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 |