Interview with Jane Beckwith, Utah Humanities Board, 1982-1987, and partner, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 4 November 2024.

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Title Interview with Jane Beckwith, Utah Humanities Board, 1982-1987, and partner, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 4 November 2024.
Creator Jane Beckwith (1947)
Contributors Kathryn MacKay (1948, interviewer, recordist, photographer)
Transcript Susan Gross, 10 November 2024
Subject Delta (Utah); Central Utah Relocation Center; Ethnology; Utah Humanities Council; Beckwith, Jane; English teachers; Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah)
Keyword Delta, Utah; Topaz Museum; community engagement; ethnography
Description A native of Delta, Utah, Jane Beck taught English teacher at Delta High School, where she spearheaded with her students and was responsible for the creation of the Topaz Museum in Delta. Jane talks about her five board service on the Utah Humanities Council (1982-1987).
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Holding Institution Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society
Date 2024-11-04
Spatial Coverage Delta, Millard, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5538080/delta.html
Coverage Topaz Museum, Delta, Utah
Format application/pdf
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format Extent 00:28:41
Extent 10 leaves
Digitization Specifications Tascam DR-40X Digital Recorder, with built in dual microphones
Identifier MSS_D_1_UH50-BeckwithJane-KLM-20241104.wav
Language eng
Rights Management Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6axbc2d
Collection Number and Name Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025
Setname dha_uh50
ID 2667647
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6axbc2d
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