| 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 35 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023551 |
| OCR Text |
Show Becky Lloyd American West Center University of Utah 1901 East South Campus Drive, Rm 1023 Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Dear Becky, 4034 Mercury Drzve Salt Lake City, Ut. 84124 June 28, 2004 Please forgive me for being so long in returning your wonderful compilation of my military service and life before and after. It brought back many fond memories of my younger days. I marvel that you so aptly brought out all the different facets of my life and especially; my time in the Navy. I forgot to tell you how proud I am that I was allowed to serve and learned so much from that service. One thing that I would like to tell you is that I started school under the G. I. Bill and at that time had the care of my oldest son Bruce who was my husband's child from his first marriage. I attended school during the day, the year around for about 2 years. At that time I became pregnant with my second child, and when I was six months along, I had to stop because of complications. She was hom in May, 1951. I stayed home until September, 1951, and then resumed my education. at night school. I went to night school for three more years including sunmmers. This was really quite an accomplishment when you consider that I had two children and my husband had started a business. I was the accountant for all of his operations. I received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. I was the only woman receiving this degree and there were from 40 to 60 men in all of my classes during this time. I graduated in June, 1954. Then we added 4 more children to our family. How grateful I am for my Navy service that allowed me to achieve this very important part of my life. It has shown our children how very important it is to complete a college education. It has become important to our grandchildren, too. Thank you Becky, for allowing me to be part of this wonderful history that you have documented. You should receive a medal for your valor and dedication. With Sincere Appreciation, . ~~/2-7/7r~.d/ |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66d7s88/1023551 |
