Interviews with Lee Cannon and Philip Johnston (tape 1), 1971

Item — Box: 1, Cassette: Tape 1

Staff Only

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The collection contains taped interviews by Doris Paul of Navajo Marines who served as code talkers during World War II. Also interviewed were members of the Navajo Nation government and cultural institutions, a U.S. Marine 4th Division Reunion Chairman, and Philip Johnston, the initiator of the code talker program. The interviews were used for writing her book "The Navajo Code Talkers" (1973). Also included is a taped recording of a banquet in 1975 honoring the code talkers following the Tournament of Roses parade.

There is also correspondence between Paul and the University Archives including her notes. The correspondence, which has been redacted, contains background information about the interviews. The archivists' notes include details about the quality of the recordings and the content of the interviews.

Dates

Creation: 1971

Creator

From the Collection: Paul, Doris Atkinson (Interviewer, Person)
From the Collection: Anderson, Eugene, 1911- (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Balbos, E. J. (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Benally, John Ashi, 1917-1980 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Blatchford, Paul H., 1917-2003 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Brown, John, Jr., 1921-2009 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Burr, Sandy, 1924-1997 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Cannon, Lee (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Claw, John (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Draper, Teddy (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Evans, Ted (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Gorman, Carl Nelson, 1907-1998 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Hickman, Dean, 1914-1982 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Holiday, Samuel, 1924- (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: House, Lloyd (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Johnston, Philip, approximately 1892-1978 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: King, Jimmie Kelly (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Link, Martin (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: McCabe, William, 1913-1969 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Nakai, Raymond (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Sandoval, Peter (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Silversmith, Sam, 1923-2001 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Smith, Albert (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Thompson, Frank Tsosie, 1920-2008 (Interviewee, Person)
From the Collection: Wilson, William Dean, 1923-1999 (Interviewee, Person)