Petty, Richard OH9_031

Title Petty, Richard OH9_031
Creator Weber State University, Stewart Library: Oral History Program.
Contributors Petty, Richard Interviewee; Ory-Hernandez, Rebecca Interviewer
Collection Name Weber and Davis County Community Oral Histories
Description The Weber and Davis County Communities Oral History Collection includes interviews of citizens from several different walks of life. These interviews were conducted by Stewart Library personnel, Weber State faculty and students, and other members of the community. The histories cover various topics and chronicle the personal everday life experiences and other recollections regarding the history of the Weber and Davis County areas.
Abstract Dr. Richard Owen Petty was born and raised in Ogden, UT. He is married to Mrs. Joan C. Petty, also of Ogden. Richard attended Ogden High School, Weber College and Dental School at Northwestern in Chicago, IL. He is a recently retired dentist who practiced family dentistry for what he says was "42 wonderful years." ; Richard (DOB: March 8, 1942) Petty, sat down with Rebecca Ory Hernandez at his home in St. George November 17-19, 2011 to talk about the rich family history the Pettys hold in the dental professions community of not only Northern Utah, but in White Fish, Montana. Richard is a third-generation dentist. He also shares stories of his mother, who taught at Weber College in the 1930's and went on to become the Dean of Students at BYU. Richard's wife, Joan, is a retired elementary school teacher.
Image Captions Dr. Russell B. Petty receiving award 1956; Dr. Richard Petty and Joan Petty, June 2011
Subject Dentistry; Medical education
Digital Publisher Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Date 2012
Temporal Coverage 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011
Medium oral histories (literary genre)
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; Whitefish, Flathead County, Montana, United States; Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico; San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico; Chicago, Cook County, Illinios, United States
Type Text
Access Extent Video clip is an mp4 00:03:04 duration, 417.9 MB
Conversion Specifications Filmed using a Sony HDR-CX430V digital video camera. Sound was recorded with a Sony ECM-AW3(T) bluetooth microphone. Transcribed using WAVpedal 5 Copyrighted by The Programmers' Consortium Inc. Digitally reformatted using Adobe Acrobat Xl Pro.
Language eng
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. For further information:
Source Weber & Davis County Community Oral Histories; Petty, Richard OH9_031; Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6bcthh7
Setname wsu_webda_oh
ID 141160
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6bcthh7
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