| Title |
Kenneth R. Madsen, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, February 5 - 8, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 178 to 182 |
| Alternative Title |
Kenneth R. Madsen, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Madsen, Kenneth R., 1925-2003 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-02-05; 2001-02-06; 2001-02-07; 2001-02-08 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
France; Germany; Utah County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Madsen, Kenneth R., 1925-2003--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Northern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care |
| Keywords |
Froidenberg Farm; Alsace-Lorraine; Wounded; Lawyers |
| Description |
Transcript (126 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Kenneth R. Madsen on February 5-8, 2001. This is from tape numbers 178, 179, 180, 181, and 182 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Madsen (b. 1925) details his family genealogy and recalls his childhood in rural Utah. He was inducted into the army when he turned eighteen and was assigned to the 86th Infantry Division and sent to Louisiana for jungle warfare training. Sent to Europe, instead of the Pacific, Madsen saw combat in France and Germany. Other topics covered include descriptions of the Alsace-Lorraine area, the deaths of fellow soldiers, the "Froidenberg Farm" skirmish, being wounded and receiving medical care, and his long convalescence including time spent at Bushnell military hospital in Brigham City, Utah. Madsen also talks about going to law school, being recruited by Ernest Wilkinson when he was a Senior, and joining the firm of Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, which specialized in Indian claims cases. He left there for a job at AT&T, from which he retired. 126 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
126 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/s6zw3k5k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Medical care |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022305 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3k5k |
| Title |
Page 99 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022275 |
| OCR Text |
Show T R.MADSEN Ten percent of the thirty million dollar settlement the Utes got? Right, right. WIN: Okay. Now, when Rocco was there-I edited a series of tapes that h did-and h maintained, in his memoires, that he was doing work for the law firm that wasn't invol d in Indians, therefore, he didn't get the part of the settlement that the Indian claims did. KEN: Neither did I, not the first one. WIN: Not the first one? Yours came later? KEN: I just got there for the-I participated in the hearings to determine what Ernest's fee should be, but that case was all over as far as the settlement negotiations and that were concerned. WIN: So you were only with the Wilkinson firm for about two years? What caused you to leave? KEN: Two things: I need to make mention of one other thing. I did not want to spend my life as an Indian lawyer, like they were hired. I soon met enough of them that I had no desire to be an Indian lawyer and the firm had a small radio-a percentage of KSL-and they had two or three other broadcasting kinds of clients and I asked Ernest if I couldn't try to build-up in that part of the practice. So, from then on I spent some of my time-and I did build up the practice. We had broadcasting clients and we did work before the FCC. In fact, that's what led to my changing my job. You asked how long I had been there. I had been there long enough that I had conducted, and participated in, hearings before the Federal Communications Commission, that-I'm thinking real fast-anyway, the vice-president and general counsel of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies was LDS. I didn't know him too well. I'm trying to think of his name. 97 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zw3k5k/1022275 |
