| 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 39 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020773 |
| OCR Text |
Show beautiful. So I took som sunflowers and put th m in a v tn y r m and room and said Oh you can't do that. Those are weeds (laughs). And sh t o got them out of my room. I thought it was terrible. They were such b autiful f1 in t ut h was a wonderful lady. I still have traits till today that I do. I remember she put --she wa a mall lady and she always used for the mirror in her bathroom window and put her makeup on. Until today I always have my mirror in the bathroom window because it's really good when you have the- BEC: All the light. SOP: The light on. And making the bed, she was a nurse before she got married. And making the beds, I still make my beds that way. Just straight and lift up the comers and stuck them in there (laughs). And she really taught me a lot of things. She bought my wedding dress. She went and got me all ready to get married. Are you going to ask me how I met my husband. BEC: I was going to, but first, how long did you have to stay with the Muirs? SOP: About two years. They did not have children; they adopted two children. And they're all gone now. The only one that is alive is the boy. But she passed away and he passed away and the girl, Natalie, she passed away, too. So the only one that's alive is John. But it was about two years, I think. Then I probably had-but that was a wonderful time for me because she taught me absolutely everything, just what everything was called and how they did things over here. In fact, for my wedding, she was my size too, and she had some beautiful clothes. So she gave me a beautiful-! still remember-a beautiful maroon suit, maroon color, pink, gloves a cute little pink hat. I still remember that. She just take care of everything. JEA: Was that for your wedding? 38 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb64zk/1020773 |
