Title |
Interview with Kathryn (Kathy) Hurst, Utah Humanities Board 2010-2016, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 7 August 2024. |
Creator |
Kathryn Hurst (1948) |
Contributors |
Randy Williams (1961, interviewer, recordist, photographer) |
Transcript |
Susan Gross, 10 August 2024 |
Subject |
Navajo language; Management retreats; Utah Humanities; Oral histories, Literary festivals; San Juan County (Utah); Blanding (Utah); English teachers; Hurst, Kathryn; Coyote and frog race |
Keyword |
Board retreats; San Jan County; Book festival; Navajo Language books; hearing unheard voices |
Description |
Kathy Hurst talks about her six-year board service on the Utah Humanities Council, from 2010 to 2016, including as chair. She was an English teacher at San Juan High School in Blanding, Utah, and later worked to develop Navajo language and culture curriculum for the San Juan School District. She talks about her memories with Utah Humanities, including fond memories of the Book Festival and board retreats. She discusses how much she personally learned and how her world expanded while serving on the board. Kathy talks about how, in her view, Utah Humanities is a vital part in hearing unheard voice in Utah. |
Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
Holding Institution |
Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society |
Date |
2024-08-07 |
Spatial Coverage |
Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5535484/blanding.html |
Coverage |
Hurst home in Blanding, Utah |
Format |
application/pdf |
Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
Format Extent |
00:58:28 |
Extent |
27 leaves |
Digitization Specifications |
Marantz Professional Digital Recorder: Model PMD660; Shure Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone: Model Microflex MX183 |
Identifier |
MSS_D_1_UH50-HurstKathy-REW-20240807.wav |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities |
Rights |
 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6r20dg8 |
Collection Number and Name |
Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025 |
Setname |
dha_uh50 |
ID |
2667669 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r20dg8 |