Washington City Historical Society Oral History Transcripts

Collection — Box: WCiHS-02

Identifier: WASH-110-2025-042

Scope and Contents

Oral histories play a particualrly important role in Mormon communities as a way to transfer the lived expereinces of community builders, pioneers, and the Mormon traditions of preserveing family history and legacy.

This set of files are transcriptions from cassette tapes by Georgene Evans or other unnamed transcriber. Tapes are sourced from various collections including Voices of Remembrance, Douglas Alder (acting as interviewer), or local sources and people such as Inez Spendlove.

Transcriptions discuss peoples lives, work, history, and participation in the Southern Utah Community.

Unless otherwise specified, the transcriptions were completed by Georgene Cahoon Evans.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1994 - 1996

Creator

Washington City Historical Society (Washington, UT) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research

Conditions Governing Use

Reprouctions and use requires a permissions release of material from interviewee in transcript.

Full Extent

.5 Linear Feet (18 files in a great document case. )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

These oral histories were transcribed from cassette tapes by Georgene Evans and submitted for the archive to the Washington City Historcial Society, eventually arriving at the UTU Archive.