Title |
Interview with Gregory C. Thompson, Utah Humanities Board 1999-2005, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 15 July 2024. |
Creator |
Gregory C. Thompson (1943) |
Contributors |
Kathryn MacKay (1948, interviewer, recordist); Patrick Thompson (2000, photographer) |
Transcript |
Susan Gross, 8 October 2024 |
Subject |
Utah Humanities Council; Utah Humanities; Utah Endowment for the Humanities; Libraries--Special collections; University of Utah--American West Center; J. Willard Marriott Library; Thompson, Gregory C. (Gregory Coyne), 1943- |
Keyword |
Utah Humanities board; Special Collections; humanities programming; American West Center; strength of humanities programming |
Description |
Gregory "Greg" C. Thompson served on the board of the Utah Humanities Council from 1999-2005. For a one year he was board co-chair with Phillip Bimstein, and then served as board chair the following year. He worked for 15 years at the University of Utah's American West Center, before becoming the Associate Dean for the J. Willard Marriott and Head of Special Collections at the University of Utah. In his interview he talks fondly about the people and experiences he had while on the board, and how it impacted his career, and Utah, as a whole. |
Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
Holding Institution |
Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society |
Date |
2024-07-15 |
Spatial Coverage |
J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/7185050/j-willard-marriott-library.html |
Coverage |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Format |
application/pdf |
Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
Format Extent |
01:11:43 |
Extent |
29 leaves |
Digitization Specifications |
Tascam DR-40X Linear PCM Recorder, with built in dual microphones. |
Identifier |
MSS_D_1_UH50-ThompsonGregoryC-KLM-20240715.wav |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities |
Rights |
 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6qcg0ap |
Collection Number and Name |
Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025 |
Setname |
dha_uh50 |
ID |
2667689 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qcg0ap |