Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Giving Back: Oral Histories of Meal-Sharing Traditions in Cache Valley, Utah
Fife Folklore Archives.
UUS_Folk Coll 68
8 interviews
542 megabytes
2019
In the Spring of 2019, Utah State University 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.
Material in English
"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.
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.
This collection is grouped into series by interview.
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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.
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
Processed in April of 2019
Cowley, Camille
Wilkinson, Tim
Chudoba, Kathy
Whittaker, Matthew
Hall, Kelsey
Badger, Shari
Arora, Sham
Arora, Mohit
Sahely, Saboor
Foods and Nutrition
Beekeepers--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Family-owned business enterprises--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Buildings--Agricultural Education--Utah State University--Photographs
Christianity--Special events--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Voluntarism--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Community life--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Food service--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Corporations-- Charitable contributions--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Christianity--Special events--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Food--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Restaurant management--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Restaurants--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Corporations-- Charitable contributions--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Dairying--Hyrum (Utah)--Interviews
Dairy processing--Hyrum (Utah)--Interviews
Dairying--Hyrum (Utah)--Photographs
Dairy processing--Hyrum (Utah)--Photographs
Ethnic restaurants--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Family-owned business enterprises--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Cooking, Indic--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Food banks--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
Food relief--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
Nonprofit organizations--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
Public welfare--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
Food habits--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Interviews
Food banks--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs
Voluntarism--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs
Grocers--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Grocers--Logan (Utah)--Charitable contributions--Interviews
Grocery trade--Utah--Interviews
Grocers--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Honey--Logan (Utah)--Interviews
Honey--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Marketing--Utah State University--Photographs
School farms--Utah State University--Photographs
Agricultural students--Utah State University--Photographs
Greenhouse gardening--Utah State University--Photographs
Utah State University--Photographs
Supermarkets--Logan (Utah)--Photographs
Cache Valley
Logan
Utah
Oral Histories
Sound Recordings
Folklore and Folklife
1. Sham and Mohit Arora (Tandoori Oven) Interview Materials
Mohit Arora giving a family welcome to unnamed employee to work in the kitchen - Tandoori Oven restaurant
Item 1
2019 April 05
Mohit Arora preparing chicken coconut kurma for the lunch buffet - Tandoori Oven restaurant
Item 2
2019 April 05
Renovated exterior of Tandoori Oven and Sinclair Gas Station, Logan, Utah
Item 3
2019 April 05
Unnamed employee preparing naan with butter and seasoning - Tandoori Oven restaurant
Item 4
2019 April 05
Naan oven - Tandoori Oven restaurant
Item 5
2019 April 05
Tandoori Oven restaurant menu
Item 6
2019 April 19
Booth, wall decor, and table setting inside the renovated Tandoori Oven restaurant
Item 7
2019 April 19
Sham Arora
Item 8
2019 April 19
Plated pineapple chicken curry, rice, and sweet naan - Tandoori Oven restaurant
Item 9
2019 April 19
Plated chicken coconut kurma, rice, and sweet naan - Tandoori Oven restaurant
Item 10
2019 April 19
Sham and Mohit Arora interview (audio)
Item 11
2019 April 19
Sham and Mohit Arora interview (transcript)
Item 12
2019 April 19
2. Matthew Whitaker (Cache Community Food Pantry) Interview Materials
Note from Matthew Whitaker's daughter
Item 1
2019 April 19
Thank you note from a young member of the Cache Valley community for the Cache Community Food Pantry
Item 2
2019 April 19
Plague listing donors in the office entrance at the Cache Community Food Pantry
Item 3
2019 April 19
Food in the 'store' portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry
Item 4
2019 April 19
Food in the 'store' portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry
Item 5
2019 April 19
Food in the 'store' portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry
Item 6
2019 April 19
Matthew Whitaker, director of the Cache Community Food Pantry, standing in front of a wall of artwork from his kids
Item 7
2019 April 19
Outside entrance into the office portion of the Cache Community Food Pantry
Item 8
2019 April 19
Matthew Whitaker, director of the Cache Community Food Pantry, sitting at his desk on site
Item 9
2019 April 19
Matthew Whitaker, director of the Cache Community Food Pantry, sitting at his desk on site
Item 10
2019 April 19
Matthew Whitaker interview(audio)
Item 11
2019 April 19
Matthew Whitaker interview (transcript)
Item 12
2019 April 19
3. Dr. Kelsey Hall (USU College of Agriculture and Applied Science/Farm-to-School Program) Interview Materials
Handmade sign for the Utah State University Student Organic Farm made in 2008
Item 1
2019 April 08
Utah State University College of Agriculture banner proudly claiming they were the #1 Ag School in the nation in 2016
Item 2
2019 April 08
Utah State University College of Agriculture building (ARGS)
Item 3
2019 April 08
Hoophouses at the Utah State Univerity Student Organic Farm
Item 4
2019 April 08
Spring preparations at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm
Item 5
2019 April 08
Row crops in the Utah State University Student Organic Farm
Item 6
2019 April 08
Utah State University student explaining work on the Student Organic Farm
Item 7
2019 April 08
Fresh turned dirt in between hoophouses at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm
Item 8
2019 April 08
Wheel line irrigation at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm
Item 9
2019 April 08
Inside a hoophouse at the Utah State University Student Organic Farm
Item 10
2019 April 08
Dr. Kelsey Hall interview (audio)
Item 11
2019 March 29
Dr. Kelsey Hall interview (transcript)
Item 12
2019 March 29
4. Tim Wilkinson (Rosehill Dairy) Interview Materials
People bottling milk at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah
Item 1
2019 April 15
Refrigerated room where milk is stored at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah
Item 2
2019 April 15
Tim Wilkinson, dairy farmer and owner of Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah
Item 3
2019 April 15
Blocks of cheese and some crates of juice at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah
Item 4
2019 April 15
Rosehill Dairy warehouse where the milk is bottled and packaged in Hyrum, Utah
Item 5
2019 April 15
Woman bottling milk using a machine at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah
Item 6
2019 April 15
Cows on the premises at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah - one cow is in the foreground
Item 7
2019 April 15
Land surrounding the Rosehill Dairy Farm in Hyrum, Utah
Item 8
2019 April 15
Silos on the Rosehill Dairy Farm in Hyrum, Utah
Item 9
2019 April 15
People bottling cartons of milk, including empty milk bottles at Rosehill Dairy in Hyrum, Utah
Item 10
2019 April 15
Tim Wilkinson interview (transcript)
Item 11
2019 April 15
5. Saboor Sahely (Angies) Interview Materials
Mural painted on the side of Angie's
Item 1
2019 April 16
Angie's sign
Item 2
2019 April 16
Interior of Angie's restaurant, Logan, Utah
Item 3
2019 April 16
Customers at the counter of Angie's
Item 4
2019 April 16
Angie's restaurant in Logan, Utah
Item 5
2019 April 16
Employees preparing food at Angie's
Item 6
2019 April 16
Saboor Sahely
Item 7
2019 April 16
Back of an unnamed Angie's employee shirt - 'where the locals eat'
Item 8
2019 April 16
Jack Daly interviewing Saboor Sahely
Item 9
2019 April 16
Food at Angie's restaurant
Item 10
2019 April 16
Saboor Sahely interview (audio)
Item 11
2019 April 16
Saboor Sahely interview (transcript)
Item 12
2019 April 16
6. Camille Cowley (Cox Honeyland) Interview Materials
Sample table in the Cox Honeyland gift shop
Item 1
2019 April 19
Cox Honeyland gift shop and warehouse
Item 2
2019 April 19
Camille Cowley
Item 3
2019 April 19
Cox Honeyland's sign
Item 4
2019 April 19
Beehive encased in glass and wood
Item 5
2019 April 19
Beehive encased in glass and wood
Item 6
2019 April 19
Honey sticks, lipbalm, and salve
Item 7
2019 April 19
Beehive encased in glass and wood
Item 8
2019 April 19
Camille Cowley fills a glass jar with mountain honey in the Cox Honeyland warehouse
Item 9
2019 April 19
Camille Cowley and two of her sisters
Item 10
2019 April 19
Camille Cowley interview (audio)
Item 11
2019 April 19
Camille Cowley interview (transcript)
Item 12
2019 April 19
7. Shari Badger (Lee's Marketplace) Interview
Lee's Marketplace pharmacy
Item 1
2019 April 19
Emma George and Shari Badger talking
Item 2
2019 April 19
Emma George and Shari Badger talking
Item 3
2019 April 19
Lee's Marketplace produce
Item 4
2019 April 19
Exterior of Lee's Marketplace in Logan, Utah
Item 5
2019 April 19
Lee's Marketplace map
Item 6
2019 April 19
Shari Badger
Item 7
2019 April 19
Lee and Shari Badger
Item 8
2019 April 19
Emma George and Shari Badger talking
Item 9
2019 April 19
Lee Badger plaque
Item 10
2019 April 19
Shari Badger interview (audio)
Item 11
2019 April 19
Shari Badger interview (transcript)
Item 12
2019 April 19
8. Kathy Chudoba (Loaves & Fishes – Cache Valley) Interview Materials
Events hall at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah - preparation for the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal
Item 1
2019 April 20
Dianne Hardy, pianist at the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal
Item 2
2019 April 20
Loaves and Fishes volunteers in the kitchen at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah
Item 3
2019 April 20
Loaves and Fishes volunteers in the food line at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah - serving ham and au gratin potatoes
Item 4
2019 April 20
Loaves and Fishes volunteers in the food line at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah - serving salad
Item 5
2019 April 20
Beginning of the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal
Item 6
2019 April 20
Food served at the Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal
Item 7
2019 April 20
Kathy Chudoba
Item 8
2019 April 20
Loaves and Fishes Community Meal sign, placed in front of the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah
Item 9
2019 April 20
Loaves and Fishes spring celebration meal - volunteer orientation meeting
Item 10
2019 April 20
Kathy Chudoba interview (audio)
Item 11
2019 April 20
Kathy Chudoba interview (transcript)
Item 12
2019 April 20