Thurman, Coy_OH10_167

Title Thurman, Coy_OH10_167
Creator Weber State University, Stewart Library: Oral History Program
Contributors George, Harold, 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 Coy Thurman. The interview wasconducted on July 1, 1974, by John Thompson, in Ogden, Utah. Thurman reminiscesabout working on the railroad from 1910-1963. He also talks about difficult times duringthe Depression.
Subject Railroad industry; Railroad transportation; Union Pacific (Locomotive); Depressions--1929--United States
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date 1974
Date Digital 2015
Temporal Coverage 1894-1973
Medium Oral History
Spatial Coverage Ogden (Utah); Wyoming; Las Vegas (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 Thurman, Coy_OH10_167; Weber State University, Stewart Library, University Archives
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6r6yd12
Setname wsu_stu_oh
ID 111495
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6r6yd12