Robert Rampton Porter, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Gregory C. Thompson (Volume 2)
Alternative Title
No. 90, Robert R. Porter, interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Gregory C. Thompson, Volume 2
Creator
Porter, Robert R., 1910-1985
Contributor
O'Neil, Floyd A.; Thompson, Gregory C. (Gregory Coyne), 1943-; Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date
1984-10-10; 1984-10-17; 1984-10-24; 1984-10-26
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Porter, Robert R., 1910-1985--Interviews; Metallurgists--Utah--Biography; Mineral industries--South Africa--History--20th century; Uranium mines and mining--History
Description
Transcript (103-244 pages) of four interviews by Floyd A. O'Neil and Gregory C. Thompson with metallurgist Robert Rampton Porter, on October 10, 17, 24 and 26, the fourth through seventh of eleven interviews.This interview set is no. 90 inthe Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, tape nos. U-347 to U-350
Abstract
Porter (1910-1986) recalls his early life in Salt Lake; information about the Porter Walton Nursery; living in Federal Heights, 1920s-1930s; mining and metallurgy in the Western United States, 1930s-1980s; mining and metallurgy in Southern Africa, 1940s-1980s; and uranium Development in Southern Africa and the United States, 1950s-1980s. Interviewers: Gregory C. Thompson, Floyd O'Neil
