Oral history interview with Myrtle L. Barrus by Ellen N. Yates [Transcript and Audio]

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Title Oral history interview with Myrtle L. Barrus by Ellen N. Yates [Transcript and Audio]
Creator Barrus, Myrtle L.; Yates, Ellen N.
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 2011-12-07
Access Rights Utah Historical Society
Date Digital 2024-01-24
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5780993/salt-lake-city.html United States Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5775346/grantsville.html
Subject Big bands; Brothers; Children; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Couples; Dance floors; Dances; Dating; Demolition; Grandchildren; Grand Opera House; Grocery stores; High school students; Husbands; Legacies; Marriage; Missionaries; Movie tickets; Brothers; Orchestras; Parents; Photography; Plays; Social life and customs; Stairs; Talking Pictures; Theaters--Utah; Yearbooks; Salt Lake City (Utah); Grantsville High School; Grantsville (Utah)
Description Oral history interview by Ellen N. Yates with Myrtle L. Barrus. Topics include: growing up in Grantsville,Going to see movies and plays at the Opera House, Attending dances in the Opera House, basement, Attending High school which was across the street from the Opera House, having a church meeting at the Opera House before her brother and two other young men left to serve missions, High school yearbooks, how upset the neighboring candy store proprietor was when the Opera house was torn down, Attending Old Folks Sociables, Walking the streets of Grantsville to visit children, and wanting the children to know that they are loved.
Collection Number and Name Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
Type Text; Sound
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 9 leaves; 12:36
Language eng
Rights
Source Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
Scanning Technician Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6kq8fb6
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2476707
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kq8fb6
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