Oral history interview with Laurie B. Hurst by Janet Cook [Transcript and Audio]

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Title Oral history interview with Laurie B. Hurst by Janet Cook [Transcript and Audio]
Creator Hurst, Laurie B.; Cook, Janet E.
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 2012-01-22
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; Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5775346/grantsville.html
Subject Basements; Book publishing; Brokaw, Tom. Greatest generation; Children; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Dances; Demolition; Furnaces; Games; Grand Opera House; Husbands; Legacies; Motion pictures; Oral histories; Parents; Performances; Programs; Research; Scene painting; Social life and customs; Special events; Stairs; Tap dancers; Theaters--Utah; Town history series; World War II; Salt Lake City (Utah); Grantsville High School; Grantsville (Utah)
Description Oral history interview by Janet Cook with Laurie B. Hurst. Topics include: Growing up in Grantsville, Collecting oral histories and people's recollections of the Opera House, Being inspired by Tom Brokaw's book, The Greatest Generation, Research about Opera House, Attending Old Folks Sociables to meet people and set up interviews, People's memories of the Opera House, Learning that a famous artist from Norway, Dancart Wegland painted the Opera House stage scenery as well as the Salt Lake and Manti Temple scenes, How heartsick Grantsville residents were when the Opera House was torn down, Changes in Grantsville over the years, The lasting legacy of performing arts in Grantsville, Wanting to do more research, and her desire to publish a book about the Grand Opera House.
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 8 leaves; 18:37
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/s6dfdpve
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2476717
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dfdpve
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