk at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 2: Refrigerated room where milk is stored at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 3: Tim Wilkinson, dairy farmer and owner of Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 4: Blocks of cheese and some crates of juice at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 5: Rosehill Dairy warehouse where the milk is bottled and packaged in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 6: Woman bottling milk using a machine at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 7: Cows on the premises at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah - one cow is in the foreground [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 8: Land surrounding the Rosehill Dairy Farm in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 9: Silos on the Rosehill Dairy Farm in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 10: People bottling cartons of milk, including empty milk bottles at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Item 11: Tim Wilkinson interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 April 15
Description Dates
Item 1: Mural painted on the side of Angie's [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 2: Angie's sign [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 3: Interior of Angie's restaurant, Logan, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 4: Customers at the counter of Angie's [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 5: Angie's restaurant in Logan, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 6: Employees preparing food at Angie's [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 7: Saboor Sahely [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 8: Back of an unnamed Angie's employee shirt - 'where the locals eat' [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 9: Jack Daly interviewing Saboor Sahely [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 10: Food at Angie's restaurant [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 11: Saboor Sahely interview (audio) [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Item 12: Saboor Sahely interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 April 16
Description Dates
Item 1: Sample table in the Cox Honeyland gift shop [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 2: Cox Honeyland gift shop and warehouse [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 3: Camille Cowley [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 4: Cox Honeyland's sign [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 5: Beehive encased in glass and wood [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 6: Beehive encased in glass and wood [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 7: Honey sticks, lipbalm, and salve [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 8: Beehive encased in glass and wood [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 9: Camille Cowley fills a glass jar with mountain honey in the Cox Honeyland warehouse [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 10: Camille Cowley and two of her sisters [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 11: Camille Cowley interview (audio) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 12: Camille Cowley interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Description Dates
Item 1: Lee's Marketplace pharmacy [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 2: Emma George and Shari Badger talking [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 3: Emma George and Shari Badger talking [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 4: Lee's Marketplace produce [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 5: Exterior of Lee's Marketplace in Logan, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 6: Lee's Marketplace map [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 7: Shari Badger [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 8: Lee and Shari Badger [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 9: Emma George and Shari Badger talking [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 10: Lee Badger plaque [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 11: Shari Badger interview (audio) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Item 12: Shari Badger interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 April 19
Description Dates
Item 1: Events hall at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah - preparation for the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 2: Dianne Hardy, pianist at the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 3: Loaves and Fishes volunteers in the kitchen at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 4: Loaves and Fishes volunteers in the food line at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah - serving ham and au gratin potatoes [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 5: Loaves and Fishes volunteers in the food line at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah - serving salad [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 6: Beginning of the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 7: Food served at the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 8: Kathy Chudoba [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 9: Loaves and Fishes Community Meal sign, placed in front of the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 10: Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal - volunteer orientation meeting [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 11: Kathy Chudoba interview (audio) [Click to access]
2019 April 20
Item 12: Kathy Chudoba interview (transcript) [Click to access]
2019 April 20

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Agricultural students--Utah State University--Photographs
  • Beekeepers--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Buildings--Agricultural Education--Utah State University--Photographs
  • Christianity--Special events--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Christianity--Special events--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Community life--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Cooking, Indic--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Corporations-- Charitable contributions--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Corporations-- Charitable contributions--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Dairy processing--Hyrum (Utah)--Interviews
  • Dairy processing--Hyrum (Utah)--Photographs
  • Dairying--Hyrum (Utah)--Interviews
  • Dairying--Hyrum (Utah)--Photographs
  • Ethnic restaurants--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Family-owned business enterprises--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Family-owned business enterprises--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Food banks--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
  • Food banks--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs
  • Food habits--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
  • Food relief--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
  • Food service--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Food--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Greenhouse gardening--Utah State University--Photographs
  • Grocers--Logan (Utah)--Charitable contributions--Interviews
  • Grocers--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Grocers--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Grocery trade--Utah--Interviews
  • Honey--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Honey--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Marketing--Utah State University--Photographs
  • Nonprofit organizations--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
  • Public welfare--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
  • Restaurant management--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • Restaurants--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
  • School farms--Utah State University--Photographs
  • Supermarkets--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
  • Utah State University--Photographs
  • Voluntarism--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs
  • Voluntarism--Logan (Utah)--Interviews

Personal Names

  • Arora, Mohit
  • Arora, Sham
  • Badger, Shari
  • Chudoba, Kathy
  • Cowley, Camille
  • Hall, Kelsey
  • Sahely, Saboor
  • Whittaker, Matthew
  • Wilkinson, Tim

Finding aid/Register created by Paul Daybell
2020

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