Emmett and Anna UTT (b. 1903; 1906)

Residence: Hatter Creek; Princeton; Potlatch
Occupation(s): Sawyer in Potlatch mill; farmer; Teacher; farm wife
Family Origin: Parents moved from Kansas (c. 1894); Parents moved from Spangle, Washington (1911)

Interviews

Emmett and Anna Utt Interview #2, 5/7/1973

Topics:
Retaliations against Potlatch Lumber Company arrogance. Winter logging. Gold Hill gold; father's mining and bad mining stock. A smart coyote. 5-7-73 1.5 hr 39p
Duration:
1:20:49
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
African Americans businesses childhood children dances families logging mines mining politics poor rivers sawmills timber winter
Locations:
Potlatch Gold Hill Elk River
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Emmett and Anna Utt Interview #3, 8/10/1973

Topics:
Sympathy for Indians as a boy. Murders of Chinese miners and a tramp. Persecution of an ex-thief. IWW sabotage to pressure company. Gypsies; bootleggers; the Klan. New-fangled machinery. Demise of forest wilderness. 8-10-73 1.6 hr 43p
Duration:
1:33:22
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
Chinese Americans Great Depression IWW Ku Klux Klan Native Americans automobiles bootlegging drinking farming fishing holidays horses immigrants lore mining murders police officers sports thieves wilderness women working conditions
Locations:
Elk River Potlatch Palouse
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Emmett and Anna Utt Interview #1, 10/19/1973

Topics:
Family life. Parents' view of school and dances. Getting settled at Harvard. 10-19-73 1 hr LS
Duration:
1:01:19
Interviewer:
Laura Schrager
Keywords:
dances families farming schools women
Locations:
Harvard Hatter Creek
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Emmett and Anna Utt Interview #4, 10/19/1973

Topics:
A boy's adventures on horse, bicycle, sled and skates. Competition with a friend. Motorcycling. Coming of cars. Working in Potlatch sawmill: sources of conflict in the crew; art of running saws. 10-19-73 1.9 hr 50p
Duration:
1:43:16
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
automobilies accidents railroads fights sawmills childhood
Locations:
Harvard Princeton Potlatch
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Emmett and Anna Utt Interview #5, 11/14/1975

Topics:
Her work as servant girl on Potlatch Nob Hill. Class snobbery and self-made men. Dating and marriage. Depression days. Gas rationing. Relation of country people to Potlatch. 11-14-75 2.3 hr 58p
Duration:
2:19:51
Interviewer:
Sam Schrager
Keywords:
Great Depression automobiles boardinghouses colleges and universities dances dating electricity families farming hunting immigrants mills politics poor presidents schools shivarees teaching weddings winter world wars
Locations:
Potlatch
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Emmett and Anna UTT (b. 1903; 1906)", Latah County Oral History Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/lcoh/people/utt_emmettandanna.html
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