Oral history interview with Charles Stromberg by Pat Eatough [Transcript and Audio]

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Title Oral history interview with Charles Stromberg by Pat Eatough [Transcript and Audio]
Creator Stromberg, Charles; Eatough, Pat
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 2012-01-15
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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; City council members; Community; Dance floors; Dance halls; Dances; Demolition; Fire; Firefighters; Flashlights; Graduation (School); Grand Opera House; Grantsville High School (Grantsville, Utah); Legacies; Military service; Mothers; Motion pictures; Movie tickets; Parents; Piano; Plays; Pranks; Projectors; Remodeling (Architecture); Republicans (Political party : U.S. : 1854- ); Schools; Silent films; Social life and customs; Stairs; Teenagers; Theater companies; Theaters--Utah; United States. Army.; Ushers; Volunteers; Grantsville (Utah)
Description Oral history interview by Pat Eatough with Charles Stromberg. Topics include: Growing up in Grantsville and living there his entire life except for his military service, Loving his community, Being in one of the plays as a boy, His mother acting in the plays, Folks Folks Sociables, Potluck dinners, Ticket booths, The piano being played for silent movies, Potbelly stoves, Always sitting in the balcony as a teenager, A flashlight shining on kids if they were being rowdy, When the man who ran the projector was locked in the booth, The Opera House being the center of community events, Establishing a Memorial Theater Company, The talent of Grantsville residents, Borrowing money to get the Fiddler on the Roof script, A fire destroying a local school, Kids pulling pranks, Old cars, Attending activities at the Opera House, Serving in the United States Army, Seminary graduation, Remodeling and repairs on the Opera House before tearing it down, Serving as County Commissioner and as a City Councilman and as a volunteer fireman.
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 6 leaves; 19:54
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/s6adephz
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2476726
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6adephz
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