Interview with Diana Major Spencer, Utah Humanities Board, 1987-1993, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 2 July 2024.

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Title Interview with Diana Major Spencer, Utah Humanities Board, 1987-1993, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 2 July 2024.
Creator Diana Major Spencer (1938)
Contributors Williams, Randy (1961, interviewer, recordist, photographer)
Transcript Susan Gross, 8 July 2024
Subject Utah Humanities Council; Utah Humanities; Utah Endowment for the Humanities; Utah Shakespeare Festival; Snow College (Ephraim, Utah); University of Utah
Keyword Utah Endowment for the Humanities; Speakers Bureau; Utah Shakespearean Festival; fundraising; grants; Interim Director
Description Diana Major Spencer talks about her education and the many opportunities she had to teach English courses at various institutions, including the University of Utah and Snow College. She discusses how she has always seen the interconnectedness of things, and how this fascinates her and has drawn her into the humanities from a young age. She served on the Utah Endowment for the Humanities board from 1987-1993. She also served a as UEH interim assistant director while Cynthia Buckingham was on sabbatical. Diana talks about her experiences participating in the Utah Humanities Speakers Bureau.
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Holding Institution Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society
Date 2024-07-02
Spatial Coverage Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5542893/mayfield.html
Coverage Spencer home in Mayfield, Utah
Format application/pdf
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format Extent 01:31:32
Extent 31 leaves
Digitization Specifications Marantz Professional Digital Recorder: Model PMD660; Shure Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone: Model Microflex MX183
Identifier MSS_D_1_UH50-SpencerDianaMajor-REW-20240702.wav
Language eng
Rights Management Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6btchvq
Collection Number and Name Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025
Setname dha_uh50
ID 2667688
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6btchvq
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