| Title |
Oral history interview with Carma Roberts by Leslie Courtright |
| Creator |
Roberts, Carma; Courtright, Leslie |
| Contributor |
Southern Utah University; Zion National Park; Utah Humanities Council; Utah Historical Society |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
2009-10-17 |
| Access Rights |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital |
2024-02-28 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Springdale, Washington County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5547516/springdale.html City of Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7173803/city-of-manti.html |
| Subject |
Personal narratives; Oral histories; National parks; Memories; Reminiscing; Daughters; Fathers; Utah Parks Company; Cabins; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Mothers; Sisters; Grade schools; Great Depression; Dresses; Bib overalls; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Transportation; Field trips; Electricians; Plumbers; Swings; Tree planting; Outhouses; Electricity; Winter; Lanterns; Wood-burning stoves; Food supply;Milk; Venison; Park rangers; Work; Whistling; World War II; Construction + architecture; Fireplaces; Visitors' centers; Friends; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Snakes; Virgin River; Tour guides (Persons); May Department Stores Company; Dolls; Flooding; Telephones; Radios; Christmas; New Year's Eve; Sisters; Waitresses; Hotel maids; Brothers; Cafeterias; Restaurants; Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974; Soup; My friend Flicka (Motion picture); Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985; Dancing; Building maintenance; Cats; Bobcat; Easter; Jesus Christ; Pageants; Rain; Horseback riding; Hiking; Fire; Sun Valley (Idaho); Denver (Colo.); Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah); Cedar City (Utah); Springdale (Utah); Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.); Manti (Utah); Florida; Zion National Park (Utah) |
| Description |
Oral history interview by Leslie Courtright with Carma Roberts. Topics include: Union Pacific, Living in Zion as a child, Attending school in Springdale, The Great Depression, Field Trips to Zion, Living without utilities, Cabins, Canned milk, Venison jerky, Civilian Conservation Corps, Park rangers, Family, Getting a job at Zion as a teenager, Working as a waitress, Planting trees, Friendship, Filming motion pictures, Meeting actors, Going to dances, World War II, Father building cabins, Easter pageants, Hiking, and Family. |
| Collection Number and Name |
MSS B 1957 The Zion National Park Employee Oral History Collection, 2009 |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
15 leaves |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Source |
MSS B 1957 The Zion National Park Employee Oral History Collection, 2009 |
| Scanning Technician |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6zk6myb |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2465017 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk6myb |
