Eula Kimber, Grouse Creek, Utah: an interview by Verna Richardson, 12 May 2001: Saving the Legacy tape no. 266

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Title Eula Kimber, Grouse Creek, Utah: an interview by Verna Richardson, 12 May 2001: Saving the Legacy tape no. 266
Alternative Title Eula Kimber, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah
Creator Kimber, Eula, 1921-2014
Contributor University of Utah. American West Center; Richardson, Verna
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2001-05-12
Date Digital 2015-12-16
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Spatial Coverage San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States
Subject Kimber, Eula, 1921-2014--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; United States--Naval Reserve--Women's Reserve
Keywords WAVEs
Description Transcript (40 pages) of an interview by Verna Richardson with Eula Kimber on May 12, 2001. From tape number 266 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project
Collection Number and Name Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010
Abstract Eula Kimber was born in Grouse Creek, Utah. She graduated from Box Elder High School in 1929. After high school she worked in Brigham City, Utah, and eventually became a typist in the Recorder's Office in Salt Lake City, Utah. She enlisted in the Navy WAVES. Boot School and was at Hunter College in New York. Yeoman training was at Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was then stationed at North Island off the coast of San Diego, California, where she worked at the Bachelor Officer Quarters (BOQ) as a Yeoman Third Class until discharged. She married Lyman Kimber in 1945, and used the GI Bill to attend Utah State University and receive a Bachelor's Degree. She taught school in Providence, Utah, and later in Grouse Creek. She has been an active member of the WAVES of the Wasatch, including being President and Regional Representative. Interviewed by Verna Richardson. 40 pages.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 40 pages
Language eng
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Scanning Technician Mazi Rakhsha
Conversion Specifications Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display
ARK ark:/87278/s6g46sdd
Topic Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve
Setname uum_slohp
ID 1029745
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g46sdd