Utah Urban Pioneers -- Jennifer Bott's Grant Application

Application by Jennifer Bott, a student at the Weber State University, for a scholarship to conduct a series of interviews to record oral history about the Utah scene during the folk music revival movement in 1960s. Project title: Utah Sings Out: The folk music revival (1950s - 1960s). Signed January 31, 2006

When folk music revival movement was thriving in the 1960s, it was a meaningful time when a nation was seeking her identity. There were at least 2 important folk singers, Utah Phillips and Rosalie Sorrel, who have a national reputation, were very active and influential in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, there has been nearly no records of what had happened in the Utah folk scene. Jennifer Bott has a plan to gather vital information to make up the missing history.