| Title |
Mel Roper Oral History Interview |
| Creator |
Roper, Mel; Casto, Colleen; Verdioia, Ken |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
1987 |
| Access Rights |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital |
2024-12-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Topaz War Relocation Center, Millard County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5548582/topaz-war-relocation-center.html Town of Oak City, Millard County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7175468/town-of-oak-city.html |
| Subject |
Central Utah Relocation Project; Internment camps; Industrial arts; Japanese Americans; Race discrimination; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives; Delta (Utah); Millard County (Utah); Topaz (Utah); Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah) |
| Description |
Oral History Interview by Colleen Casto and Ken Verdoia with Mel Roper. Mr. Roper served as an Industrial Arts Instructor at Topaz during the war years despite the lack of equipment, suppples, and tools. Because of the language barrier, Mr. Roper worked closely with an assistant, a young man who went on to become an architect. Projects included arts and crafts constructed from found objects. Mr. Roper and the young architect stayed in contact for many years. |
| Collection Number and Name |
MSS B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
20 leaves |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Source |
Mss B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews |
| Scanning Technician |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6tnk3ew |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2592550 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tnk3ew |
