| Title |
Interview with Gregory E. Smoak, Utah Humanities partnering scholar, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 11 October 2024. |
| Creator |
Gregory E. Smoak (1962) |
| Contributors |
Kathryn MacKay (1948, interviewer, recordist); University of Utah (photographer) |
| Transcript |
Susan Gross, 24 October 2024 |
| Subject |
Oral histories; University of Utah--American West Center; Smithsonian Institution--Traveling Exhibition Service; Utah Humanities; National Endowment for the Humanities; Smoak, Gregory E., 1962-; Grants-in-aid--Management; Rural Areas |
| Keyword |
American West Center, University of Utah; Floyd O'Neil; Great Salt Lake oral history; Crossroads: Change in Rural America; Megan van Frank; Smithsonian; Museum on Main Street (MoMS); Water/Ways; H2O Today; Green River; Monticello; Ephraim; Blanding; Journey Stories; Smithsonian SITES; Megan Weiss; Nate Housley; Mikee Ferran; The Way We Worked; Matt Basso; Tanner Humanities Center; Darren Parry; Bear River Massacre site; NEH grant; shared authority; Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley City; interpreting history |
| Description |
Gregory Smoak earned his PhD in history at the University of Utah. His focus is Native American history and public history. He has been involved with the American West Center over the years. A longtime partner with Utah Humanities, he works with Utah Humanities, specifically Megan van Frank, as the state consulting scholar with the Smithsonian Institute's Museum on Main Street exhibits that tour Utah. He talks about the different exhibits he's been involved with, and the importance of reaching all corners of the state and how Utah Humanities is an multi-faceted and a statewide organization. |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Holding Institution |
Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
2024-10-11 |
| Spatial Coverage |
University of Utah, Salt Lake, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5783965/university-of-utah.html |
| Coverage |
Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format Extent |
00:40:20 |
| Extent |
16 leaves |
| Digitization Specifications |
Tascam DR-40X Linear PCM Recorder, with built in dual microphones. |
| Identifier |
MSS_D_1_UH50-SmoakGregoryE-KLM-20241011.wav |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights Management |
Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s69p15xw |
| Collection Number and Name |
Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025 |
| Setname |
dha_uh50 |
| ID |
2667687 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p15xw |
