Oral history interview with Ivan E. Tidwell, 2015 November

File — Carton: 1, Folder: 71

Identifier: MSS 9148 File 71

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Scope and Contents

Don E. Norton oral history interview with Ivan E. Tidwell, dated November 21, 2015. Includes transcript and accompanying index. Also includes copies of photographs of Ivan.

Dates

2015 November

Creator

Tidwell, Ivan E., 1923- (interviewee, Person)
Norton, Don E. (1934-) (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 this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

Ivan E. Tidwell was born in Wellington, Utah in 1923. He graduated high school in 1941 and spent some time working and attending college before he was drafted in 1943. He served as a log scaler and a truck driver for the Army across England, France, Belgium, and Germany. After the war, he studied economics at Brigham Young University and served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Central States Mission. He married Betty Jean Jenkins in 1951. He worked as a teacher, postal office worker, and contract negotiator for the Air Force.