| Title | Marge Anderson Oral History Interview |
| Creator | Anderson, Margie O.; Shumway, Mia |
| Contributor | Utah Humanities |
| Publisher | Utah Historical Society |
| Date | 2024-06-28 |
| Spatial Coverage | City of Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7173392/city-of-ephraim.html |
| Subject | Oral histories; Small towns series; Ephraim (Utah); Ephraim (Utah)--Social conditions; Moroni (Utah)--Social conditions; Pharmacy technicians--Ephraim (Utah)--Interviews; Drugstores--Ephraim (Utah); Rural conditions--Utah; Small towns--Utah ;Snow College (Ephraim, Utah); Community development--Ephraim (Utah); Women in business--Ephraim (Utah) |
| Transcript | Gross, Susan |
| Description | Marge Anderson, born in Moroni, Utah, in 1924, recounts her life and experiences primarily in Ephraim, Utah, where she still resides. She details her long career as a pharmacy technician at her husband's drugstore, working until age 94, and observes the significant changes in Ephraim due to the growth of Snow College (Ephraim, Utah)and the impact of large retailers like Walmart on local businesses. Anderson reflects on the benefits of rural life, such as community support and a safe environment for raising children, contrasting it with challenges like limited job opportunities and evolving social dynamics. She expresses a desire for managed growth to preserve the quiet character of the town while acknowledging the inevitability of change. |
| 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 | 15 pages; 00:41:07 |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s6agqqqc |
| Metadata Cataloger | Michelle Gollehon; Amy Green Larsen |
| Setname | dha_uhrucohp |
| ID | 2776901 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6agqqqc |