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Guide to the Teton Dam Disaster Oral History transcriptions and tapes1976-1978

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Title Guide to the Teton Dam Disaster Oral History transcriptions and tapes1976-1978
Subject Water and Water Rights; Dam failures--Idaho--Teton Dam.; Floods--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.); Disasters--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Description Transcriptions and cassette tape recordings of oral history tapes giving personal narratives of the Teton Dam disaster in southeastern Idaho, June 5, 1976. Subjects include descriptions of the flood's approach, damage to property, recovery efforts and the effects of the ordeal on people's lives and their communities.; Historical Note; On June 5, 1976, the newly constructed Teton Dam in southeastern Idaho collapsed. Water contained in its filling reservoir surged through the Upper Snake River...
Publisher Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives
Date 1976/1978
Rights Open to public research.; It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.; Permission to publish material from the teton dam disaster oral history transcriptions and tapes must
be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Type Collection collection
Identifier http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11578
Language eng
Format 2.5 linear ft.
Coverage 1976-1978

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