| Title: |
Melvin Alvey
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Utah State Historical Society. Manuscript and Photograph Collection
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| Collection: |
Southern Utah Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
Melvin Alvey - 2 interviews, 1998/2001 (2 audio cassettes; 1 video cassette; 1 mini digital video cassette)
Melvin Alvey was born in Escalante, Utah on January 20,1908. His father died when he was five and Melvin and eight siblings had to work the farm and the livestock from a very young age. Melvin continued farming and running livestock throughout his adult years. He was also the watermaster for the town of Escalante, a job that has never ended, as at 94 years old, he still fills in from time to time.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Alvey, Melvin, 1908-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
20-Jan-1908
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Escalante, UT; Utah; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Farmer; Rancher
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| Age at speaking: |
91
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| Document location: |
Escalante, UT
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| Document date: |
28-Aug-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Haymond, Jay
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States; Utah
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Community; Escalante (Utah)--History; Land settlement; Land use; Local history; North America; Oral history; United States; Utah
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Escalante National Monument
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025506-27359
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