b0221 Grouse Creek (Utah) Oral History Interviews Collection, 1974 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 221 Grouse Creek (Utah) Oral History Interviews Collection, 1974 1.5 lin. ft. (3 boxes) Recollections of rural life by early residents. Topics: Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah -- Box Elder County. Persons: Haymond, Jay Melvin, Richardson, Verna K., Places: Box Elder County (Utah). Form or Genre: Interviews. Background Background Note

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 Scope and Content

This is a collection of oral history interviews collected by Verna Kimber Richardson and Jay Haymond to document aspects of life in the Box Elder County community of Grouse Creek. Tapes of most of the interviews are available, though housed separately.

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Grouse Creek (Utah) Oral History Interviews Collection, 1974, Utah State Historical Society.

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The Grouse Creek (Utah) Oral History Interviews Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Gary Topping Finding aid compiled by Gary Topping Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A239). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Separations

Photographs have been removed to Mss C 282.

Container list Box Folder Contents Oral Histories, Interviewee and Subject 1 1 Betteridge, E. S. B.: English immigrant; Grouse Creek life; courting; home medicines; Samuel Kimball; coming of automobile; midwifing; diary barter business. 1 2 Betteridge, Mary E. H.: Recollections of rural life, ca. 1890-1930. 1 3 Brothers, Art : Autobiographical reminiscences; long- term battle with FCC and Mountain Bell over telephone service. 1 4 Cooke, David J.: Sheep camps; economic hardships through competition with larger, corporate livestock companies; smallpox scare; coming of telephone service; water problems; community band; schoolhouse replacement and other building changes; comparison of Indian and Mormon burial customs. 1 5 Harris, Ed: Recollections of running a rural school for forty years. 1 6 Kimball, Samuel Heber, Jr.: Cattle ranching. 1 7 Kimber, Bertha M.: Recollections of rural life, home remedies and medicines. 1 8 Kimber, Elmer: Recollections of rural life from late nineteenth century. 1 9 Kimber, Evan O.: Freight business and horse raising; recollections of community isolation relieved by automobile. 1 10 Kimber, Olive Tanner: Reminiscences of rural life. 1 11 Kimber, William C.: Autobiographical recollections. 2 1 Kimber, Wilfred: Recollections of farming and ranching. 2 2 Lee, Lorenzo: Recollections of rural life. 2 3 Paskett, Amanda T.: Two interviews recall church life, home remedies, electrification, and smallpox scare. 2 4 Richardson, Verna: Family life in rural area. 2 5 Richins, Mabel R.: School teaching; mission to Idaho; Indian relations; influenza epidemic. 2 6 Tanner, Chloe K.: Recollections of life in early twentieth century; coming of telephones and automobiles; geographic placement of families. 2 7 Tanner, Delbert and Ella: World War II; frontier and pioneer life in Grouse Creek. 2 8 Tanner, Harriet: Frontier and pioneer life in Grouse Creek. 2 9 Tanner, Herbert: Recollections of pioneer life. 3 1 Tanner, Valison: Recollections of life in early twentieth century. 3 2 Toyn, Rhea Paskett: Recollections of rural life; soap making; electrification; operating rural postal service. 3 3 Warburton, Lillian: Recollections of rural life; Grouse Creek school.