| Title | Oral history interview with Vera Showalter Gee and Gus Gee by Liz Sowards. [Transcript] |
| Creator | Gee, Vera Showalter; Gee, Gus; Sowards, Liz |
| Publisher | Utah Historical Society |
| Date | 2000 |
| Access Rights | Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital | 2024-05-02 |
| Spatial Coverage | City of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788893/city-of-salt-lake-city.html City of Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7174628/city-of-vernal.html |
| Subject | Brigham Young University; Cattle ranches; Children; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Colorado; Parents; Family; Home ownership; Marriage; Oil industries--United States; Personal narratives; Retirement; Service stations; Sheep farming; Siblings; Teachers; Theaters; Salt Lake City, Utah; Uintah County (Utah ); Vernal (Utah) |
| Description | Oral history interview by Liz Sowards with Vera Showalter. Topics include: Personal background information including place of birth, parents, siblings, and growing up in Vernal, Utah. Her father's decision to enter the sheep industry; Establishing a sheep and cattle ranch on Brush Creek and establishing a home in Vernal; Building, owning and operating the Orpheus Theater for thirteen years; Selling the theater to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints; Selling the ranch in Brush Creek and purchasing a ranch in Colorado; Purchasing a Ford garage shop; Vera meeting her future husband at BYU; Living in Provo and moving to Vernal so they could both to teach school; Raising their children; Children's education; Children's spouses and families; Buying and selling homes; Moving to Salt Lake; Gus' move from teaching to the Oil industry; Changes in Vernal over the years since their retirement and move to Salt Lake; Changes in the oil industry and the economic consequences |
| Collection Number and Name | Mss B 1637 Uintah County (Utah) Oral Histories Collection, 1974-2002 |
| Type | Text |
| Genre | oral histories (literary works) |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Extent | 13 leaves |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | |
| Source | Mss B 1637 Uintah County (Utah) Oral Histories Collection, 1974-2002 |
| Scanning Technician | Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger | Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s6e95859 |
| Setname | dha_uhsoh |
| ID | 2535900 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6e95859 |