| Title | Oral history interview with John C. Willie by Marsha Holland and Susan Cook |
| Creator | Willie, John C.; Holland, Marsha; Cook, Susan |
| Contributor | Holland, Marsha; Curry, Kindra |
| Publisher | Utah Historical Society |
| Date | 2008-02-20 |
| Access Rights | Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital | 2024-02-07; 2008-03-25 |
| Spatial Coverage | Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5771960/brigham-city.html Saint George, Washington County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5546220/saint-george.html |
| Subject | American Nursery and Landscape Association; American Society of Landscape Architects; Associated Landscape Contractors of America; Basketball; Brothers; Children; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Homestead (Resort : Midway, Utah); Dairy farming; Drainage; Embargo; Ethics; Family; Farming; Football; Golf courses; Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.); Grasses; Greenhouses.; Great Depression; Hybridization; Irrigation; Juniperus communis; Korean War, 1950-1953; Integrity; Landscape architects; Landscape construction; Landscape design; Marriage; Military service; Missionaries; Nurseries (Horticulture); Outdoor living spaces; Parents; Plant names, Scientific; Propagation of plants; Pyracantha; Reclamation of land; Recreation; Reserve Officers' Training Corps (U.S.); Secret service; Siblings; Soil chemistry; Specifications; Trucking; United States. Air Force; United States. Navy; United States. United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson); President (1961-1963 : Kennedy); Utah State University; Utah State University. Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department; Water use; World War II; Xeriscaping; Yew; Idaho; Jackson Hole (Wyo.); Croatia; Heyburn (Idaho); Millcreek (Utah); Murray (Utah) |
| Description | Oral history interview by Marsha Holland and Susan Cook with John C. Willie. Topics include: Personal background information including place of birth, parents,siblings, growing up on a dry farm in Brigham City, Utah and education; Being involved with 4-H; Attending USU; Being introduced to Landscape Architecture; Missionary Service to California and Arizona; Marriage and family; Being hired as a city planner for San Bernardino; Children; Moving into the private sector; Employment with Eisner/Stewart; Attending graduate school at U.S.C.; Large projects he was involved with; Changes in his career; Returning to Utah to work for USU Extension Service in Saint George; Teaching planning and Zoning to cities and towns; Becoming a private consultant again; Employment with Washington County as Planning Director; Large projects he was involved with; Grid-iron layout of most Utah cities; Water and electrical needs; Lake Powell pipeline; Becoming the Washington County Personnel Director and County Administrator; Attending UNLV classes in personnel management; Creating private landscape plans as a side business; Working on a MX missile study in Santa Barbara; Designing golf courses |
| Collection Number and Name | Mss B 2079 Grey Hair, Green Roots Oral History Project: Utah’s Landscape Architects |
| Type | Text; Sound |
| Genre | oral histories (literary works) |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Extent | 49 leaves; 1:31:48 |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | |
| Source | Mss B 2079 Grey Hair, Green Roots Oral History Project: Utah’s Landscape Architects |
| Scanning Technician | Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger | Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s6g35y1h |
| Setname | dha_uhsoh |
| ID | 2483986 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g35y1h |