Oral history interviews with Bernice M. Burtenshaw
Scope and Contents note
Oral history interviews with Bernice Shaw on 13 July 1972 and 18 April 1973, conducted by John Abraham and Peggy Green for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program. The subject of the first interview is the Mormon exodus from Mexico to Blanding, Utah. Bernice discusses her childhood in Colonia Diaz, Mexico, the flight to Blanding, Utah, during the Mexican revolution, and her life since. The second interview focuses on a recent trip Bernice had taken to visit Old Mexico. Bound manuscript, 26 pages, indexes included.
Dates
- 18 April 1973
- 13 July 1972
Creator
- Green, Peggy (Person)
- Abraham, John (Person)
- Bertenshaw, Bernice M. (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 interviews with Bernice M. Burtenshaw must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Bernice Mortensen Burtenshaw was born the third child in Colonia Diaz, Mexico to Luritz F. Mortensen and Elizabeth Rowley April 1897. She married Erastus Bertenshaw 3 July 1917 and had eleven children.
Extent
1 folder (0.10 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interviews with Bernice Shaw on 13 July 1972 and 18 April 1973, conducted by John Abraham and Peggy Green 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 American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; Karen Glenn; 28 January 2009.
- Title
- Register of Oral history interviews with Bernice M. Burtenshaw
- 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