| Title |
Ann Sharp, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, August 10, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 406 |
| Alternative Title |
Ann Sharp, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sharp, Ann, 1932- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-10 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Netherlands; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Sharp, Ann, 1932- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch; World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands; Dutch Americans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (44 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Ann Sharp on August 10, 2001. This is from tape number xxx in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Ann Sharp (b. 1932) talks about her childhood in Holland under German occupation. She lived in Rotterdam but was sent to Arnhem for a time. Sharp emigrated to the United States with her husband in 1953, settling in Salt Lake City to be near her sister, who had joined the LDS Church. 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/s64t8hmb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Dutch Americans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026595 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t8hmb |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026557 |
| OCR Text |
Show A H RP 10 2 01 ANN: No. I never was abused or anything like that. They were all wonderful. We had one that was our math teacher and boy, she was a sergeant. BEC: Oh, really? ANN: She was a sergeant. But if you did your work and you mind your business, you know, you wouldn't have any problems with her. And I'm sure that I've had a scolding once or twice because I used to like to visit with the kids in school. But other than that, I know I was never abused. We had some that were absolutely darlings. They were so good. BEC: So that is just a stereotype? ANN: Right. Oh, I'm sure it happens and especially when you read about the orphanages that are being run. And I'm sure that those things, in the older days, happened a lot, but not during my time. It was wonderful. BEC: Was schooling, was that considered a private school that your family paid for or was that from government? ANN: BEC: ANN: No. No, it was from the government. Government-paid. Oh. Yeah. BEC: So tell me about your childhood growing up. What was that like? What sort of things did you do? ANN: Well, see I was eight when the war broke out, and thirteen when it was over. So to be honest, I didn't have much of a childhood. Neither one of us did, the older ones. I can remember when I was younger that we would have, my grandmother had a sister in Belgium, and they would come and visit us once in a while. And I 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t8hmb/1026557 |
