Introduction

Teton Dam Collection; MSSI 2

Oral History reports and newspaper articles

Collection processed by Kara Oxnam

Date: April 2, 2002

Physical Description: 5.4 linear feet (13 Boxes)

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Biographical Sketch of / Agency History

In June 1976 the Teton Dam was nearly complete and water began to fill up the empty basin, but on June 3^rd streams began to appear. The next day a leak was found and they began to try and cover the hole. June 5^, 1976 the Dam broke and 270 feet of water drained in just six hours. The water damaged thousands of houses and left 25,000 homeless. The water devastated areas such as Wilford, Sugar City, and Rexburg. Eleven people were killed, six drowned.

Scope and Content

The Teton Dam Disaster Collection is a compilation of newspaper articles, oral histories, accounts received, as well as published materials.

Newspapers

The newspaper articles are copies of the original newspapers that published articles concerning the disaster. Newspapers include the Rexburg Standard Journal, Idaho Falls Post Register, and the Pocatello Idaho State Journal.

Oral History Project
The Teton Oral History Program is a joint oral history program of the History Departments of Utah State University, Ricks College, and the Idaho State Historical Society. W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Idaho State Legislature, Idaho State Historical Society, and the National Endowment of the Humanities funded the Teton Oral History Program. The purpose is to gather and preserve information for historical and scholarly use concerning the Teton Dam Disaster.

Accounts Received
The accounts received are histories voluntarily submitted by members of the community to share their experiences.

Published Materials
Published materials have also been added to the collection including government reports on the failure of the dam.

More information on the Teton Dam Disaster can be found in Manuscript Collection 15 the David L. Crowder Papers.

Inventory

Box 1
Teton Dam Flood; Newspaper clippings and Survey Cards

Box 2
Teton Flood Oral History Collection Vol. 1-3

Box 3
Teton Flood; Published Material and Ward Assignments

Box 4
Ward Help Information and Ward Expenses
Fd 1	Teton Dam Failure
Fd 2	Teton Dam Claims
Fd 3	Teton Dam
Fd 4	The day the Teton Dam broke
Fd 5	Time magazine; Teton Dam
Fd 6	Mennanite Disaster Service
Fd 7	Flood Stuff
Fd 8	Chain Saw check out
Fd 9	Volunteer help assignments
Fd 10	Miscellaneous
Fd 11	Ward Farms
Fd 12	Wards: Egin, Bench, Wilford, Salem, Sugar, Roberts
Fd 13	Misc. Buildings; seminaries, R.S. Dist. Center-Rxbg, Tabernacle
Fd 14	Rexburg Stake; wards: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12

Box 5
Oral History Reports; Teton Dam Disaster
Fd 2	Anderson, Clyde
Fd 3	Andrus, Gaylon Rich
Fd 4	Andrus, Gloria G.
Fd 5	Andrus, Alyn B.
Fd 6	Archibald, David W.
Fd 7	Ard, Myrtle W.
Fd 8	Ard, William
Fd 8	Bagley, Gaylen W
Fd 9	Bagley, Gaylen W
Fd 10	Bagley, Layle
Fd 11	Bake, Margaret
Fd 12	Barrus, Ruth H.
Fd 13	Bates, Orrin Raymon
Fd 14	Bean, Harold
Fd 15	Beck, Mary Ann
Fd 16	Bennion, Rex
Fd 17	Birch, Paul
Fd 18	Bird, Verl
Fd 21	Boyle, Nile Leroy
Fd 22	Bonner, John
Fd 23	Brewster, Sam F.
Fd 24	Brown, Hettie Burke
Fd 25	Brown, Max
Fd 26	Browning, Clarie
Fd 27	Calderwood, Jay (A)
Fd 27	Camp, Irma R. (B)
Fd 28	Carlson, Roxanne Lorie
Fd 29	Carter, William P.
Fd 30	Case, Garrett E.
Fd 31	Christiensen, Jeff
Fd 32	Clements, Trudy
Fd 33	Coates, Lawrence
Fd 34	Cole, Veion Brown

Box 6
Oral history reports; Teton Dam Disaster
Fd 1	Congdon, Andrea
Fd 2	Cureton, Matt
Fd 3	Davenport, Ann
Fd 4	Eld, Marvin
Fd 5	Ellis, Don
Fd 6	Fife, Ronald K.
Fd 7	Forbush, Jack
Fd 8	Forsyth, Grace
Fd 9	Fowler, Don
Fd 10	Fowler, Janele
Fd 11	Fransen, Mr. And Mrs. George
Fd 12	Frederiksen, Mary L.
Fd 13	Fronk, Ted L.
Fd 14	Frost, Charles I.
Fd 15	Fuller, Kendell
Fd 16	Fullmer, Bettie Francine
Fd 17	Fullmer, Fremont and Golda
Fd 18	Fullmer, Theo Charles
Fd 19	Gage, Norman J
Fd 20	Galbraith, John
Fd 21	Gee, Clendon
Fd 22	Gee, James R.
Fd 23	Genta, Ellen
Fd 24	Gibson, Ruth
Fd 25	Gifford, Carolyn
Fd 26	Godfrey, Diana
Fd 27	Griffeth, Rama Drury
Fd 28	Grigg, Daryl Wayne
Fd 29	Hall, Garth Victor
Fd 30	Hansen, Keith L.
Fd 31	Harmon, Phillip M.
Fd 32	Hart, Eldon C.
Fd 33	Hilterbrand, Vernel
Fd 34	Hoglund, Iris
Fd 35	Hoglund, Raymond Walter
Fd 36	Holman, Lora Hadlock

Box 7
Oral History Reports; Teton Dam Disaster
Fd 1	Hostetter, C. Nelson
Fd 2	Howell, Kenneth
Fd 3	Hubscher, Arthur
Fd 4	Huskinson, Ralph
Fd 5	Hybels, Marilyn
Fd 6	Jenkins, Vernon
Fd 7	Jensen, Donald Niels
Fd 8	Jenson, L. Sid
Fd 9	Johnson, Carl J.
Fd 10	Kauer, Douglas S.
Fd 11	Kennedy, Michael B
Fd 12	Kinghorn, Brent
Fd 13	Klinger, Dell
Fd 14	Kriz, Lottie
Fd 15	Laird, McKean O.
Fd 16	Leonard, Jenni
Fd 17	Lowe, Gerald Jay
Fd 18	Manwaring, O. Elwood
Fd 19	Marlor, J. Kent
Fd 20	Mason, Carole
Fd 21	Meservy, Oliver K.
Fd 22	Miller, Wood
Fd 23	Moon, Zeruah
Fd 24	Morris, Barbara
Fd 25	Mortensen, Paul R.
Fd 26	Moss, Ronnie E.
Fd 27	Muir, Lynette
Fd 28	Nelson, Henry
Fd 29	Nelson, Judy
Fd 30	Nichols, Dale Darnell
Fd 31	Niederer, Sharyn
Fd 32	Niederer, William
Fd 33	Nielson, John D.
Fd 34	Nyborg, Alan J. Mr. And Mrs.
Fd 35	Peterson, Lester J.
Fd 36	Peterson, Lola A.
Fd 37	Peterson, Floett G.
Fd 38	Pieper, Albert A.
Fd 39	Porter, Arthur C.
Fd 40	Price, Carol Ann
Fd 41	Price, Sandra

Box 8
Oral History Reports; Teton Dam Disaster
Fd 1	Prows, Bernard
Fd 2	Reed, Sandra Armitta Isaacson
Fd 3	Remington, Tom E.
Fd 4	Ricks, Berniece W.
Fd 5	Ricks, Mark G.
Fd 6	Ricks, Shanna
Fd 7	Ricks, Norman E.
Fd 8	Risenmay, Jay
Fd 9	Robinson, Elaine
Fd 10	Rogers, Stephen William
Fd 11	Rogers, William Henry
Fd 12	Romrell, Brent and Arlene
Fd 13	Romrell, Lynn
Fd 14	Rydalch, Donald
Fd 15	Saunders, Larry
Fd 16	Saurey, Gwili
Fd 17	Schofield, Marilyn
Fd 18	Scoresby, Fred L
Fd 19	Scoresby, Wanda
Fd 21	Shirley, Leslie and Ethellynn
Fd 22	Shirley, Mack
Fd 23	Shirley, Rodney
Fd 24	Shirley, Ross
Fd 25	Shirley, Shanna
Fd 26	Smead, Mada W.
Fd 27	Smith, Eric
Fd 28	Sonderegger, Ferron W.
Fd 29	Sonderegger, Ferron
Fd 30	Sonderegger, Marilyn Hansen
Fd 31	Stevens, David
Fd 32	Stevenson, Afton
Fd 33	Stoddard, Norma
Fd 34	Stone, George
Fd 35	Stucki, J. Wendall
Fd 36	Swensen, Laren

Box 9
Oral History Reports; Teton Dam Disaster
Fd 16	Thompson, Carolyn
Fd 17	Thompson, Larry G.
Fd 18	Thompson, Lora
Fd 19	Thompson, Robert
Fd 20	Vance, Nola Browning Thomas
Fd 21	Walker, Lola
Fd 22	Ward, Rueland
Fd 23	Weick, Dawn
Fd 24	Wescott, David
Fd 25	Widdison, Garr
Fd 26	Widdison, Lillie D.
Fd 27	Wilding, David
Fd 28	Wilding, David Dewayne
Fd 29	Williams, H. Lynn
Fd 30	Willmore, George
Fd 31	Wood, Walters Hendry
Fd 32	Worrell, Robert
Fd 33	Yorgason, Blaine M.
Fd 34	Zirker, John

Box 10


Box 11
Teton Dam Disaster
Fd 1	Nelson, Flint
Fd 2	Nelson, Crystal
Fd 3	Clippings and publications
Fd 4	Civic and community correspondence
Fd 5	Finance materials
Fd 6	Interviews with Bishops and First Presidency Message
Fd 7	Ricks College; News Release
Fd 8	Civic Defense Command Post
Fd 9	Lori Ann Wilkins
Fd 10	Jim McClure
Fd 11	Ricks College
Fd 12	William and Mary Walker
Fd 13	John Clarke
Fd 14	C.H. Brownings
Fd 15	Larry Hibbert and Brent Hall
Fd 16	Jerry Glenn
Fd 17	Clem Thompson
Fd 18	M.D. Morrell
Fd 19	Blackfoot News. Tragedy: a chronology of the Teton Dam disaster

Box 12
Teton Dam Disaster - Account Received Summer 1977

Box 13
Published Materials

Archives

Manuscripts

Special Collections

Miscellaneous

Introduction

Biographical Sketch of / Agency History

Scope and Content

Inventory