| Title |
LeGrand Raine Curtis, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 17, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 661 |
| Alternative Title |
LeGrand Raine Curtis, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Curtis, LeGrand Raine, 1924-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-06-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Curtis, LeGrand Raine, 1924-2010--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Dentists--Biography |
| Keywords |
Dentists |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with LeGrand Raine Curtis on June 17, 2004. This is from tape number 661 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Curtis (b. 1924) grew up in Salt Lake City, where his father operated a coal company in the Sugarhouse area. He attended the University of Utah and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944. He applied for dental training, which he received at the University of Kansas City. After receiving his degree he was given the option of choosing to serve in the Army or the Navy. He chose the Navy and was sent to Corpus Christi. He was transferred to Norfolk, Virginia, to a repair ship where he provided dental services to men aboard the ships his shipmates were repairing. He was discharged in 1948. 33 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 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/s6hh8j8k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Dentists |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022073 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hh8j8k |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022050 |
| OCR Text |
Show L D RTI J 17 2 -t LE : Y . I v b n ward organi t, oh ix or seven tim s and tak rgani t thr r four times. In dental school I was in the service. They had a sign in th mu ic t r ' ervice men welcome to come in and play our organs.' o one day I wa in there playing the organs, just because I missed it. A total stranger came up and said Tell me Sir are you stationed around here?" I said, "Yes, Sir." He said,' How long are you going to be here?" I said, "I'll be here another two years." He said "We're looking for an organist. I represent a Presbyterian church. Are you interested?" I said, "I don't know. Should I be?" He said, "Well, we'll pay you ten dollars a service." I'd never been paid to play. Ten dollars! That was big money. So I tried out for the committee. The thing they liked the very most was when I played the Mormon hymn, "Oh, My Father." Anyway, they hired me. I had a grand experience because I had never attended a Protestant church growing up here. Why would I attend a Protestant church here in Salt Lake? So they treated me well and I treated them well. They didn't join my church and I didn'tjoin their church, but I made some money. When he did a funeral or a marriage, I made an extra twenty-five dollars. BEC: Wow. LEG: I would play their service and then get on a streetcar and go down and play for the Mormon service, which had a pump organ. I got paid by the Presbyterians but not by the Mormons. BEC: You went down there and did it for free. LEG: You'd spoil the whole program if you started paying bishops and started paying mission presidents or all the other things. I've had about every calling there is. BEC: I believe that. 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hh8j8k/1022050 |
