Utah State University

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Interview with Doug Tanner at the Max Tanner Ranch in Grouse Creek, 4 July 1985 (pt. 2): ranching; LDS Church ranch; Mormonism; civil and religious law; old and new church building. Hal Cannon and C. Fleischhauer interviewing. Reel to reel 1/4" 1/2 track stereo. High-frequency ringing pitch occurs in places, (tape on box mentions wind chimes). Tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

Abstract Interview with brothers Max, Merlin, & Monte Tanner at Max Tanner's home in Grouse Creek, 5 July 1985 (pt. 1): family history; ranching; Brezeeze Ranch; Indians; Utah Construction; outlaw stories: Sid Paskett and Diamond Field Jack. Substantial amounts of rumble (microphone handling?) and occasional traffic passing by. Children playing and other voices and activity in background. The interviewees are hard to hear over the background noises at times. Interviewer (Hal Cannon) is quite...

Abstract Interview with brothers Max and Merlin Tanner at Max Tanner's home in Grouse Creek, 5 July 1985 (pt. 2): more outlaw stories: Bolly Miller; Mormon Cowboy; Cotton Thomas Basin naming; mining. Substantial amounts of rumble (microphone handling?) and occasional traffic passing by. Children playing and other voices and activity in background. The interviewees are hard to hear over the background noises at times. Interviewer (Hal Cannon)is quite soft. The tape starts with some ambience and...

Abstract Interview with Max Tanner on drive up Thomas Ranch in Nevada. Hal Cannon and Tom Carter interviewing. 11 July 1985: childhood activity; changes in roads, fauna; ranching; fencing. NOTE: too much disturbance in 4wd drive, so after this reel-to-reel tape, switched to cassette tape, see ATC004-008. Top cut off, level very low, and the levels change dramatically as the recordist sets levels. Recorded in a vehicle. Substantial amounts of rumble. Tape stops briefly in mid sentence at times...

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Interview with Thelma & Wallace Betteridge, Raida Kimber, & George Betteridge at Raida Kimber's home (pt. 1): in Grouse Creek, 16 July 1985: Reunion of Betteridge siblings Wallace (79 yrs), George (82 yrs) and Raida (72 yrs); history of childhood and family. Channels are out of phase on tape. Levels shift at beginning of reel. Some low machine noise in background. Occasional low-frequency rumbles. Top and tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Thelma & Wallace Betteridge, Raida Kimber, & George Betteridge at Raida Kimber's home (pt. 2): in Grouse Creek, 16 July 1985: rodeo; religion; stories about Indian Jack and Jim; dances; family home. Channels are out of phase on tape. Levels shift at beginning of reel. Some low machine noise in background. Occasional low-frequency rumbles. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Jack Kimber at his ranch in south Grouse Creek, 17 July 1985 (pt. 1): family history; ranching; Utah Construction; Grouse Creek Livestock Association; change in ranching. Birds in background. Tail cut off. Tape play-wound onto original reel. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Jack Kimber at his ranch in south Grouse Creek, 17 July 1985 (pt. 2): ranch machinery; injury trading; women on the ranch. Birds in background. Wind chimes at times. Tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

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Interview with Lyman Kimber at his home Grouse Creek, 18 July 1985: tape inaudible, no summary. Very low levels, basically inaudible. Pushed gain as far as possible. Total duration: 32 minutes.

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Interview with Wallace Betteridge at his home in Montello, Nevada 25 July 1985 (pt. 1): ranching roping terminology: hard and fast, hoolihan, hondo; depression; ranch stories. Occasional rumbles (microphone handling noises?). Odd noise at 01:20 (insect against microphone?). Insects, birds, and occasional loud traffic. Top and tail cut off. Total duration: 32 minutes.