| Title |
Edward G. Lueders, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, February 1, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 326 and 327 |
| Alternative Title |
Edward Lueders, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Lueders, Edward, 1923- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-02-01 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
India; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States |
| Subject |
Lueders, Edward, 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (72 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Edward G. Lueders on February 1, 2000. This is from tape numbers 326 and 327 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Edward Lueders (b. 1923) recalls his youth in Chicago. He was drafted in 1943, joined the Air Force, and spent several months in various stateside postings. He eventually ended up in India, attached to the Air Transport Command, where his assignment was to provide recreation and entertainment for the troops. He was discharged in March 1946. 72 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
72 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/s6321v53 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Aerial--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026269 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6321v53 |
| Title |
Page 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026222 |
| OCR Text |
Show EDWARD G. LUEDERS February 1, 2000 pick us up. I remember experiences going up to the University which was largely just the U, the main U, and feeling a little more at home, because I'd been a college student. And I stopped in at the Sigma Chi House, where people were lounging and didn't pay much attention to me after I gave them the handshake. WIN: Did you join that fraternity? EDW: I did. It was the fraternity of choice there for me, because a good many of other Chicago students at Hanover College had clustered into the Sigma Chi house, so it was a natural choice for me. Since I practically needed to be in a fraternity- there wasn't housing for students - after the freshman year the fraternities did the housing. WIN: Often, in those liberal arts colleges, that was the case. EDW: Yeah. WIN: Did you find any music venues here in the valley during that time that you could enjoy? EDW:No. WIN: There must not have been much of a jazz scene here. EDW: There wasn't. The only music I heard was at what was then the Coconut Grove, the dance hall. It's had other names, it went through a number of ... WIN: Rainbow Hall. EDW: Rainbow, Rendevous, things of the time. And I did go in there, I had one date as a result of that with a young woman who took me home. I've written that into a chapter in my novel, The Wake of the General Bliss, which is pretty much the case. I'm going in 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6321v53/1026222 |
