Ruth, Irwin_OH10_168

Title Ruth, Irwin_OH10_168
Creator Weber State University, Stewart Library: Oral History Program
Contributors Ruth, Irwin, Interviewee; Thompson, John, Interviewer; Sadler, Richard, Professor; Gallagher, Stacie, Technician
Description The Weber State College/University Student Projects have been created by students working with several different professors on the Weber State campus. The topics are varied and based on the student's interest or task for a specific assignment. These oral history assignments were created to help Weber State students learn the value and importance of recording public history and to benefit the expansion of the Weber State oral history collections.
Biographical/Historical Note The following is an oral history interview with Irwin Ruth. The interview wasconducted on July 14, 1974, by John Thompson, in Ogden, Utah. Ruth describes hisexperiences in communications as a telegrapher for the railroads, particularly SouthernPacific. He also discusses his experiences in France and Belgium during World War I,and the increase in railroad traffic during World War II.
Subject Railroad industry; Railroad transportation; Union Pacific (Locomotive); Depressions--1929--United States; World War II, 1939-1945; Train robberies
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date 1974
Date Digital 2015
Temporal Coverage 1889-1973
Medium Oral History
Spatial Coverage Ogden (Utah); Sioux City (Iowa); Grand Forks (N.D.); South Dakota; Nevada
Type Text
Conversion Specifications Original copy scanned using AABBYY Fine Reader 10 for optical character recognition. Digitally reformatted using Adobe Acrobat Xl Pro.
Language eng
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes, please credit University Archives, Stewart Library; Weber State University.
Source Ruth, Irwin_OH10_168; Weber State University, Stewart Library, University Archives
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6h49hm2
Setname wsu_stu_oh
ID 111599
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6h49hm2