Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes interviews with former faculty of USU's LAEP Department. The interviews were conducted by Aaron Smith, USU graduate student, who used the interviews for his master's thesis: The History of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at Utah State University, 2014; and for the LAEP 75th Anniversary Celebration: The History of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes interviews with managers and workers of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (Mormon) owned farms. The interviews were conducted by Anthony Ross Garner, USU folklore graduate student, who used the interviews to inform his master's thesis: Self-Reliance, Social Welfare, and Sacred Landscapes: Mormon Agricultural Spaces and Their Paradoxical Sense of Place Garner notes: as case studies, this...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Heinz and Gisela Rahde, a married couple who emigrated from Germany to America in 1952, talk about their experiences living in Germany before, during, and after World War II. They provide the perspective of average German citizens during this time in history. Heinz speaks of his schooling, military experience as Luftwaffenhelfer [air force helpers], his activity in the German Stadthagen Branch, near Hanover, and being called as one of the first missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of...

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Patrick and Patricia Preston share their memories growing up skiing in Utah, as well as their memories and experiences running a ski shop in Logan, Utah. They talk about the history of skiing, their experiences skiing for university ski teams, competing, and their lives in the ski culture and community. The interview was conducted at the request of Professor Joyce Kinkead, USU English Department.

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Oral History. From CD notes: Al Gabrielsen's life has always been characterized by persistence, dogged, determined problem-solving, and unconventional thinking.... [G]rowing up in small-town Mormon, Utah, fighting across Europe in World War 11, and serving a mission in impoverished post-war Norway. How did Al Gabrielsen: soldier, father, architect, scout leader, grandfather, temple worker become who he is? How do any of us become who we are? Read this and see. Ogden, Utah. March 2007

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Oral history with LaRue H. Jardine and Alice Merrill, 14 July 1985, Transcribed 23 July 2009. Transcription made possible by a grant from Utah Humanities/Utah State History. Corrected April 2018.

Scope and Contents Heinz and Gisela Rahde, a married couple who emigrated from Germany to America in 1952, talk about their experiences living in Germany before, during, and after World War II. They provide the perspective of average German citizens during this time in history. Heinz speaks of his schooling, military experience as Luftwaffenhelfer [air force helpers], his activity in the German Stadthagen Branch, near Hanover, and being called as one of the first missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of...

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Patrick and Patricia Preston share their memories growing up skiing in Utah, as well as their memories and experiences running a ski shop in Logan, Utah. They talk about the history of skiing, their experiences skiing for university ski teams, competing, and their lives in the ski culture and community. The interview was conducted at the request of Professor Joyce Kinkead, USU English Department.

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Oral History. From CD notes: Al Gabrielsen's life has always been characterized by persistence, dogged, determined problem-solving, and unconventional thinking.... [G]rowing up in small-town Mormon, Utah, fighting across Europe in World War 11, and serving a mission in impoverished post-war Norway. How did Al Gabrielsen: soldier, father, architect, scout leader, grandfather, temple worker become who he is? How do any of us become who we are? Read this and see. Ogden, Utah. March 2007

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Oral history with LaRue H. Jardine and Alice Merrill, 14 July 1985, Transcribed 23 July 2009. Transcription made possible by a grant from Utah Humanities/Utah State History. Corrected April 2018.