Teton Dam disaster collection 1976-1991.

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Teton Dam disaster collection 1976-1991.

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197 folders of letters (originals and copies), and seven interviews on tapes, with an accompanying transcription/catalog for most interviews. The letters are originals and copies of originals from victims of the Teton Dam disaster and from volunteers or family members associated with the flood, solicited as research for the book, That Day in June, edited by Janet Thomas, et al. (published 1977). The taped interviews are of adults who experienced the disaster as children, conducted in 1991 by Anne F. Hatch for her graduate research and Plan B thesis, "Some dam funny stories."

1.75 linear feet

eng,

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and Archives.Fife Folklore Archives

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Thomas, Janet

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Teton Dam was located in Fremont County, Idaho, in the Teton River Canyon above Wilford. It had just been completed in 1976. On June 5, 1976, the earthen dam failed and an estimated 80 billion gallons of water swept downriver. The flood of water swept through Wilford, Sugar City, and Rexburg. Ricks College in Rexburg was spared for the most part, as it is located on a hill. Many residents of Rexburg and Sugar City spent the rest of the summer in Ricks College dorms. Further down the...

Hatch, Anne F.

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