| 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 10 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058588 |
| OCR Text |
Show WINFORD BUNCE #1 SG: All these problems were city responsibility, not the county? WB: Yes. SG: In Utah, in terms of responsibility, what is the division between the city and county? WB: Well, actually, the county has no responsibility inside the city limits. SG: None whatsoever? WB: No. Of course, we always helped the city out in all their road work, and all this kind of stuff. We had every street in town paved. I think Moab was the first town in the state of Utah that had every street paved 'cause the county done it.' JD: Was this done during the time of the uranium boom? WB: No, this was before. Actually, this was done, oh, '38 and '39. So the streets were all paved. This did solve that kind of a problem all right. 'Course, they were still using some of them that we paved at that time. But, we al ways helped them out. The county sti 11 helps the city on their street-working stuff, but they actually have no responsibility outside of that. JD: You mentioned that road problems were a problem for the county itself. Did you get any special funding for this, or did you have to use your regular tax resource base? WB: We done a lot of dealing with the A.E.C. and we done a 6 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z/1058588 |
