FOLK COLLECTION 37

Fife Folklore Archives Oral History Collection

Introduction

Date of Items:	1975 to present
Processed by:	Randy Williams
Register by:	Randy Williams
Date Last Updated:	May 2006
Linear Feet:	.25
Restrictions:	Patrons must sign and comply with the USU Special Collections and Archives Use Agreement and Reproduction Order form as well as any restrictions placed by the collector or informant(s).

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Historical Note/Scope and Content

The Fife Folklore Archives Oral History Collection consists of oral histories donated to the FFA by patrons. Each donation is named for the informant or collector and all discrete collections are housed in a separate archival box. The collection is organized by date and continues to grow.

Folder 1:   Letter and envelope addressed to Mrs. Audrey M. Godfrey from Mrs. Alva (Zella) Matheson, Cedar City, UT,

19 February 1975, regarding a "round" Mrs. Godfrey was searching for from Iantha Harper. Poem included, see item 2.

Folder 2:   Copy of poem: By-Gone Days," by Violet L. Urie, aunt of Mrs. Iantha Harper.

Folder 3:   Letter and envelope from Iantha M. Harper to Mrs. Audrey M. Godfrey, 1 March 1975.

Contents: Lunt family (Cedar City, Utah) history: (grandparents) Henry Lunt and Maryann Wilson Lunt, who owned the first hotel in Cedar City and ran the telegraph;

(mother) Maude Lunt, who ran the telegram in Cedar City until the Western Union took it over in about 1910; (aunt) Violet

Lunt Urie (see folder 4).

Folder 4:   Tape recording by Mrs. Iantha Harper, singing pioneer songs and reading life history of Mrs. Violet Lunt Urie, written by Mrs. Urie. Recorded 16 February 1975.

Songs:

(1) "Ring, Ring the Bell, Ring Ring the Bell, Let's have Dinner . . ."

(2) "Since Fifty Years Ago" (Grandma Maryann Lunt used to sing this song)

(3) "Homemade Soap" written by a DUP member in St. George, about 1938 for the celebration of Southern Utah DUP

Contents: Oral History of Violet Lunt Urie: written when she was 89 years old and read by Mrs. Iantha Harper (niece). Mrs. Urie was the daughter of Henry and MaryAnn Wilson Lund, from Cedar City, UT. Mr. & Mrs. Lunt operated the first hotel in Cedar City and that housed the Deseret Telegraph, which they also ran. Also includes information on family history, first Primary in Cedar City (which Violet Lunt attended),silk growing, weather, cooking, mother teaching school for $3 a term, and married life to John Urie, m. 14 June 1892. 90 minute cassette tape

BOX   2: Burke Vernal Bastian Collection (Collector: Bonnie Bastian Moore)

Folder 1:   Oral history interview transcript of Burke Vernal Bastian by Bonnie Bastian Moore, 16 February 2008, Siguard, Utah. (Includes original and edited transcripts)

Contents: Life history of Burke V. Bastian: growing up on a farm in Sevier County Utah during the depression; LDS mission to Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia; Korean War (Air Force); becoming a farmer; issues of water, and accidents; family contributions to the farm and attitudes toward the farm.

Folder 2:   120 minute cassette tape

BOX   3: Adam Luke Oral History Collection with Land Use Managers

Folder 1:   Collector & Informant Release forms

Folder 2:   Oral history interview transcript of Dick Carter, 18 Nov 2005, Logan, Utah.

Contents: Carter's thoughts on creation of the Utah Wilderness Association, the events surrounding the creation of the Utah Wilderness Act, and the events surrounding conservation following the passage of the Act.

Folder 3:   Oral history interview transcript of Dick Carter, 11 Jan 2006.

Contents: Wilderness and Utah, the Utah Wilderness Association, etc. (2 interview tapes included in Box 4)

Folder 4:   Oral history interview transcript of Dick Carter, 14 Mar 2006

Contents: Thoughts on Project 2000, the Coalition for Utah's Wilderness, and the Bureau of Land Management's wilderness process. (2 interview tapes included in Box 4)

Folder 5:   Oral history interview transcript of Wayne McCormack, 18 July 2006

Contents: Includes involvement in the Utah Wilderness Association, role in the litigation, etc. (1 interview tape included in Box 4)

Folder 6:   Oral history interview transcript of Mark McKeough, 29 July 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Contents: Background information, involvement in the Utah Wilderness Association, thoughts on events during UWA. (1 interview tape included in Box 4)

BOX   4: Adam Luke Oral History Collection with Land Use Managers-Tapes

Item 1:   Interview with Dick Carter, 11 January 2006, Logan, Utah Tape 1 of 2

Topics: Utah Wilderness Association, Public Lands, Wilderness

Item 2:   Interview with Dick Carter, 11 January 2006, Tape 2 of 2

Item 3:   Interview with Dick Carter, 14 March 2006, Logan, Utah Tape 1 of 2

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 4:   Interview with Dick Carter, 14 March 2006, Tape 2 of 2

Item 5:   Interview with Wayne McCormack, 18 July 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tape 1 of 1

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 6:   Interview with Mark McKeough, 29 July 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah Tape 1 of 1

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 7:   Interview with Steve Flint, 2 December 2005, Logan, Utah Tape 1 of 1

Topics: Utah Wilderness Association, wilderness in Utah

Item 8:   Interview with Jim Pissot, 4 July 2006, Canmore, Alberta, Canada Tape 1 of 2

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 9:   Interview with Jim Pissot, 4 July 2006, Tape 2 of 2

Item 10:   Interview with Rick Van Wagenen, 28 July 2006, Logan, Utah, Tape 1 of 1

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 11:   Interview with Richard Warnick, 29 July 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tape 1 of 1

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 12:   Interview with George Nickas, 4 August, 2006, Logan, Utah, Tape 1 of 1

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 13: Interview with Margaret Pettis, 15 August 2006, Hyrum, Utah, Tape 1 of 2

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 14: Interview with Margaret Pettis, 15 August 2006, Tape 2 of 2

Item 15: Interview with David Jorgensen, 24 August 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tape 1 of 2

Topics: Information on the Utah Wilderness Association

Item 16: Interview with David Jorgensen, 24 August 2006, Tape 2 of 2

BOX   5: Michele A. Welch Oral History Collection: "The Utah Women's Walk"

Folder 1:   Michele A. Welch Papers (4 items)

Item 1:   Letter from Michele A. Welch to Randy Williams concerning interview donation, June 18, 2008

Item 2:   Letter from Randy Williams to Michele A. Welch accepting donation, June 18, 2008

Item 3:   Collector Release Form

Item 4:   CD of Michele A. Welch's Thesis

Folder 2:   Informant Release Forms

Folder 3:   Interview with Ruby Chacon, March 2006

Contents: Chacon's growing up years in Salt Lake City, Utah, interest in art, and her Chicano culture (Includes 2 tapes)

Folder 4:   Interviews with Maxine Conder, August 21, 2005 and August 6, 2007

Contents: Conder's growing up years in American Fork and Tooele, Utah and service in United States Navy Nurse Corps. (Includes 2 tapes)

Folder 5:   Interview with Patricia "Trix" Cosgriff Dahl, July 11, 2006

Contents: Dahl gives a life sketch of her mother, Enid Barr Cosgriff, and her work with the Junior League, Ballet West, Bees Baseball team, and the Catholic Church (Includes 1 tape)

Folder 6:   Interviews with Rose Ann Gunther, November 9 and 30, 2005

Contents: Gunther's growing up years with her blind mother, humanitarian work as LDS Stake Young Women and Relief Society President, involvement in humanitarian shipments to Chad, Africa, involvement in the American Fork Literacy Center, and experiences raising thirteen foster children.

Folder 7:   Interview with Ardeth G. Kapp, April 18, 2006

Contents: Kapp's life sketch, including growing up years in Canada, marriage to Heber, her teaching career, and leadership roles in the General Young Women Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Includes 1 tape)

Folder 8:   Interview with Zeese Papanikolas, October 17, 2006

Contents: Papanikolas gives a life sketch of his mother, ethnic historian Helen Zeese Papanikolas, including her writing career as well as her role as a mentor to young historians (Includes 1 tape)

Folder 9:   Interview with Mae Timbimboo Parry, May 2, 2006

Contents: Parry's life sketch, including growing up years in Washakie, Utah, and being first Indian to graduate from Bear River High School. Parry relates memories of her grandfather, Yeager Timbimboo, and her appointment as story keeper of the Shoshone massacre at Bear River. She also talks about her husband, Grant, beadworking, and being named Utah's Honorary Mother of the Year. (Includes 2 tapes: MISSING: 7/30/2011)

For reference questions: randy.williams@usu.edu or phone (435) 797-3493. Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections & Archives, Merrill-Cazier Library, Logan Utah 84322-3000