Ruth Messick, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 5, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 565

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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
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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
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