| 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 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058187 |
| OCR Text |
Show ESTHER SOMERVILLE #1 ES: Yes, I think that some people who moved in didn't come on account of uranium, they just followed the crowd, in a way. Real nuisances, rowdyism, and well, a lot more cases of, oh, obscene behavior. We have all kinds of crimes here now. A long time ago it wasn't that way. Everybody was just neighbors. We didn't have any peeping Toms and we didn't have any assaults. Those things seem like come with crowds. They don't come with any certain group, but when you get a large enough group, it includes some of that element. SG: So, as far as you' re concerned, it's just the fact that you have more people here? ES: Yes, that causes some difference. SG: You were talking earlier about the schools. Do you think the schools do a better job of teaching? ES: Well, there's this one criticism. Students graduate from our high school all the time now and they can't spell; they can't do fourih grade spelling. They go away somewhere and write a letter back, and their spelling is poor and so is their handwriting. I guess that's true everywhere. Some students learn to read real good. Then they can get all their lessons. They can study their history; they can read a problem in arithmetic, and do it because they know how to read. 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p073z/1058187 |
