| Title |
Windord Bunce, Moab, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Winford Bunce, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Bunce, Winfred |
| Contributor |
Guttman, Steve; Donnely, John |
| Date |
1970-07-29 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Moab, Grand County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Uranium industry--United States; Bunce, Winford--Interviews; Lumber-yards--United States; County officials and employees--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (47 pages) of an interview by Steve Guttman and John Donnely with Winford Bunce, on July 29, 1970. From tape number 29 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Bunce, who was a county commissioner during the uranium boom, spoke with Steve Guttman and John Donnely. Subjects: jobs, problems as county commissioner, new jobs in uranium boom, bonds, current problems in Moab, future of Moab, Moab in 1930, penny stocks, lumber business, growth of Moab, accidents (47 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
47 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/s641944z |
| Topic |
County officials and employees; Uranium industry; Lumber-yards |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058629 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058586 |
| OCR Text |
Show WINFORD BUNCE 111 WB: We 11 , I n ever was re a 11 y in v o 1 v e d too much in cit Y politics until 1965. Of course, I've always been in politics more or less. I actually got into politics before I was old enough to vote. In 1938, I was elected county treasurer, and I put in, oh, four and a half, five years at that. Then I went into the state legislature for two terms, came out of there, and then I put in ten or twelve years as county commissioner. But I stayed away from city politics pretty much all this time 'cause city politics are dynamite, I guess you know. So I stayed away pretty much from city politics all those years, oh I was city treasurer for years and years in there when actually about all I had to do was balance the books once a month and sign a check. And I think we got five dollars a month or something for doing it, but somebody had to do it. But, actually, as far as being in city politics, I wasn't 'till '65. SG: Were you county commissioner during the time the uranium boom was going on? WB: Yeah. SG: Well, from your view, what were the central problems that the boom caused for the county? WB: The biggest problem we had in the county with the uranium boom was all these house trailers just moving out under every tree, and this kind of stuff. 'Course, it put a 4 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z/1058586 |
