First Interview with Cynthia Buckingham, former Executive Director of Utah Humanities, 1993-2018, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project 6 May 2024.

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Title First Interview with Cynthia Buckingham, former Executive Director of Utah Humanities, 1993-2018, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project 6 May 2024.
Creator Cynthia Buckingham (1951)
Contributors Randy Williams (1961, interviewer, recordist, photographer)
Transcript Susan Gross, 6 May 2024
Subject Oswald, Delmont R., 1940-1997; Smithsonian Institution--Traveling Exhibition Service; Utah Humanities Council; Utah Humanities; Utah Endowment for the Humanities; Federation of State Humanities Councils; Buckingham, Cynthia; National Conference of State Humanities Council (1981 : Baltimore); Literary Festival; Literacy programs; Utah Humanities--Member of the Board
Keyword Utah Humanities Executive Director (1997-2018); Associate Director (1983-1997);Utah Endowment for the Humanities; Federation of State Humanities Councils; Delmont Oswald; Elaine Englehardt; Utah Cultural Alliance; Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks tax (ZAP); Regranting Program; Speaker's Bureau; Utah Humanities Book Festival; Museum on Main Street; Motheread/Fatheread; board recruitment, training, and meetings; Utah Humanities' staff and board member.
Description Cynthia Buckingham, Utah Humanities Executive Director and former Assistant Director, talks about her thirty-five years at Utah Humanities (1983-2018). This is Buckingham's first of two interview for this project. In 2018, Buckingham concluded her stellar career with Utah Humanities where she served as the Executive Director from 1997-2018 and Associate Director, then called Utah Endowment for the Humanities, from 1983-1997. Cynthia began her humanities career as an administrative assistant for the Federation of State Humanities Councils in 1980 in Minnesota. She was one of the founding members of the Utah Cultural Alliance, which rallied to help pass the Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks tax (ZAP) that supports non-profit organizations, like UH, in Utah. Cynthia recalled her Utah Humanities work, including participation with the Regranting Program, Speaker's Bureau, Utah Humanities Book Festival, Museum on Main Street, Motheread/Fatheread, lobbying, fund-raising, and board recruitment, training, and meetings. Cynthia also discussed the outstanding contributions of Utah Humanities' staff and board members.
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Holding Institution Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society
Date 2024-05-06
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5780993/salt-lake-city.html
Coverage Cynthia Buckingham's home in Salt Lake City, Utah
Format application/pdf
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format Extent 1:08:16
Extent 16 leaves
Digitization Specifications Marantz Professional Digital Recorder: Model PMD660; Shure Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone: Model Microflex MX183
Identifier MSS_D_1_UH50-BuckinghamCynthia-REW-20240506.wav
Language eng
Rights Management Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s61y7vpz
Collection Number and Name Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025
Setname dha_uh50
ID 2667651
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61y7vpz
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