| Title |
Interview with Phillip Bimstein, Utah Humanities Board 1998-2004, for Utah Humanities Fiftieth Anniversary oral history project, 30 May 2024. |
| Creator |
Phillip Bimstein (1947) |
| Contributors |
Randy Williams (1961, interviewer, recordist, photographer) |
| Transcript |
Susan Gross, 3 June 2024 |
| Subject |
Zion National Park (Utah); University of Utah; Utah Humanities Council; Springdale (Utah); Bimstein, Phillip Kent; Composers; City managers; Municipal government |
| Keyword |
Springdale, Utah; Music Composition; Zion Canyon Arts and Humanities Council; University of Utah Professor, Music and humanities Courses |
| Description |
Phillip Bimstein talks about his six-year board service with Utah Humanities Council, from 1998 to 2004, including as chair. He talks about the impact of a Utah Humanities' program "Embracing Opposites," organized by Louise Excell, with the intention of easing tension in the Springdale, Utah, community divided by rapid growth. Bimstein later served as the mayor of Springdale. He also spoke about music and his compositions, including "Red Rock Rondo's [Zion Canyon Song Cycle], which celebrates the history and contemporary life of Zion National Park and folks from Springdale, Utah. He also shared about his popular humanities courses at the University of Utah. |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Holding Institution |
Utah Humanities; Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
2024-05-30 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5780993/salt-lake-city.html |
| Coverage |
Bimstein's home in Salt Lake City |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format Extent |
00:54:08 |
| Extent |
23 leaves |
| Digitization Specifications |
Marantz Professional Digital Recorder: Model PMD660; Shure Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone: Model Microflex MX183 |
| Identifier |
MSS_D_1_UH50-BimsteinPhillip-REW-20240530.wav |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights Management |
Utah Historical Society; Utah Humanities |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6809ter |
| Collection Number and Name |
Mss D 1 Utah Humanities at Fifty: An Oral History Project, 1975-2025 |
| Setname |
dha_uh50 |
| ID |
2667648 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6809ter |
