| Title |
Bernice Gibbs Anderson, Golden Spike Oral History Project, GS-4 and GS-5, August 9, 1974, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Anderson, Bernice Gibbs |
| Contributor |
Thompson, Gregory C. (Gregory Coyne), 1943-; Notarianni, Philip F.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1974-08-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-06-17 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Promontory (historical), Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780007/ |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Anderson, Bernice Gibbs--Interviews; Golden Spike National Historic Site (Utah)--History |
| Description |
Two transcripts (30 pages and 29 pages) of interview by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni with Bernice Gibbs Anderson on August 9, 1974 for the Golden Spike Oral History Project. |
| Collection Number and Name |
Ms0095, Golden Spike oral history project, 1947-1974 |
| Abstract |
Anderson (b. 1900) recalls growing up west of Corinne, Utah. Her family took their cattle to the Promontory area every summer. She describes the area and talks about the people who lived in the area. Other topics include conflict between the Irish and Chinese, Crockers ranch, Captain Bufford, Leland Stanford letting stock loose in the area, Holly ranch, passenger trains, the telegraph line, freighting, a robbery in Corinne, the prohibition of liquor, and World War I. Interviewed by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni. 30 pages. Anderson continues with a description of Chinese labor in the area, bandits, brakemen, freight cars, the Golden Spike, Wilson Wright, the federal government, National Parks, veterans organizations, and Heber Sessions. Interviewed by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni. 29 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Inventory of the Golden Spike oral history project, 1947-1974; http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv31866 |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Acrobat Pro X as PDF |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b01000 |
| Topic |
Utah--Golden Spike National Historic Site |
| Setname |
uum_gsohp |
| ID |
866615 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b01000 |
| Title |
Page 52 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_gsohp |
| ID |
866601 |
| OCR Text |
Show ANDERSON 16 T: And this · was in the early '30's, was it? Or the late '30's? A: Well, it must have been along in th.e '30's sometime, the early '30's . .. ·. Dates get away from me. It's been so long. But I did, at that time, suggest to them that they go out there every year on the lOth and do that and nobody picked it up. They just weren't interested. Maybe it was too much effort to do it that much. But I kept on suggesting. I wanted to get a group to go out th.ere on the lOth and put that ceremony on again. T: They just did it once, this group that you're talking about. A: They did it once or twice during those years, but it wasn't frequent. It was just when they felt like it, I guess. P: Why I'm interested in getting your own personal view as to why you though it .was important that you have a ceremony there? A: I think I had read quite a bit ·in the his.tory books about the Golden Spike, and I'd heard all these stories about the Chinese~ and I 1d kind of put two ·and two together. I though it was worthy of some group going out there and trying to p~omote it. I know I felt that way, even in the '27 I think I dug up history on it. T: So your interest has really been a, it's almost a 50-year interest now, isn't it? A: Well, yes, it is. It's all of that. T: My goodness. A: And taking my, from 1905 on when I had been interested ·in it from hearing these stories about it, I was really interested. P: So you really attribute your interest· beginning right at that 1905 trip we talked in our last tape, and the Cottonwood trees that you remember. A: That's right. Did I tell you about the chickens my grandmother had on the place? Do you want that story? |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b01000/866601 |
