| Title |
Oral history interview with Vonda Angel by Janet E. Cook [Transcript and Audio] |
| Creator |
Angel, Vonda; Cook, Janet E. |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
2012-01-16 |
| Access Rights |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital |
2024-01-24 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5775346/grantsville.html |
| Subject |
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 |
Text; Sound |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
21 leaves; 38:50 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Source |
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012 |
| Scanning Technician |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6a3htbw |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2476705 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6a3htbw |
