Barrett, Morris OH7_004

Title Barrett, Morris OH7_004
Creator Weber State University, Stewart Library: Oral History Program
Contributors Taft, Mack
Collection Name Great Depression in Weber County Oral Histories
Description The Great Depression in Weber County, Utah, is an Oral History Project by Mack S. Taft for completion of his Master's Thesis at Utah State University during the summer of 1969. The interviews address the Great Depression through the eyes of individuals in several different occupations including: Bankers, Laborers, Railroad Workers, Attorneys, Farmers, Educators, Businessmen, Community and Church Leaders, Housewives, Children and Physicians. All of these individuals lived in Weber County from 1929 to 1941. The interviews were based on what they remembered about the depression, how they felt about those events and how it affected their life then and now.
Abstract This is an oral history interview with Morris Barrett. Mr. Barrett recalls gaining an education at the Weber Normal School, teaching and serving as principal in Eden during the Depression, teaching at Weber High School, and serving as principal and teacher at Hooper Junior High School. The interviewer is Mack Taft.
Biographical/Historical Note This is an oral history interview with Morris Barrett. Mr. Barrett recalls gaining an education at the Weber Normal School, teaching and serving as principal in Eden during the Depression, teaching at Weber High School, and serving as principal and teacher at Hooper Junior High School.
Subject Great Depression, 1929; Utah--Economic conditions; Education, Secondary; Weber State University; Educational leadership
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Date Digital 2016
Temporal Coverage 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939
Item Size 10p.; 29cm.; 2 bound transcripts; 4 file folders. 1 sound disc: digital; 4 3/4 in.
Medium Oral History
Spatial Coverage Ogden (Utah)
Type Text
Conversion Specifications Sound was recorded with an audio reel-to-reel cassette recorder. Transcribed by McKelle Nilson using WAVpedal 5 Copyrighted by The Programmers' Consortium Inc. Digital reformatting by Kimberly Hunter.
Language eng
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source Barrett, Morris OH7_004; Weber State University, Stewart Library, University Archives
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Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6zbrpwc
Setname wsu_webda_oh
ID 104192
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6zbrpwc