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Interviews

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6007 Collections and/or Records:

Ted L. Weaver interview and photograph, approximately 1942, 1984-1985

 File — Box 16: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005064], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 430
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain interview conducted in January of 1985 by the International Relations Department at Brigham Young University with Ted L. Weaver. Chronicles his experiences as a Latter Day Saint during World War II. Speaks of his training, religion, the missions he flew and of his being shot down over Germany and his nine month evasion of German troops as he hid in Holland. File also contains a photograph of Weaver. Dated approximately 1942, 1984-1985.

Dates: approximately 1942; 1984-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps / Saints at War Project records for United States Army Air Corps pilots

Ted Ridenhour interview, 2006 June 6

 File — Box 69: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 11; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231013027], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 11 File 1430
Scope and Contents note

Materials include two audio cassettes and the transcription of an oral interview with Ted E. Ridenhour, who was interviewed by Don Norton. In the interview Ridenhour gives his experiences serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Ridenhour also relates his life experiences after he was discharged from the Navy. Date June 6, 2000.

Dates: 2006 June 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy

Teleford, Ira, 1985 August 21

 Item — Box 27: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197239128918]
Identifier: UA 1191 Series 9 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 18 Item AV363
Scope and Contents

Recording on one side of the tape.

Dates: 1985 August 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Center for Family & Community History records / Center for Family & Community History project records / Mormon Outmigration Leadership History Project records / Mormon Outmigration Leadership History Project records on Washington, D.C.

Tenney, Maude & Lynn, 1988 June 14

 Item — Box 19: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197239128835]
Identifier: UA 1191 Series 9 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item AV069
Dates: 1988 June 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Center for Family & Community History records / Center for Family & Community History project records / Mormon Outmigration Leadership History Project records / Mormon Outmigration Leadership History Project records on Dallas, Texas

Testimony regarding Emma Smith Bidamon, Nauvoo, Illinois

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2884
Scope and Contents

Jemison was born in Nauvoo in 1854 and lived there all her life. She and her sister had worked for Emma Smith in the Mansion House in Nauvoo. At the time of the interview Jemison and her husband lived in a house formerly owned by Lorenzo Snow, a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Also included is a two-page handwritten quote from "The Book of the Law" by James J. Strang.



Dates: 1912 July 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thales A. Derrick papers, approximately 2003, approximately 1966, 1966

 File — Box 54: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231012870], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 2 File 1158
Scope and Contents note Material contains several photographs of Thales A. Derrick during his tour of duty in Vietnam, and a concise biographical sheet. Also contains a personal history titled "The Voice of the Spirit at 500 Knots!" detailing a combat experience in which he protected a downed pilot until a rescue helicopter arrived. Includes the transcription of an oral interview with Derrick concerning the mission described above, and a newspaper clipping concerning the same. Contains "The Airman" which is the...
Dates: approximately 2003; approximately 1966; Publication: 1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Vietnam War / Saints at War Project records for the United States Air Force

The 447th a tribute to our fathers, date of production not identified

 Item — Carton 121: Series 6; Series 19; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197239146316]
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 19 Sub-Series 4 Item AV748
Scope and Contents

File contains VHS regarding the 447th Bomb Group titled "a Tribute to our Father". Dated approximately 1980-2000.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project documentary and interview media / Saints at War video files on VHS

The book of faith of the Oak Hills Second Ward of Zion, 2002

 File — Box 33: Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005239], Folder: 5-6
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 2 File 775
Scope and Contents note Material contains a book of stories of World War II veterans compiled by Thomas S. Taylor of the Oak Hills Second Ward in 2002 titled "The Book of Faith of the Oak Hills Second Ward of Zion". Contains stories and copied documents and photographs of Stephen B. Ellis, Jesse L. (Larry) Davis, Edward L. Hart, Robert E. Bunker, Thomas S. Taylor, Dean Fuhriman, Earl H. Peirce, Norman E. Wright, J. Robert Bullock, and Clarence Jesse Harmon. Also includes several photographs of Ellis in uniform and...
Dates: Publication: 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for multiple wars / Saints at War Project records for multiple branches of the United States military

The historical stages of the Chinese Revolution / by Lo Fu, 1938 March 10

 Item — Box 25: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197227637821], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1938 March 10
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow papers on China / Helen Foster Snow writings and correspondence from Beijing

The man who killed King Kong : an interview, 1966 July-September

 Item — Box 10: Series 3; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197238104373], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5 File 5
Scope and Contents

Drafts, tearsheet, and photocopies of the published article by John Stag Hanson, published in the magazine Movies International in 1966. Includes annotations.

Dates: 1966 July-September
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on produced motion pictures / King Kong (1933) / Magazine and unpublished articles about King Kong

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