Balconies; Boy Scouts; Candy; Children; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Color cinematography; Community; Costume; Dance floors; Dances; Demolition; Denmark; Dresses; Flowers; Friends; Grand Opera House; Graduation (School); Wayne, John, 1907-1979; Legacies; Magicians; Marriage; Mountains; Moving, Household; Mutual Improvement Associations; Operetta; Parents; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; Piano; Plays; Politics; Quilting; Remodeling (Architecture); Silent films; Singing; Social life and customs; Stairs; Sweeping and dusting; Talking Pictures; Tap dancing; Theaters--Utah; United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt); U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Salt Lake City (Utah); Grantsville High School; Grantsville (Utah); Grantsville (Utah)
Description
Oral history interview by Janet E. Cook with Vonda Angel. Topics include: Growing in up in Grantsville, Being the granddaughter of Harrison Severe, and original settler of Grantsville, High school graduation, Boys in her school class leaving for work with the CCC, Attending shows, movies and dances at the Opera house, working at the Opera House as a sweeper, Participating in traveling assemblies at the opera house, Wearing flower costumes, Attending the Senior Jinx assembly, Hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor, Social gatherings at the Opera House, Taking tap dance lesson in the Opera House basement, Feeling sad when the Opera House was torn down, Changes in film production, and her legacy as a youth leader.
Collection Number and Name
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
Type
Image/MovingImage
Genre
oral histories (literary works)
Format
video/mp4
Extent
38:34:00
Language
eng
Rights
Source
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012