03637nam 2200613 a 450 991080941980332120240417050614.00-8165-9927-0(CKB)2550000001113384(OCoLC)859161562(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748746(SSID)ssj0000981213(PQKBManifestationID)11505255(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000981213(PQKBWorkID)10971528(PQKB)11017559(MiAaPQ)EBC3411850(MdBmJHUP)muse28094(Au-PeEL)EBL3411850(CaPaEBR)ebr10748746(CaONFJC)MIL513249(OCoLC)923439229(EXLCZ)99255000000111338420130326d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOral history, community, and work in the American West[electronic resource] /Jessie L. Embry, editor1st ed.Tucson University of Arizona Press20131 online resource (361 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8165-3017-3 1-299-81998-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Reflections -- Stories of community and work in the Redd Center Oral History Program / Jessie L. Embry -- A two-way street: explaining and creating community through oral history / Barbara Allen Bogart -- Probing memory and experience: the untapped potential of oral history (re)collections / Laurie Mercier -- Examples of neglected groups -- "Everybody worked back then": oral history, memory and Indian economies in northern California / William Bauer -- Bittersweet memories: oral history, Mexican Americans, and the power of place / Jose M. Alamillo -- "That's all we knew": an oral history of family labor in the American Southwest -Skott Brandon Vigil -- "Colorado has been real good to us": an oral history project with Japanese Americans in Weld County, Colorado / Georgia Wier -- Using oral history to record the story of the Las Vegas African American community / Claytee White -- Women at work in Las Vegas, 1940-1980 / Joanne L. Goodwin -- "Every woman has a story": Donna Joy McGladrey's Alaskan adventure / Sandra K. Mathews -- Searching for the rest of the story: documenting the Dee School of Nursing / John Sillito, Sarah Langsdon, and Marci Farr -- The Utah Eagle Forum: legitimizing political activism as women's work / Melanie Newport -- Essential sources -- Creating community: telling the story of the Mormons in Fort Collins, Colorado / Linda M. Meyer -- Every mine, every cow camp, every ranch: oral history as field work / Leisl Carr Childers -- Oral history among the orchards: a look at the James George Stratton family / Kristi Young -- Afterword: when history talks back / Clyde A. Milner II."The essays in this volume are case studies of the importance of oral history in understanding community and work in the American West"--Provided by publisher.InterviewsWest (U.S.)Oral historyWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)Social life and customs20th centuryWest (U.S.)Social conditions20th centuryInterviewsOral history978/.034Embry Jessie L1612363MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809419803321Oral history, community, and work in the American West3941115UNINA