Smith Family Interview Transcripts

Smith Family Interview Transcripts


Interview Transcription Interviewee(s) Summary
1988.07 2004.12 Edward Everett Smith, Irene Shirley Smith  
2002.07.01 2013.12 Edward Everett Smith Edward E. Smith’s birth. How he got his name. An error on his birth certificate. The family house in Youngstown, Ohio. Pie. Shoveling snow and other jobs. Hospital visits. Icing the driveway. School. Other memorable activities and experiences. Favorite things. Becoming a Podiatrist. How he felt about his patients. A regret. People who influenced him. Some advice.
2002.07.05 2005.12 Edward Everett Smith
2003.07.12 2003.12 Edward Everett Smith David Warren Smith (add appendix)
2003.07.13 2007.12 Edward Everett Smith
2004.11.27 2011.12 Edward Everett Smith Recollections of Edward Everett Smith concerning the personalities, interests, and religious practices of his parents; the origins and operation of the Smith Café and the Train House; and some advice from his parents, including advice about a possible career in show business. Recollections concerning his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the reactions of his parents to that decision. Some impressions of his five children. Thoughts about significant influences in his life. Some counsel for the members of his family.
2005.11.26 2009.12 Edward Everett Smith Musical Productions, A Palm Tree, Right Wing Radio, Politics, and Some Musings about Life
2005.11.27 2009.12 Edward Everett Smith Funeral Thoughts, Melodeon, A Wedding Gift (and an Unusual Song), David’s Funeral, and Some Events on the Day of David’s Death
2007.12.26 2007.12 Edward Everett Smith, Stephen Michael Smith Edward Everett Smith’s new apartment in La Mesa. His comments on some family photographs; some related family stories. Stephen Michael Smith on his recently-diagnosed throat cancer and its treatment. His comments on what he, his wife Deborah Lee Smith, and their children are doing. His thoughts about retirement. Edward Everett Smith’s recollections about a melodeon.
2009.01.07 2015.12 Edward Everett Smith Edward Everett Smith’s work at Convair, in San Diego, during the time he was trying to establish his podiatry practice. A story about a “UFO”. The early days of his podiatry practice. Some stories about patients. Why he liked his work. His impressions of The Springs – which was the residential development in La Mesa where he was living in January of 2009 (and where he continued to live until his death). First encounters with the parents of Irene Shirley Hill. Some information about Irene Shirley Hill’s religious background. Stanley Garfield Hill’s personality. The close relationship between Irene Shirley Hill and her father, Stanley Garfield Hill.
2009.12.08 2016.12 Edward Everett Smith Dad’s new apartment on Orange Avenue, in La Mesa. His new cat. The state of his health. Things that he loves to do. His hopes for the New Year. His hopes for the family. His love of the Gospel.

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Christmas 2011