| Title |
Ruth Messick, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 5, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 565 |
| Alternative Title |
Ruth Messick, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Messick, Ruth, 1923- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-06-05 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Alameda, Alameda County, California, United States; Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Messick, Ruth, 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; United States--Naval Reserve--Women's Reserve |
| Keywords |
WAVEs |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Ruth Messick on June 5, 2002. This is from tape number 565 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Messick (b. 1923) discusses family life, the Depression, and growing up in Brigham City, Utah. She joined the WAVES in September 1944, took training at Hunter College, and attended yeoman school at Oklahoma A&M before assignment to the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. She was discharged in December 1945. 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/s66d7s88 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023553 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d7s88 |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023519 |
| OCR Text |
Show THIS IS AN INTERVIEW WITH RUTH ME ICK 0 JU E 5, 2002. TH INTERVIEWER IS BECKY B. LLOYD. THI I THE PROJE T " VI TH LEGACY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF UTAH' WORLD WAR II VETERA " TAPE NO. 565. BECK: This is an interview with Ruth Messick. Am I saying that right? RUTH: Yes. My husband was a mess sergeant (laughs). Isn't that funny. BECK: He really was? RUTH: Yes. BECK: Oh, I thought you were just saying that. RUTH: Yes. That's where I met him, in the mess hall, the first time I ever saw him I, uuhhhhh! BECK: Ruth, that's funny. Okay. We're at Ruth's home in Holladay, Utah. Today's date is June 5, 2002 and this is part of the Saving the Legacy Project. My name is Becky Lloyd. All right, Ruth, let's start with when and where you were born. RUTH: I was born in Brigham City, Utah, on December 15, 1923. BECK: What was your family doing in Brigham City? RUTH: My father, well, when I was growing up, part of it was during the Great Depression, so he had owned a motor company and a cafe, but he lost them and he was a truck farmer. He had acreage where he grew crops and sold them. But then, in 1938, he started a motor company. He was dealing in used cars; he had three used car lots, and then the motor company. BECK: When you say motor company, what do you mean by that? RUTH: Well, he was a dealership. He sold Plymouth cars and GMC trucks. BECK: And then he also had some used car lots? |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d7s88/1023519 |
