Interview with Brian C. Crockett, former Utah Humanities Council Resource Center Director, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 17 August 2024.

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Title Interview with Brian C. Crockett, former Utah Humanities Council Resource Center Director, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 17 August 2024.
Creator Brian Clyde Crockett (1963-2024)
Contributors Randy Williams (1961, interviewer, recordist, photographer)
Transcript Susan Gross, 25 October 2024
Subject Smithsonian Institution--Traveling Exhibition Service; Utah Humanities Council; Utah Humanities; Utah Endowment for the Humanities; American Association for State and Local History; Nonprofit organizations--Management; Public interest lobbying; Fund raising
Keyword Museum on Main Street (MoMS); STEPS; community engagement; fundraising; Jamil Zainaldin; States Humanities councils
Description Brian C. Crockett was the former Utah Humanities Council Resource Center Director. While at UH he was also responsible for developing many programs, including the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street. He felt deeply about (and acted on) the idea that humanities programs should be public and open to all communities, not just academia. He reminisces about his career during and after working with Utah Humanities. He talks about fond memories and things he learned. He also shares about his work after UH, including fundraising and work with the STEPS (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations).
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Holding Institution Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society
Date 2024-08-17
Spatial Coverage Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States https://www.geonames.org/5454711/albuquerque.html
Coverage Crockett home in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Format application/pdf
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format Extent 01:46:25
Extent 44 leaves
Digitization Specifications Marantz Professional Digital Recorder: Model PMD660; Shure Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone: Model Microflex MX183
Identifier MSS_D_1_UH50-CrockettBrianClyde-REW-20240817.wav
Language eng
Rights Management Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6rzyjjb
Collection Number and Name Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025
Setname dha_uh50
ID 2667656
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rzyjjb
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