Oral history interview with Shirley Ricks, 2012 March 19

Item — Volume: MSS OH 2554

Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 52

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Interview of Shirley Ricks administered by Redd Center intern Shayla Sturgess. Topics discussed in this interview include Shirley's early memories of her life in Provo, her experience in Provo education system from elementary school to University, Provo's live nativity, and her memories of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Provo. Material dated March 19, 2012.

Dates

Creation: 2012 March 19

Creator

Ricks, Shirley S. (interviewee, Person)
Sturgess, Shayla (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 use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Shayla Sturgess is an English Teacher at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's Missionary Training Center and a former student at Brigham Young University, Oxford, and the National Taiwan Normal University.

Sturgess came to Brigham Young University in Provo in 2006, where she majored in History Teaching. While at BYU, she worked at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's Missionary Training Center. She was awarded a scholarship. She also worked as an intern for the Charles Redd Center, and conducted interviews for the “Historic Downtown Provo Oral History Project.”

After graduating from BYU in 2013, Sturgess attended two universities outside of the United States. She first attended the National Taiwan Normal University as a part of a three-month Mandarin program in 2013. Afterward, she attended Oxford to major in Global and Imperial History in 2013-2014.