Great Salt Lake Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Terry Tempest Williams, conducted by Greg Smoak (audio and transcript)

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Title Oral history interview with Terry Tempest Williams, conducted by Greg Smoak (audio and transcript)
Description Terry Tempest Williams talks about her family's history in Utah and growing up near Great Salt Lake. She describes developing an interest in nature at an early age. Mrs. Tempest Williams discusses her self-education, her mentors, and her time as a student at the University of Utah. She talks about her work with the Utah Museum of Natural History and her career as an educator. Mrs. Tempest Williams talks about the process of writing her book Refuge. She also discusses her involvement with the University of Utah's Environmental Studies Program. Finally, Mrs. Tempest Williams describes some of her favorite places and memories of Great Salt Lake.
Creator Williams, Terry Tempest
Contributor Smoak, Greg
Date 2014-02-27
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Subject Great Salt Lake (Utah); Authors; Natural history literature; Nature in literature; Environmentalism
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Collection Number and Name A1310 Great Salt Lake Oral History Collection
Type Text; Sound
Format application/pdf
Extent 26 pages; 58:40
Language eng
Rights
Rights Holder Williams, Terry Tempest
Relation https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv48007
ARK ark:/87278/s6kp1bz1
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Is Part of Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project
Setname uum_gslohc
ID 1732686
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kp1bz1