Register of the Crowder Oral History Collection MSSI 82 Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections Brigham Young University-Idaho November 5, 2003 Contact Information Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections David O. McKay Library Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID 83460 USA Phone: 208/496-2986 Fax: 208/496-2374 Email: powellj@byui.edu Processed by: Samuel J. Passey
Date completed: March 11, 2009 Encoded by: Jason Hudson November 5, 2003: Brigham Young University-Idaho. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Call Number: Title: Creator: Repository: Extent: Biographical History Abstract: Scope Abstract: MSSI 82 William F. Rigby Collection Crowder, David Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections Dr. David L. Crowder was born in American Falls, Idaho. He received his Bachelor s and Master s degrees from Idaho State University and a Ph. D. from the University of Utah. He began a twenty year teaching career at Ricks College in 1966. The oral histories were conducted by students in Dr. Crowder s Idaho and the Northwest history class from 1973-1976. The interviews primarily focus on World War I and the Great Depression. The collection was labeled Oral History Project Number one. Provenance Gift to BYU-Idaho. Access This Collection is open to the public. Conditions of Use It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from Crowder Oral History Collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators. Preferred Citation Initial Citation: MSSI 82; Crowder Oral History Collection; Manuscripts; Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections, David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University-Idaho. Following Citations: MSSI 82, BYUISC. Biographical History Dr. David L. Crowder was born in American Falls, Idaho. He received his Bachelor s and Master s degrees from Idaho State University and a Ph. D. from the University of Utah. He began a twenty year teaching career at Ricks College in 1966. The oral histories were conducted by students in Dr. Crowder s Idaho and the Northwest history class from 1973-1976. Scope and Content Note The interviews primarily focus on World War I and the Great Depression. The collection was labeled Oral History Project Number one. The transcripts are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the person interviewed. In some cases there are two folders bearing the same name. In this case, each folder contains a different interview of the same person, conducted by another student. Each transcription is filed with a release form and an interview record that contains information on the person conducting the interview, the person being interviewed, and the subject covered in the interview. Container List Inventory Box Folder Contents 1 1 Adamson, William Lewis 1 2 Atkinson, T.A.
1 3 Andrus, Grant M. 1 4 Atkinson, Max 1 5 Atkinson, Max 1 6 Bailey, Seth R. 1 7 Beal, J. Burns 1 8 Belnap, Joseph F. 1 9 Belnap, Lester 1 10 Belnap, Lester 1 11 Benson, Max 1 12 Birch, J. Edgar 1 13 Bodily, Freda Ann Clark 1 14 Index, Oral History Tapes, Cont. 1 15 Oral History Interview Tapes 1 16 Douglass, Charles Orrin 1 17 Boyd, Kenneth 1 18 Broasbent, Julian 1 19 Brown, Constance R. Bidder 1 20 Burke, Caroline Pierce 1 21 Buxton, Darrell (Dick) 1 22 Calaway, Clyde 1 23 Catmull, Rex 1 24 Chantrill, Mabel 1 25 Chapman, Artell 1 26 Clarke, Ray E. 1 27 Crapo, Winsford Whitney 1 28 Dalley, Claude 1 29 Daniels, Loraine Wesley & Ruth Hertzig 1 30 Davenport, Ira Sperry 1 31 Dedman, Bill 1 32 Dedman, William Alan
1 33 Devenport, Karl W. 1 34 Douglass, Charles Orrin 1 35 Eberhard, Ernest Jr. 1 36 Englund, Catherine Gertrude Ronnenkamp 1 37 Fife, Glen James 1 38 Frederiksen, Olaf 1 39 Fullmer, Norris 1 40 Furniss, Oren 1 41 Galler, Thomas Christian Sr. 1 42 Gardner, Mary Hansen 1 43 Gillespie, L.W. 1 44 Greeley, Joshua 1 45 Green, Dennis 1 46 Greenhalgh, Alma 1 47 Hammond, Earl C. 1 48 Hansen, Willis 1 49 Hayes, Anna Hansen 1 50 Hess, Millie 1 51 Humpherys, Maude S. 1 52 Jones, Walter Homer 1 53 Miller, Margaret Stewart 1 54 Smith, Zetha Howarth 2 1 Ingram, Mary 2 2 Insley, Genevieve Anderson 2 3 Johnson, Carl 2 4 Johnson, Carl J. 2 5 Jones, O.M. 2 6 Kerr, Mrs. Annie Spori 2 7 Klinke, Fred 2 8 Larken, Paul
2 9 Lindsay, Charles Ira 2 10 Lindsay, Rupert C. 2 11 Lowe, Lewis 2 12 Luke, Lowell 2 13 Luke, Melvin 2 14 Miner, Carrie 2 15 Munk, Geneva Hayes Anderson 2 16 Nelson, Andrew 2 17 Nelson, Barto 2 18 Orgill, Lowell 2 19 Pearson, Hazel 2 20 Price, Louise 2 21 Petersen, Luseba Widdison 2 22 Peterson, Elsie 2 23 Pieper, Albert A. 2 24 Pierson, Marcine 2 25 Pluid, Charles T. 2 26 Randall, Dale 2 27 Richardson, Beulah 2 28 Ricks, Rulon S. 2 29 Roberts, Bill 2 30 Rock, Farrell 2 31 Rosenlund, Allan E. & Marjorie Williams 2 32 Rudd, Lowe 2 33 Scoresby, Austin 2 34 Simmons, Clarence D. 2 35 Sorenson, Kate Thomas 2 36 Stephenson, Elred 2 37 Stowell, Elizabeth Spori 2 38 Stranger, Pearl Armstrong
2 39 Stucki, Ezra 2 40 Terry, Anna Evert 2 41 Thirkill, Evelyn S. 2 42 Thomson, Lera Packer 2 43 Tracy, Jean R. 2 44 Webster, Lola 2 45 Whitehead, Elwood K. 2 46 Widdison, Mary E. 2 47 Wilcox, Melvin 2 48 Wilding, D.D. 2 49 Wilske, Emil 2 50 Stucki, Wendell 2 51 Perry, Joseph 2 52 Morrell, M.D. 3 Ricks College Faculty and Staff 3 1 Chapman, Artell; Catmull, Arabel 3 2 Merrill, Don; Stephenson, Eldred C. 3 3 Bennion, Hugh 3 4 Biddulph, Ruth Hobson 3 5 Catmull, Arabel 3 6 Chapman, Artell 3 7 Dixion, Gordon 3 8 Merrill, Don 3 9 Parsons, Oliver 3 10 Petersen, Lester H. 3 11 Slaugh, Owen 3 12 Stephenson, Eldred C. 4 Reel to Reel tapes of the conducted oral histories.