Grouse Creek (Utah) -- Social life and customs

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Interview with Wallace Betteridge at his home in Montello, Nevada 25 July 1985 (pt. 2): cowboy gear; Montello. Some thumps and rumbles, microphone handling noises. Loud door slam at 12:34. Top and tail cut off. Total duration: 32 minutes.

Interview with Oren "Dutch" Kimber at his in Grouse Creek, 26 July 1985 (pt. 2): ranching; hunting; sheep herding and sheep herders: Basque and French; story of Indian Jim. Microphone handling noises at 21:30. Woman speaker is far off-microphone and soft. Tail cut off. Total duration: 33 minutes.

Interview with Merlin Tanner, Grouse Creek, 30 July 1985 (pt. 2): No log. Overload on tape. Tail is cut off and slightly faded out on tape. Total duration: 32 minutes.

Interview with Merlin Tanner, Grouse Creek, 30 July 1985 (pt. 3): No log. Tail is cut off. Total duration: 14 minutes.