| Title |
Shefton and Roxella Gordon, East Carbon, Utah, Carbon County oral history project, No. 5, April 1, 1982 |
| Creator |
Gordon, Shefton, 1910-1992; Gordon, Roxella Behunin, 1910-2005 |
| Contributor |
Taniguchi, Nancy; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1982-04-01 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-28 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Hiawatha, Carbon County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5540396 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Subject |
Gordon, Shefton, 1910-1992--Interviews; Gordon, Roxella Behunin, 1910-2005--Interviews; Coal mines and mining--Utah; Dairy plants; Carbon County (Utah) |
| Description |
The interview with Shefton and Roxella Gordon covers the subjects of daily life in Hiawatha, Utah, including family and background information, medical care, transportation, the dairy business, and local festivals. Also included are The Carbon County oral history project (1972-1993) consists of oral histories from residents of Carbon County, Utah. While the main emphasis is on living in coal mine country, the interviews are verbal snapshots of rural Utah life from the earliest settlers to as recently as 1993. |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn1479, Carbon County oral history project, 1972-1993 |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv38397 |
| 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/s6hd9z26 |
| Topic |
Utah--Carbon County; Coal mines and mining; Dairy plants |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Is Part of |
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ccoh |
| ID |
784000 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9z26 |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ccoh |
| ID |
783979 |
| OCR Text |
Show MR. AND MRS. SHEFTON GORDON APRIL 1, 1982 they have a lot of races and the ball game. SG: They used to have a Hiawatha Day. NT: Oh really. SG: Yes, they had a Hiawatha Day, a weekend day and we would have ball games, races, plays, and everything. RG: We used to have stock companies come, you know, that well, I don't know about your folks, but my folks always saw to it that we got anything educational or musical, you know. And we always got to go to the plays that those stock companies would bring. SG: We didn't have time, we all had to work. (Chuckle) RG: It was really nice; I loved that. NT: Do you remember what any of the plays were about? RG: No. We'd have hypnotists and so forth, you know. I can't remember the plays. I was in a lot of plays. SG: I remember those fellows that would put black on their face and make them Negroes. RG: Oh you mean the Minstrel shows. NT: Was it the company that brought them in? RG: No, I think they just engaged. SG: Oh, some of them would come in and they charged so much for going to the admission and then others, I think they had a deal where each employee, they withheld a dollar a month out of their paycheck, what was called the Welfare Fund, and the Welfare Fund was, I think in Mohrland it 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9z26/783979 |
