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Josie Bassett McKnight Wells Morris oral history interview, 1959
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Morris, Josie Bassett McKnight Wells, interviewee
- Title
- Josie Bassett McKnight Wells Morris oral history interview
- Dates
- 1959 (inclusive)19591959
- Quantity
- 1 folder, (0.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- MS 0440
- Summary
- The Josie Bassett McKnight Wells Morris oral history interview (1959) consist of a transcript of an oral history between Morris, G. E. Untermann, A. Russell Mortensen, and Everett L. Cooley.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Josie Bassett was born in 1870 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Mr. and Mrs. Amos Herbert Beck Bassett. Her family moved to Brown's Park, Utah, in 1877. Josie married three times, the first to Jim McKnight, secondly to Emerson Wells, and thirdly to Ben Morris. Her first two husbands died, and she divorced the third. In 1919, Josie moved to Vernal where she spent most of her life.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Josie Bassett McKnight Wells Morris oral history interview (1959) consist of a transcript of an oral history between Morris, G. E. Untermann, A. Russell Mortensen, and Everett L. Cooley. The interview took place in Vernal, Utah, when Morris was eighty-nine years old.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Cooley, Everett L. (contributor)
- Mortensen, A. Russell (Arlington Russell) (contributor)
- Untermann, Gerhard Ernest, 1864-1956 (contributor)
Geographical Names
- Brown's Park (Utah)--History
Form or Genre Terms
- Oral histories