Oral history interview with Tom Jones
Scope and Contents note
Oral history interview with Tom Jones on 11 and 12 July, 1972, connducted by Daniel Kelly for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program. The subjects are: experiences as a sheepherder, at Saint Christopher's Mission, and Navajo stock reduction. Tom discusses his jobs in the mining and sheepherding industries and his current life and past memories of the Navajos in Saint Christopher's Mission. Bound manuscript, 25 pages, index included.
Dates
- Creation: 1972
Creator
- Jones, Tom A. (Person)
- Kelly, Daniel (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the oral history interview with Tom Jones must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Tom A. Jones was born in Utah. At age fourteen he went to work in Saint Christopher's Mission in Bluff, Utah. Thereafter he was employed as a sheepherder, in the Geneva Steel Mill in Provo, Utah, on a railroad, in uranium mines and then back at the mission.
Extent
1 folder (0.10 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Tom Jones on 11 and 12 July, 1972, conducted by Daniel Kelly for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton Oral History Program.
Custodial History note
Purchased from Gary L. Shumway in 1987.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Purchased; Gary L. Shumway; 1987.
Appraisal note
Utah and the American West (Collection development policy of 20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, August 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; Karen Glenn; 22 January 2009.
Subject
- St. Christopher's Mission (Bluff, Utah) (Organization)
- Title
- Register of oral history interview with Tom Jones
- 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