| Title |
Interview with Teri and Michael Marquez, Downwinders of Utah Archive, June 27, 2019, Audio |
| Creator |
Marquez, Teri; Marquez, Michael |
| Contributor |
Sorensen, Justin; Nelson, Robert |
| Date |
2019-06-27 |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons Testing; Nuclear weapons--United States--Testing; Nuclear weapons testing victims; Nuclear weapons--United States--Testing; Radioactive fallout |
| Description |
Audio (17 minutes, 39 seconds) of a telephone interview conducted by Justin Sorensen and Robert Nelson with Teri and Michael Marquez on June 27, 2019. Teri Marquez discusses her memories of growing up in Sunnyside, Utah, where her father was a foreman at the coal mine. She recounts her father measuring the tests with a Geiger counter that he used for his mining work, and shares memories of classmates who had cancer in her age group, as well as her own experiences with cancer treatment. Michael Marques discusses how storms and dust would get trapped in the local area due to the position of the mountains. Michael Marquez shares his memory that the government assured the people in the area that the testing was safe. |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
audio/mpeg |
| Extent |
17:39 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6k981sn |
| Setname |
uum_dua |
| ID |
1470946 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k981sn |
