Oral history interview with Ruth Nelson by Marcia Kelleher and Caryl Blanchard

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Title Oral history interview with Ruth Nelson by Marcia Kelleher and Caryl Blanchard
Creator Nelson, Ruth; Kelleher, Marcia; Blanchard, Caryl
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 2009-09-24
Access Rights Utah Historical Society
Date Digital 2024-01-29
Spatial Coverage City of Honeyville, Box Elder County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7173635/city-of-honeyville.html
Subject Brigham Young University; Caregivers; Church meetings; Communication; Dairy Queen (Firm); Elementary education; Eastern Arizona Junior College; Education; Farms; German language; Graduation (School); Home economics; Missionaries; Outhouses; Parents; School buses; School principals; Siblings; Teachers; Ogden Temple (Ogden, Utah); Brigham City (Utah); Barstow (Calif.); Tucson (Ariz.); Honeyville (Utah)
Description Oral history interview by Marcia Kelleher and Caryl Blanchard with Ruth Nelson. Topics include: A little personal background, including growing up and attending school in Tucson, Arizona, Being in a a large family with twelve children, Living in an old farm house as a child without indoor plumbing, Attending Eastern Arizona Junior College and Brigham Young University after graduating High School, Studying home economics and Elementary education, Working at Dairy Queen, Serving as a Missionary in the Gulf States, Moving to Honeyville to teach elementary school in Fielding, Living with her sister and brother-in-law, Attending church, Teaching Sunday School, Troubles with a principal at school, moving to Barstow, Brigham City, and back to Honeyville, Buying a home, Becoming an extraction missionary in the German language, Working at the Ogden Temple, and caring for friends and family,
Collection Number and Name MSS B 1931 The Honeyville Heritage Oral Histories, 2009
Type Text; Sound
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 11 leaves; 27:13
Language eng
Rights
Source MSS B 1931 The Honeyville Heritage Oral Histories, 2009
Scanning Technician Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6dyjv3t
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2468019
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dyjv3t
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