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Palmer
,
Ada
Elizabeth
Magnusson
Birth and Death Dates
1905-1995
Call Number
MSS
OH
22
Material Type
Oral
History
Biography
Ada
Elizabeth
Magnusson
Palmer
was
born
on
February
27
,
1905
to
Neils
William
Magnusson
and
Jacobine
Jensen
in
Sandy
,
Utah
.
When
Ada
was
young
, her
time
was
focused
on
mainly
church
activities
and
schooling
.
Later
in
life
Ada
attended
the
University
of
Utah
for
two
years
before
teaching
school
in
Grand
County
for
three
years
.
While
teaching
in
Thompson
,
Ada
met
Ward
Palmer
whom
she
married
on
January
27
,
1928
in
Salt
Lake
City
. In
May
of that
year
, they
moved
to
Monticello
, and in
November
,
Ada
bore
her
first
of
three
children
. In
1929
Ada's
husband
became
manager
of the
Midland
Telephone
Company
,
so
Ada
worked
with him there for
11
years
.
Because
of
financially
difficult
times
during
the
Depression
years
,
Ada
and her
family
moved
to the
160
acre
ranch
Ward's
father
homesteaded
in
1940
. There they
raised
wheat
for a
while
and then
got
into the
cattle
business
.
Later
in
life
when
Ada's
two
sons
were in the
service
and her
daughter
had
started
college
,
Ada
ran
on the
Republican
Party
ticket
for
county
clerk
. She
won
the
position
and
served
for
12
consecutive
years
.
Ada
died
on
March
15
,
1995
.
Abstract
This
collection
includes
an
oral
history
tape
(90
minutes
in
length)
and a
transcript
(18
pages
in
length)
that
consists
of an
interview
between
Ada
Palmer
and
Jessie
Embry
on
July
25
,
1973
as
part
of the
Southeastern
Utah
Oral
History
Project
conducted
by the
Charles
Redd
Center
for
Western
Studies
at
Brigham
Young
University
in
collaboration
with the
Utah
State
Historical
Society
. The
oral
history
is
mainly
autobiographical
in
nature
.
Ada
describes
in
detail
her
careers
as a
teacher
and
county
clerk
as
well
as her
experience
working
with her
husband
at the
telephone
company
.
During
Ada's
first
year
teaching
, she
taught
eight
children
in
five
different
grades
, and
during
her
second
and
third
years
teaching
, she
taught
32
children
in
eight
different
grades
.
Ada
decided
to
run
for
county
clerk
when
she was
asked
about
running
for
office
by the
chairman
of the
Republican
party
for
San
Juan
County
.
Ada
claims
that she was
always
active
in
politics
,
having
registered
as a
Republican
in the
seventh
grade
: '
I
thought
[voting]
was an
essential
thing
. If
we
don't
take
part
and
voice
our
opinions
,
we
have
no
right
to
speak
for or
against
anything
.
I
don't
think
I
ever
missed
voting.
'
Besides
her
careers
,
Ada
recalls
isolated
life
on the
ranch
,
saying
that
since
her
children
did
not have
all
of the
recreational
opportunities
that
other
kids
had, they
read
much
of the
time
and are
still
'
fine
readers.
'
Ada
also
briefly
describes
the
effects
of the
Depression
on
Monticello
,
saying
that her
kids
wore
patched
clothes
but they were
never
on
welfare
because
they
managed
to
save
money
and they had a
milk
cow
and
canned
food
.
Although
Ada
felt
that
people
were
closer
to
each
other
in the
early
1900s
, she '
wouldnt
want
to
go
back
to the
old
times
for
anything
'
because
she
believed
that '
life
is
so
much
easier
than
it
used
to
be.
'
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