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Xanthe K. Farnworth oral histories

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7723
Scope and Contents

Contains two cassette tapes that contain the oral history of Alice Armena Oliver Shumway and James Barton Ashcroft, who is Farnworth's grandfather. Recordings were made around 1980. Also includes audio transfers of recordings on CD.

Dates: approximately 1980

Jennie Groberg interviews with Lafayette Hinckley Holbrook

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2962
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview taken from the included cassette sound tapes. The interview was conducted by Jennie Groberg in 1964 and 1965. Holbrook talks about his ancestors, and his wife, Alsina Elizabeth Brimhall (1876-1960), whom he met at Brigham Young University and married in 1901. He talks about his education, his children, his occupations, and his missionary experiences with the Maori people of New Zealand.

Dates: 1964-1965

Albert Winkler oral history interview with Myron Hatch

 Collection — Box: 3
Identifier: MSS OH 1912
Scope and Contents

Talks about his experiences in World War II, including participation in liberation of a concentration camp at Dachau, Germany. Interviewed by Albert Winkler. Includes a typed transcript and an audiocassette recording of the interview. Also includes personal history excerpts and copies of photographs relating to his war experiences.

Dates: 2000 February 9

Oral history interview with Frank W. Fox

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 895
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project by the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 16, 1988. Fox describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the History Department and describes different aspects of his career including the writing of his books on the history of BYU and on J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

Dates: 1988