| Title |
Eliza R. Fife, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, September 17, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 410 and 411 |
| Alternative Title |
Eliza R. Fife, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Fife, Eliza R., 1929- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-09-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Bern, Switzerland |
| Subject |
Fife, Eliza R., 1929- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Swiss; World War, 1939-1945--Switzerland; Swiss Americans--Utah; Latter Day Saint missionaries--Biography |
| Keywords |
Switzerland; Immigration; Mormons |
| Description |
Transcript (48 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Eliza Fife on September 17, 2001. These are tape numbers 410 and 411 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Eliza Fife was born in Switzerland in 1929. She recalls life during the war, coming to the United States in 1949, and her subsequent life in America. 48 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
48 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/s6p006wv |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--Swiss; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Swiss Americans; Mormon missionaries |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022956 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p006wv |
| Title |
Page 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022931 |
| OCR Text |
Show ELIZA FIFE BEC: The house doesn t exist any more? SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 ELI: Right, uh-huh. So they let us rent, or live in that one, so that [phone rings]. Turn that off. BEC: Okay. [turns tape off] ELI: Anyway this really had nothing to do with the war. BEC: Oh, that's all right you know, we're looking at your whole life. It just puts the war in the perspective of your whole life. ELI: Which really wasn't that drastic, but, anyway. So we came over here and we lived there and then we lived in that rock house for a while. And Mom had to cook on a coal stove. I don t know how she survived that, I really don' t. She was fortyseven years old at the time. So was my dad. My dad was just a year younger than my mom and when he came over he didn't have a job. So he worked as a hod carrier which is the dirt carrier for a guy that- brick mason. So that was awful hard for him. BEC: Oh, tough work. ELI: Yeah because he wasn't used to that until he finally found a job in his own profession. But for us it was fun cause we were all, you know, I went to work as a secretary in the temple and everybody had a job, us kids we did, and we did great. But, for my parents it was a real, real difficult thing. BEC: You know I was thinking about you coming over with your brother and sister. That must have been just a grand adventure. 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p006wv/1022931 |
