| Title |
Sophia Howard, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, May 2, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 452 |
| Alternative Title |
Sophia Howard, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Howard, Sophia, 1924-2008 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-05-02 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Netherlands |
| Subject |
Howard, Sophia, 1924-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch American; World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (46 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Sophia Howard on May 2, 2002. This is from tape number 452 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Howard (b. 1924) talks about her birth and childhood in Utrecht, Holland. She recalls hearing about the German bombing of Rotterdam and the surrender, which took place five days later. During the war she worked for a company that cleaned the homes of German officers. Topics covered include food shortages, German roundups of men and resistance workers, the black market, curfew, the liberation of Holland and postwar events, and converting to the LDS Church in the 1950s. 46 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
46 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sb64zk |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--Dutch American; World War (1939-1945); Women in war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020782 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb64zk |
| Title |
Page 38 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020772 |
| OCR Text |
Show OPHI H W D BE : r h r SOP: o y u cam ov r to America and what did you tart d · n Somebody paid my trip and that somebody you had to h a spon or. that I had-see my sisters arranged that the ones that were here already-and 'twa d th r. Muir and his wife. In return I had to go live with them. I had a beautiful room there and work d £ r them, to pay my trip back. So it was wonderful. It really was a wonderful time because that lady taught me everything. On Saturdays she would wash my hair and in Holland you have a perm sometimes, but you don't have all of those rollers and stuff. Oh, they do have now, probably. So we just had a perm and you washed it and you kind of got it back in shape and you never had rollers in your hair. See on Saturday mornings she used to wash my hair and roll it all up for me. I had to do the housecleaning in the morning. In the afternoon I had to wear a white dress, kind of like, that looks nice and clean, and then it was cooking time. She taught me all about preparing dinner. Until today, when I see an asparagus and I remember asparagus how it has all those little things on it. And I had to take those all off. I still remember that and _[unclear]_ cook them. No, I don't know, maybe they taste better that way. But she taught me everything and afternoon was cooking time. Then afterwards, I would go home [phone rings] on the bus-Jean, you want to get that honey? JEA: I will. SOP: I went home after dinnertime, I went home with the bus and at night I had to go back. Then I had to be there at night so I could be there early in the morning. I had a beautiful room. One thing I never forget either, she lived up on Military Way. They were kind of rich people. He was an eye surgeon and had a beautiful home. I remember [unclear] and I could have crawled back, I would have crawled back. I was so homesick. And she had in her backyard sunflowers. I think they're beautiful flowers till today. I think, who says it's a weed; it's 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb64zk/1020772 |
