| Title |
Bates, A. Parley OH7_006 |
| Creator |
Weber State University, Stewart Library: Oral History Program |
| Contributors |
Taft, Mack (Interviewer) |
| 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 A. Parley Bates. Mr. and Mrs. Bates discuss their careers in education - mainly his - and hard times during the Depression, including the closure of the Ogden State Bank. Parley Bates was principal at Roy Elementary and at Weber County High School, as well as superintendent of Weber County Public Schools. The interviewer is Mack Taft. |
| Subject |
Great Depression, 1929; Utah--Economic conditions; Education, Elementary; Education, Secondary; 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 |
17p.; 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 |
Bates, A. Parley OH7_006; Weber State University, Stewart Library, University Archives |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6dr4xce |
| Setname |
wsu_webda_oh |
| ID |
104181 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6dr4xce |
