Wasatch Hollow Community Oral History Project
Purpose
The Wasatch Hollow Community Oral History Project seeks to build a sense of community by collecting the memories of former and current residents to capture the history of our area, what it was like in the past, and what growing up and living here was like.
Scope
The historical natural community was not confined to the present boundaries of the Wasatch Hollow Community Council (1330 E to 1700 S and 1300 E to 1900 S). Therefore, while focused, on the Wasatch Hollow community, this project will necessarily extend into the larger historical natural community.
The project will be completed in five parts:
- Memories of growing up in the neighborhood, 1920's - 1960's
- Edgehill Gym Basketball, 1940's - 1970's
- Formation of the Wasatch Hollow Park, late 1980's - 1990's
- Wasatch Hollow Community Council history
Method
Interviews with informants will be conducted, recorded, and indexed and/or transcribed by volunteers. Whenever possible, photographs illustrating the memories of the informant will also be borrowed and copied.
Access
With the written consent of the informant, public access will be provided to the audio recording, index, transcript, and photos via the website of the Wasatch Hollow Community Council (wasatchhollowcc.org) and/or a local archive, library or educational institution.
Preservation
With the written consent of the informant, electronic files of the audio recording, index, transcript, and photos will be deposited with a local archive, library, or educational institution for preservation.
Call for Volunteers
Wasatch Hollow Community Oral History Project
Interviewers and indexers are needed for the Phase 2 of the community oral history project. Training and equipment will be provided.
If you can give about 4 hours every two weeks to this project, please contact Mel Thatcher at 801-633-9785 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To see the results of Phase 1, go to “Oral History Project.” on this website The work of all those who participated is most appreciated.
You can help make Phase 2 a success too! Please volunteer.
Share Your Story
As part of our Oral History Project, we're looking for individual stories of life in the Hollow. If you're willing to share an oral or written history, recounting the experience of living in Wasatch Hollow, please click here to go to our Share Your Story form.