Interview with James Sayert, Utah Humanities Board 1993-1999, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 7 August 2024.

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Title Interview with James Sayert, Utah Humanities Board 1993-1999, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 7 August 2024.
Creator James Sayer (1948)
Contributors Randy Williams (1961, interviewer, recordist, photographer)
Transcript Susan Gross, 9 August 2024
Subject Rural areas; Bluff (Utah); College of Eastern Utah; San Juan County (Utah); Utah Humanities Council; Utah Humanities
Keyword San Juan County; Bluff, Utah; College of Eastern Utah; rural Utah; humanities support to teachers
Description In 1980, James Sayers moved to Bluff, Utah, to become an elementary school teacher. He later worked in higher education at the College of Eastern Utah, teaching English as a Second Language. He was part of the Utah Humanities Council board from 1993 through 1999. During his time on the Utah Humanities board he advocated for fiscal responsibility and for support to teachers. He talks about his memories and feelings about Utah Humanities, and the good that it has done for residents of Utah.
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Holding Institution Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society
Date 2024-08-07
Spatial Coverage Bluff, San Juan, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5535638/bluff.html
Coverage Cow Canyon Coffee; Bluff, Utah
Format application/pdf
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format Extent 00:44:13
Extent 19 leaves
Digitization Specifications Marantz Professional Digital Recorder: Model PMD660; Shure Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone: Model Microflex MX183
Identifier MSS_D_1_UH50-SayersJames-REW-20240807.wav
Language eng
Rights Management Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s67fn0q9
Collection Number and Name Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025
Setname dha_uh50
ID 2667686
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67fn0q9
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