| Title |
Wolthius, Bart_OH10_013 |
| Creator |
Weber State University, Stewart Library: Oral History Program |
| Contributors |
Wolthius, Bart, Interviewee; Smith, Dale, Interviewers; 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 Bart Wolthius. The interview wasconducted on February 19, 1971, by Dale Smith. Mayor Wolthius discusses what avolunteer position was in a mayor-council form of government in Ogden, in which the mayor is elected by other council members and essentially has no more power than a council member. He also discusses urban renewal, benefits of Hill Air Force Base, mineral industries near the Great Salt Lake, and the need for city government to respond to minority pressure due to the Civil Rights Movement. |
| Subject |
Municipal government; Civil rights movements--United States; Hill Air Force Base |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
| Date |
1971 |
| Date Digital |
2015 |
| Temporal Coverage |
1971 |
| Medium |
Oral History |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah |
| 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 |
Wolthius, Bart_OH10_032; Weber State University, Stewart Library, University Archives |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6t1be81 |
| Setname |
wsu_stu_oh |
| ID |
111601 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6t1be81 |
