Photograph of Sarah Hargreaves with her Colonial Spanish diningroom set |
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| Title | Sarah Hargreaves interview July 19, 2007 |
| Description | Mrs. Sara Hargreaves talks about growing up on her father’s plantation in Danlí, Honduras, including having servants and family celebrations; she also talks about her family history going back to Spain and Germany, including German political exiles to Costa Rica, where her father was born; being a political exile herself, first to the U.S. to attend boarding school in California and later to Costa Rica during Tiburcio Carías dictatorship. She talks about her education, studying business, even though her father wanted his daughters to study agriculture to be involved in the plantations; her work for the American Embassy and for the Costa Rican government. She talks about dating practices with chaperones. She talks about her courtship and marriage to her American husband George Hargreaves. She talks about how both sets of parents (Sara’s and George’s) were upset about their engagement. She also talks about traveling with George for his work as an engineer for the US Government (State Department) to: Peru, Haiti, Philippines, Brazil, Colombia, Panama; and finally settling in Cache Valley, Utah. She talks about flying and sailing to and from the U.S. and Honduras as a youth, including sailing on “the White Fleet,’ and the “Banana Boat.” She talks about her children growing up in Logan; and about her grandchildren, her studies, volunteer work, especially at the hospital and Cache Valley Community Health Clinic; about receiving the Utah Governor’s Silver Bowl Award for service. She talks about her father’s beliefs about service and volunteer work. She shares her warm feelings about living in Cache Valley. She also talks about her family’s sense of self, honoring tradition and her elders’ attitudes about dress and conduct, including mourning customs. At the end of the tape she talks about her needlework and furniture which she brought from her parent’s home. |
| Subject | Families; Education; Immigration & culture; |
| Interviewee |
Hargreaves, Sarah |
| Interviewer | McKee, Ginny |
| Photographer | McKee, Ginny |
| Language | eng; spa; |
| Place immigrated from |
Honduras Costa Rico |
| Placed discussed |
Tegucigalpa (Honduras) Danlí (Honduras) Costa Rica Los Angeles (California) California Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Utah Idaho United States |
| Place interviewed |
Logan (Utah) Cache County (Utah) Utah United States |
| Material type | Photographs; Oral histories; Transcripts; |
| Transcriptionist |
Pacheco, Sara |
| Translator | Ubiqus |
| Source | The original of this item can be found at Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Latino Voices, FOLK COLL 38 Box 3. |
| Call Number | FOLK COLL 38 |
| Collection | Latino/Latina Voices Project, 2007, 2012 |
| Collection Inventory | Latino/Latina Voices Project inventory can be found at: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv83200 |
| Digital publisher | Digitized by Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library |
| Rights | Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, (435) 797-2663. |
| Holding Institution | Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives |
| Type | Image;StillImage; Sound; Text; |
| Format | image/jpeg; audio/mp3; application/pdf; |
| Digital History Collection | Latino Voices |
| Digital Specifications | Interviews were recorded using a Radio Shack Cassette Recorder: CTR-122 and Radio Shack Microphone: 23-3013. Transcriptions were completed using Express Scribe software. Conversion of audio tapes to digital files was completed using either a Mitsubishi Cassette Deck DT-156 or Onkyo TA-RW313 Cassette Deck via the preamp and sound card using Sound Forge 8 software. They were recorded at a 44,100 Hz sample rate, 16 bit Mono and saved for CD audio. Files were rendered into mp2-layer3 (mp3) files and saved as 22,050 Hz, 16 bit samples in Mono (56kbps). Files were archived onto gold CDs as CD audio in 44,100 Hz, 16 bit stereo format. |
| Date Digital | 2008-04 |
| Identifier | SarahHargreaves |
| Uploaded by | Rosie Liljenquist |
| Metadata by | Rosie Liljenquist |
| Search Date | 2007-07-19 |
Description
| Title | Photograph of Sarah Hargreaves with her Colonial Spanish diningroom set |
| Date Digital | 2008:03:24 13:46:25 |
| Identifier | 001_Photograph of Sarah Hargreaves with her Colonial Spanish diningroom set.jpg |
| Image Height | 1818 |
| Image Width | 1228 |
| File Size | 559913 Bytes |
| Scanning Resolution | 96 |
| Colorspace | RGB |
| Checksum | 2422243884 |
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