| Title |
Arnie (Arnold) Thompson Oral History Interview |
| Creator |
Thompson, Arnie (Arnold); Shumway, Mia |
| Contributor |
Utah Humanities |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
2024-03-22 |
| Spatial Coverage |
City of Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788657/city-of-brigham-city.html |
| Subject |
Oral histories; Engineers--Utah; Thiokol Chemical Corporation; Space shuttles--Accidents; Challenger (Space Shuttle); Rural conditions--Utah; Brigham City (Utah)--History; Thermodynamics; Hunting--Utah; River running--Utah; Airplanes--Design and construction; Real estate development--Utah; City planning--Utah; Community development--Utah; Education--Utah; Family--Utah; Small towns series; Brigham City (Utah) |
| Transcript |
Gross, Susan |
| Description |
This document is a transcript of an interview with Arnold Thompson, conducted by Mia Shumway on March 22, 2024, at the Brigham City Museum. Mr. Thompson, born in 1932, discusses his life in Brigham City, Utah, where he moved in the 1960s. He worked as an engineer at Thiokol, specializing in thermodynamics, and was involved in projects including the space shuttle and airbags. He recounts his strong opposition to the launch of the Challenger space shuttle due to cold weather concerns and O-ring issues, and his subsequent involvement with the Rogers Commission after the disaster. |
| Collection Number and Name |
Rural Utah at a Crossroads Oral History Collection, Mss D 2 |
| Holding Institution |
Utah Historical Society |
| Type |
Text; Sound |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
27 pages; 00:38:38 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6e2krja |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Michelle Gollehon; Amy Green Larsen |
| Setname |
dha_uhrucohp |
| ID |
2776884 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6e2krja |
