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FOLK COLLECTION 26: September 11, 2001: USU Student Documentary Collection



Date of Items: November-December 2001
Processed by: Susan Gross
Register Prepared by: Susan Gross, May 2004; updated by Randy Williams, March 2010
Linear Feet: .83


Historical Note & Provenance

On September 12, 2001, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress extended an invitation to folklorists and others around the nation to document, by way of oral interviews, the tragic and historic events which occurred in the United States on September 11, 2001. The goal was to initiate a nation-wide effort to record the pressing and immediate responses of the general population during this national time of devastation, sorrow, and uncertainty. Professor Jeannie B. Thomas, a folklore professor at Utah State University, instigated this documentary project in her fall 2001 semester class(es). Some of her students participated in what was a larger (nation-wide) folklore collecting project. This project was formed in an attempt to document everyday people's reactions to the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Dr. Thomas's students interviewed a variety of people with diverse backgrounds about their feelings in response to the tragic events. This collection is a culmination of those interviews (recorded on audio tape), notes, and transcriptions. This is collection does not grow.


Scope and Content

The collection consists of (56) oral interviews recorded on audio tape. Also included in the collection are tape logs, fieldwork data sheets, and in some instances the student has provided transcribed oral narratives. The paperwork accompanying the audio tapes is contained in the first of four boxes in the collection, each informant having an individual folder within the box. The audio tapes are held in the remaining three boxes. The register is arranged alphabetically by collector. Below each collector's name the informant's name is found, followed by the call numbers (for both the interview paperwork and the corresponding audio tape), the date and place each interview occurred, as well as any other pertinent information.

Register


Collector: Beverly Bott

Interviewee: Tarrell O. Jones
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 1
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 1 (audio tape)
Interview date & place: 4 December 2001; Malad, ID.
Collection information: Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Claude J. Burtenshaw
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 2
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 1 (audio tape)
Interview date & place: 4 December 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 2 transcribed oral narratives; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Monica Blanch
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 3
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 1 (audio tape)
Interview date & place: 4 December 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information:1 transcribed oral narrative; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: James T. Thomas (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 4
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2, No. 2 (audio tape)
Interview date & place: 5 December 2001; Washington D.C., via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Mykel France
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 5
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2, No. 2 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 5 December 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 2 transcribed oral narratives; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Robbie Lavalle Turner (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 6
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 3 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 10 December 2001; Temple Hills, MD, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Collector and informant release forms

Collector: Jennifer Brennan

Interviewee: Donald Brennan (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 7
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2, No. 4 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 18 November 2001; Washington D.C., via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; 2 transcribed oral narratives; collector release form only

Interviewee: Jodi Petersen
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 8
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 5 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 15 November 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector release form only

Interviewee: Lee Austin
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 9
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 6 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 18 November 2001; Logan, UT at KUSU studios
Collection information: Collector release form only

Interviewee: Kermit L. Hall (Utah State University President)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 10
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 7 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 26 Nov. 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: Collector release form only

Interviewee: Arthur J. Rosati (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 11
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2, No. 8 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 28 November 2001; Woodbridge, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: W. Reed Wagstaff
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 12
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 29 November 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Harry Ames
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 13
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 10 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 29 Nov. 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Chris Freeman (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 14
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2, No. 11 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 2 December 2001; Woodbridge, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Scott Cook (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 15
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 12 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 2 December 2001; Alexandria, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector release form only

Interviewee: Michael Nesbitt (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 16
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2, No. 13 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 4 December 2001; Woodbridge, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release form

Interviewee: Parran M. Offer, Jr. (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 17
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 14 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 4 December 2001; Washington D.C., via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: George Frederick Gamble (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 18
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 15 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 4 December 2001; Silver Spring, MD, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Donald E. Behe, Jr. (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 19
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 16 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 04 December 2001; Alexandria, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: William C. Lagasse (Pentagon employee
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 20
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 17 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 06 December 2001; Fredericksburg, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector release form only

Interviewee: Norman L. Smith II (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 21
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 2: No. 18 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 06 December 2001; Hopewell, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: William R. Stout (Pentagon employee
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 22
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 1 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 06 December 2001; Falls Church, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Fred Hodges (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 23
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 2 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 06 December 2001; Woodbridge, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector release form only

Interviewee: Chadwick Brooks (Pentagon employee
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 24
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 3 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 09 December 2001; Stephens City, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Lengle (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 25
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 4 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: No Date or interivew place information
Collection information: Tape

Interviewee: Charles E. Cooke (Pentagon employee ?)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 26
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 5 (audio cassette: MISSING)
Interview date & place: 10 April 2002; Upper Marlboro, MD, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; copy of poem written by Charles E. Cook included; Collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Roosevelt Roberts, Jr. (Pentagon employee ?)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 27
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 6 (audio cassette: MISSING)
Interview date & place: 10 April 2002; Waldorf, MD, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; Tape missing; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Frances Ochoa (Pentagon employee ?)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 28
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 7 (audio cassette: MISSING)
Interview date & place: 11 April 2002; Forestville, MD, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: John D. Wayman, Jr. (Pentagon employee)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 29
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 8 (audio cassette: MISSING)
Interview date & place: 16 April 2002: Woodbridge, VA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Nicholas A. Maiorca
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 30
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 9 (audio cassette: MISSING)
Interview date & place: 16 April 2002; Pittsburgh, PA, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: Tape log; fieldwork data sheets; collector and informant release forms

Collector: Aaron L. Clegg

Interviewee: Stephen P. Schank
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 10 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 28 Nov. 2001: Logan, UT
Collection information: 2 transcribed oral narratives included. No release forms

Interviewee: Michael Ballam
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 32
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 11 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 6 December 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 4 transcribed oral narratives included. No release forms

Collector: Julie Dethrow

Item: Introduction to Julie Dethrow's fieldwork collection
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 33
Collection information: Cover Essay; Autobiographical Sketch; Informant List

Interviewee: Don Dethrow
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 34
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 12 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 18 Nov. 2001; North Ogden, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included. No release forms

Interviewee: Carolyn Joye Dethrow
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 35
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 13 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 18 November 2001; North Ogden, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included. No release forms

Interviewee: Julie Dethrow
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 36
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 14 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 2 December 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included. No release forms

Interviewee: Jenette Purdy
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 37
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 15 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 5 December 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included. No release forms

Interviewee: Paul Skeen
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 38
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 16 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 21 November 2001; South Ogden, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included. No release forms

Interviewee: Kellie Winward
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 39
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 3: No. 17 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 5 December 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included. No release forms

Collector: Jamie Hatch

Interviewee: LoaLee Hatch
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 40
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 1 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 28 October 2001; Smithfield, UT
Collection information: 2 transcribed oral narratives included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Randy Brower
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 41
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 1 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 29 October 2001; North Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Stacy Murdock
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 42
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 1 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 5 November 2001; Smithfield, UT
Collection information: 2 transcribed oral narratives included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Dane Robertson
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 43
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 2 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 22 November 2001; Orem, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Jill Robertson
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 44
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 3 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 23 November 2001; Riverton, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Keisa Jessop
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 45
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 3 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 26 November 2001; Smithfield, UT
Collection information: Collector and informant release forms

Collector: Robert E. Koger III

Interviewee: Tanda Kay Packer
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 46
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 4 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 4 December 2001; Merrimack, NH, via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector release forms only

Interviewee: Jim Matheson (Congressman for state of Utah)
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 47
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 5(audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 16 November 2001; Washington D.C., via telephone from Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector release form only

Interviewee: Doug Thompson (Logan, Utah Mayor
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 48
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 6 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 14 Nov. 2001; Logan, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector release form only

Collector: Cody McDermott

Interviewee: Meridee McDermott
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 49
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 7 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 26 November 2001; Tremonton, UT
Collection information: 4 transcribed oral narratives included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Mike McDermott
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 50
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 8 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 26 November 2001; Tremonton, UT
Collection information: 4 transcribed oral narratives included; collector and informant release forms

Collector: Michelle Rounds

Interviewee: Arlyn E. Rounds
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 51
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 22 November 2001; Nibley, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Maria Walker
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 52
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 22 November 2001; Farmington, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Michelle Rounds
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 53
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 23 Nov. 2001; Nibley, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Gayla Rounds
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 54
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 23 November 2001; Nibley, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Russell Bundy
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1, Folder 55
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4, No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 26 Nov. 2001; Nibley, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Michael Elder
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 56
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 26 Nov. 2001; Nibley, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms

Interviewee: Krystal Bundy
Collection location: Folk Coll 26: Box 1: Folder 57
Media location: Folk Coll 26: Box 4: No. 9 (audio cassette)
Interview date & place: 26 Nov. 2001; Nibley, UT
Collection information: 1 transcribed oral narrative included; collector and informant release forms