Oral history interview with Carma Roberts by Leslie Courtright

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Title Oral history interview with Carma Roberts by Leslie Courtright
Creator Roberts, Carma; Courtright, Leslie
Contributor Southern Utah University; Zion National Park; Utah Humanities Council; Utah Historical Society
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 2009-10-17
Access Rights Utah Historical Society
Date Digital 2024-02-28
Spatial Coverage Springdale, Washington County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5547516/springdale.html City of Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7173803/city-of-manti.html
Subject Personal narratives; Oral histories; National parks; Memories; Reminiscing; Daughters; Fathers; Utah Parks Company; Cabins; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Mothers; Sisters; Grade schools; Great Depression; Dresses; Bib overalls; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Transportation; Field trips; Electricians; Plumbers; Swings; Tree planting; Outhouses; Electricity; Winter; Lanterns; Wood-burning stoves; Food supply;Milk; Venison; Park rangers; Work; Whistling; World War II; Construction + architecture; Fireplaces; Visitors' centers; Friends; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Snakes; Virgin River; Tour guides (Persons); May Department Stores Company; Dolls; Flooding; Telephones; Radios; Christmas; New Year's Eve; Sisters; Waitresses; Hotel maids; Brothers; Cafeterias; Restaurants; Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974; Soup; My friend Flicka (Motion picture); Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985; Dancing; Building maintenance; Cats; Bobcat; Easter; Jesus Christ; Pageants; Rain; Horseback riding; Hiking; Fire; Sun Valley (Idaho); Denver (Colo.); Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah); Cedar City (Utah); Springdale (Utah); Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.); Manti (Utah); Florida; Zion National Park (Utah)
Description Oral history interview by Leslie Courtright with Carma Roberts. Topics include: Union Pacific, Living in Zion as a child, Attending school in Springdale, The Great Depression, Field Trips to Zion, Living without utilities, Cabins, Canned milk, Venison jerky, Civilian Conservation Corps, Park rangers, Family, Getting a job at Zion as a teenager, Working as a waitress, Planting trees, Friendship, Filming motion pictures, Meeting actors, Going to dances, World War II, Father building cabins, Easter pageants, Hiking, and Family.
Collection Number and Name MSS B 1957 The Zion National Park Employee Oral History Collection, 2009
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 15 leaves
Language eng
Rights
Source MSS B 1957 The Zion National Park Employee Oral History Collection, 2009
Scanning Technician Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6zk6myb
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2465017
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk6myb
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