David Parker Oral History Interview

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Title David Parker Oral History Interview
Creator Parker, David; Heers, Mary
Contributor Utah Humanities
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 2017-04-22
Spatial Coverage City of Hyrum, Cache County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788387/city-of-hyrum.html
Subject Argentina; Businesspeople; Children; Chinese restaurants; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Computer programmers; Emigration and immigration; Entrepreneurship; Family life; Foreign workers--United States; Grandparents; Immigrants--United States--Biography; Information technology--Vocational guidance; Marriage; Missionaries; Musicians; Norway; Oral histories; Work; Work ethic; Hyrum (Utah); Valparaiso, Chile
Description Oral history interview by Mary Heers with David Parker. Topics include: Growing in in Valparaiso, Chile; A recent move from Chile to Utah; Meeting his future wife at a party while she was studying at a University in Chile; His first jobs working in restaurants; His father owning a restaurant and working in Norway for thirty years; His employment at a Chinese restaurant in Norway; Studying an IT program in Logan; His desire to have his own business so he can talk to and help people; An interest in real estate investing and selling musical instruments; Playing the guitar; His current employment with Automation Products Group; The stress of working in a restaurant kitchen; His belief that there are more good employment opportunities in the U.S.; Serving as a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Argentina; His British Grandfather living in Wyoming before moving to Chile; Getting a permit to work in the U.S. and the recent birth of a son.
Collection Number and Name MSS D 4 Utah Humanities Utah Works Oral History Collection, 2017
Holding Institution Utah Historical Society
Abstract Mr. David Parker is from Valparaiso, Chile. He moved to Hyrum, Utah with his wife recently. He talks about working in Chile, Norway, and in the United States. He talks about what he would like to do as a career in the future, as well as his current job.
Type Text; Sound
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format application/pdf
Extent 16 pages; 00:28:39
Language eng
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s63tk8vk
Metadata Cataloger Amy Larsen Green
Setname dha_uhuwohp
ID 2769038
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63tk8vk
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