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Southeastern Utah oral histories, 1963-1984

Overview of the Collection

Title
Southeastern Utah oral histories
Dates
1963-1984 (inclusive)
Quantity
5.25 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1868
Summary
The southeastern Utah oral histories (1963-1984) consist of personal recollections, in the form of transcripts and stories, from people who lived in southeastern Utah and were part of its history. Each of the stories centers around the individual perspective of the interviewee. The collection covers a wide range of issues from the early settlements of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico to uranium mining or Navajo trading.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

See individual interviews.

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Content Description

The southeastern Utah oral histories (1963-1984) consist of personal recollections, in the form of transcripts and stories, from people who lived in southeastern Utah and were part of its history. Each of the stories centers around the individual perspective of the interviewee. The collection covers a wide range of issues from the early settlements of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico to uranium mining or Navajo trading. Most of the interviews were done in the early 1970s, giving information about conditions from the turn of the twentieth century. They describe what living conditions were like, from different vantage points as well as regions.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Gary Shumway in 2001.

Processing Note

Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2001.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Allie and Lloyd Adams

    History of Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Melvin and Mamie Adams

    Reminiscences of early days in Bluff, Utah, and cattle and sheep industry in Utah and Colorado.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Nadine Adams

    Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Pearl Baker

    Reminiscences of southeastern Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Grant L. and Josephine Harris Bayles

    Southeastern Utah cattle industry and the Posey War.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Reed and Dora Hurst Bayles

    Experiences in the cattle and sheep industries.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Calvin Black
    Dates: 1971, 1978
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Chester Black

    Flour milling, mining, motorcycles.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Donald and Janet Black

    Uranium industry experiences.

    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: "Edson and Addie, a Black Family History"; Mr. and Mrs. Edson Black

    Flour milling and other experiences.

    Dates: 1971; 1984
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: Mary Ann Jones Black

    Recollections of Mexico and early Blanding.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: O. Frost Black

    Road construction.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Paul J. Black

    Flour and oil distribution business.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: William J. Back

    Polygamy.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Ruby Bronson

    Life history.

    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: Ralph A. Brown

    Experiences in Mexico and Utah.

    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Uriah and Annie Butt

    History of Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
  • Description: James Carrico

    Kaiparowits power project.

    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2
  • Description: Fred A. Cline

    Sheep industry.

    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3
  • Description: Cecil Marr, "Connie" Conway

    Oil in southeast Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • Description: Harriet Dmitruk

    Bureau of Indian Affairs hospitals and St. Christopher's Mission, Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
  • Description: Wayne Erickson and Thomas Moore

    Bureau of Land Management in southeastern Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
  • Description: Joan Eskell

    St. Christopher's Mission and Hat Rock Retreat.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: Larry Farnsworth

    Game and wildlife preservation.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
  • Description: Gene Foushee

    Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9
  • Description: Florence and Douglas Galbraith

    The Civilian Conservation Corps in Blanding.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 10
  • Description: Lloyd Gordon

    Kaiparowits power project.

    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1
  • Description: Ervin Richard and Beth Guymon

    Experiences in Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 4, Folder 2
  • Description: Ashton Harris

    Blanding's water supply and tunnel project.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 4, Folder 3
  • Description: Charles and Nellie Harvey

    Mormon exodus out of Mexico.

    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 4, Folder 4
  • Description: Douglas Harvey

    Mormon colonies and Blanding tunnel project.

    Dates: 1976
    Container: Box 4, Folder 5
  • Description: Alma Hawkins

    Mexico, the exodus, and life in the United States.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 4, Folder 6
  • Description: Gordon Hawkins

    Law enforcement in Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 4, Folder 7
  • Description: Lorenzo Hawkins

    Experience in Mexico and Blanding.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 4, Folder 8
  • Description: Mildred Heflin

    Trading days and Navajo stock reduction.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 4, Folder 9
  • Description: Jay Heisel Jr.

    Saint Christopher's Mission, Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 4, Folder 10
  • Description: Dale Holmes

    Origin of radio station KUTA, Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 5, Folder 1
  • Description: Robert Hostler

    Navajo crafts and trading.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 5, Folder 2
  • Description: Ray, Grace and Emery Hunt

    Experiences as a Navajo trader, mining on the reservation.

    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 5, Folder 3
  • Description: George and Lona Hurst

    Experiences in Mexico and Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 5, Folder 4
  • Description: William Riley Hurst

    Reminiscences of life in Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 5, Folder 5
  • Description: Carol Israelson

    Education of Navajo women on the reservation.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 5, Folder 6
  • Description: John A. Johnson

    General history of Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 5, Folder 7
  • Description: Cecil Jones

    Game, wildlife, and range preservation.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 5, Folder 8
  • Description: Frances W. Jones

    General history of Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 6, Folder 1
  • Description: Vincent L. Jones

    Sheep, cattle, predators, and experiences in Blanding.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 6, Folder 2
  • Description: Minnie Johnson

    Autobiography.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 6, Folder 3
  • Description: Roy Johnson

    Law enforcement in Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 6, Folder 4
  • Description: Brother Juniper

    St. Christopher's Mission.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 6, Folder 5
  • Description: Charles S. Lance

    Early History of Hanksville and Blue Valley.

    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 6, Folder 6
  • Description: Mary Peterson Laws

    Life in Colonia Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico and Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 6, Folder 7
  • Description: Wilbur Laws

    Life in Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 6, Folder 8
  • Description: Father H. Baxter Liebler

    St. Christopher's Mission, Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 6, Folder 9
  • Description: Dean Lincoln

    Trapping in Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 6, Folder 10
  • Description: Albert R. and Gladys Perkins Lyman

    Recollections of a San Juan pioneer.

    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 7, Folder 1
  • Description: Carol Lyman

    Recollections of Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 7, Folder 2
  • Description: Lynn and Hazel Lyman

    Blanding Tunnel Project: CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp).

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 7, Folder 3
  • Description: Pages from the Lives of Marvin and Margie Lyman

    The following titles are included in one volume: Margie H. Lyman, "Marvin Finlinson Lyman: A Biography"--Blanding tunnel project; Marvin Lyman--Gold Mining on Blue Mountain, Utah; Margie Lyman--Life in Early Blanding.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 7, Folder 4
  • Description: Ray T. Matheny

    BYU archeological dig.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 7, Folder 5
  • Description: Mary Bennion Muhs

    Mormon polygamy.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 7, Folder 6
  • Description: Dereese Nielson

    The cattle industry in southeastern Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 7, Folder 7
  • Description: Dorothy Nielson

    General history of Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 7, Folder 8
  • Description: Memories of Edd and Ida Nielson

    The following titles are in the same volume: Ida Palmer Nielson--Experiences in Mexico and Blanding, Utah; Albert R. Lyman, "Hans Joseph Nielson"; Lydia Redd, Louisa Redd Lyman, Venice Nielson Lyman and Yvonne Nielson Keele, "A Brief Sketch in the life of Ida Evelyn Lyman"; Erma Lee N. Hurst, "History of Joseph Edward Nielson"; Peggy Ruth Nielson Hafen, "History of Joseph Edward Nielson"; Joseph LeRoy Nielson, "Eulogy of Joseph Edward Nielson"; Venice Nielson Lyman, "I remember Dad"; Yvonne Nielson Keele, "A Tribute to my Dad"; Erma Nielson Hurst, "A Tribute to my Father, Joseph Edward Nielson"; DeReese Nielson, "A Tribute to my Father"; Rex Nielson, "A Tribute to my Dad"; Peggy Nielson Hafen, "My Father, Joseph Edward Nielson"; Funeral Services for Joseph Edward Nielson; Rex Nielson, "A Tribute to my Mother on her Eightieth Birthday"; Jane Hurst, "Grandma Nielson"; Jessie Kay Lyman, "Grandma"; Jessie Kay Lyman, "March, 1975"; Grandma Nielson, "Poem"; "Ida Palmer Nielson's 80th Birthday" Program; Chloe Amelia Palmer Nielson, "Life's History of James William Palmer and Olive Myrtle Palmer"; Jesse Kay Lyman, "Ida Palmer Nielson"; "Ida P. Nielson's Account of her Trip back to Old Mexico."

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 8, Folder 1
  • Description: Elnora Nielson

    Blanding tunnel project and early Blanding.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 8, Folder 2
  • Description: Floyd and Clara Nielson

    Early Bluff and Blanding history.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 8, Folder 3
  • Description: Francis Nielson

    City government of Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 8, Folder 4
  • Description: Kirk Nielson

    Life history.

    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 8, Folder 5
  • Description: Morgan L. Nielson

    Reminiscences of life in old Mexico, New Mexico, and Blanding, Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 8, Folder 6
  • Description: Norman Nielson

    General history of southeastern Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 8, Folder 7
  • Description: Clarence Perkins

    The cattle industry.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 8, Folder 8
  • Description: Hilda Perkins

    General history of Bluff, Utah.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 8, Folder 9
  • Description: Ray Perkins

    Livestock in southeastern Utah.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 9, Folder 1
  • Description: Catherine Pickett

    St. Christopher's Mission.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 9, Folder 2
  • Description: Emit Pittman

    Wildlife and beaver trapping.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 9, Folder 3
  • Description: John Redd

    Cattle industry.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 9, Folder 4
  • Description: Irene Hatch Redd

    Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 9, Folder 5
  • Description: The Family History of Kent and Irene Meyer Redd

    The following titles are in the same volume: Kent Redd--History of Parley Redd Mercantile; Ruth Hurst Redd, "Family History of Kent Redd"; Irene Redd--Settling of Eastland and Schoolmarm Experience; Family History of Irene Meyer Redd; Maria Vreeken Meyer, "The Story of My Parents As I Remember It"; Irene Meyer Redd, "Childhood Memories."

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 9, Folder 6
  • Description: Leland Redd

    General history of Blanding.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 9, Folder 7
  • Description: Curtis Robertson

    The Civilian Conservation Corps, Moab, and the Depression.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 9, Folder 8
  • Description: Samuel E. Shore

    Indian job training.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 9, Folder 9
  • Description: Leland Shumway

    Uranium Industry Experiences.

    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 10, Folder 1
  • Description: Various Reminiscences

    A History of Mary Elizabeth Johnson Shumway; A Glimpse of the Spirit World; Eunice Shumway Guymon, "Reminiscences of the Peter and Mary Shumway Home"; Ruth Shumway Robinson, "My Memories of My Father and Mother"; Ruth Shumway Robinson, Reminiscences of the Peter and Mary Shumway Home"; Bessie Agnes Shumway Jordan, "Reminiscences of the Peter and Mary Shumway Home"; Grant and Mabel Shumway, "Reminiscences of the Peter and Mary Shumway Home"; J. Glen Shumway--Memories of his childhood experiences; Joseph Sixtus (Six) Shumway; Alice Shumway--Settling of Blanding; Ruth Guymon Holyoak; Cleo Higgins Shumway Helmann, "Peter Shumway"; Peter and Hattie Shumway--Experiences in the uranium Industry; Arah E. Shumway and Family; Arah Devar Shumway; Gerald Powell Shumway; Shannon Shumway Hammond; Shirley Shumway Redd; Dixie Shumway; Jolene Shumway Bailey; Keith Ardit Shumway; Gary Lee Shumway; Francine Shumway Sumner; Seth Shumway; Merwin Shumway; Ila Shumway Johnson; Walter Burdett Shumway; Earl Deloy Shumway; Clea Shumway Johnson; Glen Alden Shumway; Kenneth Dale Shumway; Harold Eugene Shumway; Virginia Shumway Redd; Iva Loo Shumway Perkins; Vivian Joy Shumway Holliday; Dorothy Shumway Nielson; Ruth Shumway Robinson, "Anna Lavinia Shumway Butt"; Carl Lamar Butt; Ginger Darlene Butt Palmer; Janet Elaine Butt Cummins; Ellen Pearl Butt Sanders; Nelson Carl Butt; Eric Leon Butt; Winston K. Butt; Glen Leon Butt; Harris Shumway; Harris Cleon Shumway; Norma Shumway Barton Wengreen; Mary Elsie Shumway Black; Dale Price Shumway; Claudia Shumway Orr; Harris Shumway--Uranium prospecting in southeastern Utah; Ruth Shumway Robinson; Lynne Anita Robinson, "The Paul Asbury Robinson Jr. Family"; Gale William Robinson; Keatsie Sharleen Jensen; Benjamin Denmark Jensen; Bessie Agnes Shumway Jordon; Kathleen Jordan Lockhart Warner; Hal Dewain Jordan; Bonnie Joe Jordan Coleman; Grant Lee Shumway; J. Glen Shumway; Mavis Claire Shumway Cosby; Kerry Glen Shumway; Bruce Lyman Shumway; Geraldine Shumway Brady; DeWayne J. Shumway; Dayne Lyman Shumway; Linda Shumway Young; Charles Mark Shumway.

    Dates: 1963-1976
    Container: Box 10, Folder 2
  • Description: Chet Smith

    Cattle industry.

    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 10, Folder 3
  • Description: Don Ellis Smith

    Life in San Juan County.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 10, Folder 4
  • Description: Ed and Virginia Smith

    Navajo trading experiences.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 10, Folder 5
  • Description: Joseph William Smith

    Early days in Blanding and Monticello.

    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 10, Folder 6
  • Description: Alan Charles Spencer
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 10, Folder 7

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Subject Terms

  • Latter Day Saints--Mexico--History--Sources
  • Mines and Mineral Resources
  • Navajo Indians--Utah--History--Sources
  • Ranching--Utah--History--Sources
  • Uranium mines and mining--Utah--Sources

Geographical Names

  • Utah--History--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
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