| Title |
Royce Flandro, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, March 21, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 2 & 3 |
| Alternative Title |
Royce Flandro, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Flandro, Royce P. (Royce Pendleton), 1922- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-03-21 |
| 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 |
Algeria; Italy; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Flandro, Royce P. (Royce Pendleton), 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
ROTC |
| Description |
Transcript (44 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Royce Flandro on March 21, 2000. These are tape numbers 2 and 3 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Flandro (b. 1922) was in the ROTC at the University of Utah. He was called to active duty in 1943. He discusses his training in an artillery unit, and serving in North Africa and Italy. 44 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
44 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/s6j69g4j |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Artillery--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025122 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j |
| Title |
Page 39 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025114 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROYCEFLANDRO March 21, 2000 in the frrst part of the summer. Then I went back to New York, to New York University, and took a class in administration of youth camps and that sort of thing. Then I came back home and started teaching in the fall. During that school year I did some counseling. My classroom was right next to the counseling and office room for the pupil/personnel department of the school district. I did some counseling there. Then I was developing a camp. It was a youth camp for the school district, and I met a girl that I was to marry. She was an elementary teacher that I met at the Teachers Institute at a party. We dated, and we married in March. WINN: Of 1946? ROYCE: Of1949. I graduated in 1948,andstartedteachingin 1948. Then in 1949we married, and we started that camp together east of Provo. We had kids there in our camp all summer. Then in the fall we bought a little house in South Salt Lake. WINN: Your wife's name? ROYCE: My wife's name was Melba Ottoson. She was an elementary teacher in the Timpanogos School in Provo. She was born in Meeker, Colorado, and the family moved to Sandy, Utah. They did some work up in Bingham Canyon. She went to Bingham High School. Shehadoneyearatthe UniversityofUtahand therestwasatBYU. That was her education. We ran that camp, and it was very successful. We had horses, swimming, hiking, boating, and vesper services. We had USDA food and two cooks, and the boys and girls had to cook some meals. They also had nature studies of different types. We published a newspaper at the end of each week. There were kids of a different grade each week with planned activities. We had a staff of eleven people who directed them. I made that my masters degree thesis. In the fall of 194 7 we went to the University ofUtah and worked on that degree and graduated in the spring of 1950. To support us financially I had several assignments. The main one was that I signed up as a journeyman carpenter. I took the 37 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j69g4j/1025114 |
