In this letter to the editor of the Logan Herald Journal, her hometown newspaper, Laura Merrill writes from the Topaz Relocation Center, describing the small libraries she oversees as the Center's Librarian and what life is like inside Topaz. This...
Central Utah Relocation Center -- Libraries; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Central Utah Relocation Center; Merrill, Laura Liona Rees, 1876-1963 -- Correspondence; Letters to the editor -- Utah -- Topaz
Maureen Patricia Winn talks about her childhood and family life in Bolivia with her parents. She talks about her early years at different schools, her move to the U.S. to study, her two masters degrees and her wish to go on to a Ph.D. She also...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Maureen Patricia Winn -- Interviews
Written and illustrated by residents of Topaz, this 55 page collection of stories and articles recounts the experiences and feelings of the Japanese Americans forced to leave cherished homes, jobs, possessions, and pets for the dusty, stark...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes
Marianne talks about her childhood, growing up in the Depression in various places around the country, and then spending most of her childhood on a ranch with her grandparents. She talks about going to college in Reno, teaching school in Carlin,...
Glaser, Marianne--Interviews; University of Nevada, Reno; Depressions—1929; Ranching;
Mr. Tanner Haviland talks briefly about his background growing up on a ranch. He discusses his experience as a range rider, and talks about how he got the job, responsibilities involved, and the lifestyle in general. Interviewed by Randy Williams...
Haviland, Tanner--Interviews; Horses—Training; Rodeos; Calf roping; Team roping; Horses—Equipment and supplies; Pasture animals; Corrals; Cattle herding; Pasture, Rights of;
Sharon talks about her family history in ranching and her adult and married life as a ranching wife. She talks about managing a ranch with her husband, raising their family on a ranch and the differences in raising beef and buffalo. Interviewed by...
Miller, Sharon--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Range management; Ranching; Ranchers; Bison farming; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Cattle--Predators of--Control;
Mrs. Tanner talks about moving to Grouse Creek as an outsider (when she married), about being a ranching wife, life in such a rural area and the families business ventures, including a dude ranch. Interviewed by Randy Williams on November 8, 2010...
Country life; Ranching; Cattle ranching; Dude ranches; Teaching; Gymkhanas (Horsemanship); Rural schools; Education, Rural; Saddlery; Leatherwork; Rural families; Rodeo; 4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.); Future Farmers of America;
Diane Tanner and Julie Tanner (married to brothers) talk about what it’s like being a ranch wife in Grouse Creek, Utah. They speak about their different roles in ranching and raising a family in rural Utah, including what it’s like being so far...
This report begins by examining how the relationship between Japanese Americans living on the West Coast in 1942 with other residents led to their being singled out for evacuation and placement in relocation centers after the bombing of Pearl...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Book cover, inscription, and title pages of Adventure by Jack London. Published by The Macmillan Company in March 1911, this book is a first edition copy composed of viii, 405 pages and is 20 cm. tall. It is inscribed to Charmian London and...
One of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth century, Jack London (1876-1916) was perhaps as well known for his rugged, active lifestyle and socialist politics as for his writing. The author of such classics as Call of the Wild and White...
