Excerpts from interviews by Austin and Alta Fife, July-August 1946

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Title Excerpts from interviews by Austin and Alta Fife, July-August 1946
Creator Fife, Austin E.
Contributor Utah Humanities Research Foundation; Apperly, W. H. (William H.), 1845-1923; Fife, Alta (Alta Stevens), 1912-1996
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1946
Date Digital 2014-02-13
Temporal Coverage 1892; 1946
Spatial Coverage United States; Utah
Subject Latter Day Saints--Utah--Biography; Utah--Biography; Utah--19th century--Biography; Folklore--Utah; Folk music--Utah; Folk songs--Utah; Latter Day Saints--Music; ; Latter Day Saints--Folklore; Oral history; Folk songs
Description Typescript with transcripts of interviews by Austin and Alma Fife in 1946 of elderly Utahns about their 19th-century memories. Includes a listing of songs and interviews recorded by Austin E. Fife and Alta S. Fife for the Archive fo American Folk Song, Library of Congress, July-August 1946. Also "A Christmas Story" by William H. Apperley, written Dec. 25, 1892 for "The Christmas Journal" of Logan, Utah
Table of Contents Interviews with: Mrs. Lydia E. Fisher, Bountiful, Utah, July 6, 1946; Flora Belnap, Ogden, Utah, July 10, 1946; Andrew Fjeld, Lehi, Utah, July 22, 1946; John Hutchings, Lehi, Utah, July 22, 1946; Bishop Koyle, Salem, Utah, July 23, 1946; Walter Cox, Provo, Utah, July 23, 1946; Miss Warner, Price, Utah, July 24, 1946; Bishop Carter, Helper, Utah, July 24, 1946; Mrs. Biddlecom, Green River, Utah, July 24, 1946; Otho Murphy, Moab, Utah, July 25, 1946; Fletcher Bronson, Monticello, Utah, July 26, 1946; Mrs. Anne Stocks Chamberlain, Moab, Utah, July 26, 1946; Miss Jessie Sherwood, Monticello, Utah, July 27, 1946; Mrs. Maggie Lyman, Blanding, Utah, July 27, 1946; Albert R. Lyman, Blanding, Utah, July 27, 1946; Mrs. (Doris) Nevills, Mexican Hat, Utah, July 28, 1946; Mr. Boyle, Red Lake trading post, Navajo Indian Reservation, July 28, 1946; Guide at Timpanogos Cave, August 1946; Alta S. Fife, Woods Cross, Utah, August 20, 1946; Mrs. B. F. Cummings, Provo, Utah, July 22, 1946; John Hutchings, Lehi, Utah, July 22, 1946. Mormon folk songs (list) Interviews (cont.): Walt Hamblin, Kanab, Utah, July 30, 1946; Preston Pond, Logan, Utah, June 19, 1946; Mr. Fawcett, Price, Utah, July 24, 1946; Mr. Brainer, Helper, Utah, July 24, 1946; Arthur W. Hart, Preston, Idaho, May 16, 1946. Copy of "Historical sketch of Anna Mennorrow Hamilton"; A Christmas Story, by W. H. Apperley, from the Christmas Journal, Dec. 25, 1892; Some mining terms: curious expressions used by miners and prospectors, from The Christmas Journal, Dec. 25, 1892; "4000 Aaronic youths keep anniversary," article from Deseret News, May 15, 1946
Type Text
Genre Folklore
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47195
Scanning Technician Halima Noor; Niko Amaya; Kendra Yates; Tim Arnold
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Adobe Acrobat Pro X as a pdf.
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Setname uum_uhrf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6989p8b
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