Oral history interview with Irene Hatch Redd
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview transcript with Irene Hatch Redd on October 18, 1970, conducted by Gary L. Shumway and Scott Blickenstaff for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program. The subject is Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Irene discusses her childhood in Utah and Mexico, life in the Mormon colonies of Chihuahua through the Revolution, the immigration to Blanding, Utah, and her life there. Bound manuscript, 42 pages of text, indexes included.
Dates
- 1970 October 18
Creator
- Redd, Irene Hatch, 1887-1983 (interviewee, Person)
- Shumway, Gary L. (interviewer, Person)
- Blickenstaff, Scott (interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Oral history interview with Irene Hatch Redd must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Irene Hatch Redd was born September 30, 1887 in Greenwich, Piute County, Utah. She moved to the Mormon colonies in Chihuahua, Mexico, when she was ten-years-old. She left Mexico in 1911 and married Burt Redd in El Paso, Texas. They settled in Blanding, Utah, in 1912 and had seven children. Burt died in 1930. Irene died July 1983 in Utah.
Extent
1 folder (0.1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Purchased from Gary L. Shumway in 1987.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Gary L. Shumway; 1987.
Appraisal
LDS cultural, social, and religious history (Collection development policy of 20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, August 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Karen Glenn; January 21, 2009.
- Title
- Register of the Oral history interview with Irene Hatch Redd
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Glenn, student processor; John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States