| Title |
Esther Somerville, Moab, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Esther Somerville, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Somerville, Esther |
| Contributor |
Guttman, Steve |
| Date |
1970-08-11 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Moab, Grand County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Somerville, Esther--Interviews; Teachers--Utah--Interviews; Education--Utah--Grand County; Moab (Utah); Uranium mines and mining--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (32 pages) of an interview by Steve Guttman with Esther Somerville, on August 11, 1970. From tape number 46 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Somerville, a Moab school teacher, was interviewd by Steve Guttman. Subjects: background, job as city recorder, claims, uranium boom and Moab, schools, post office, other counties (32 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
32 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| 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/s61p073z |
| Topic |
Teachers; Education; Utah--Moab; Uranium mines and mining |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058200 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p073z |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058184 |
| OCR Text |
Show ESTHER SOMERVILLE #1 SG: But this isn't true any more? ES: No. SG: Does the tourist business affect your job at all? ES: No, not really, only that new properties are built, and they have to acquire the land, and they're owners--if that's a difference. But the tourism business is mostly in the hands of the chamber of commerce, the advertising. Well, all of the people are concerned about having tourists come and spend a lot of money here, but it doesn't affect this office very much. SG: Going back to the boom period, did the problems that the telephone company had cause your job or you personally any particular problems? ES: Problems of the telephone? SG: I know the telephone company had quit a few problems during the boom. ES: Yes, they did have. No, I don't think that it affected my office. SG: I understand there was quite a problem with housing during this period. ES: Yes, there was. For a while, Moab really became a trailer camp, almost, house trailers, you know. Some, quite a lot, moved right in town. The town ordinances have put them into trailer courts and things like 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p073z/1058184 |
