Jessica Taverna, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John Worsencroft, 29 September 2008

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Title Jessica Taverna, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John Worsencroft, 29 September 2008
Alternative Title No. 651 Jessica Taverna
Creator Taverna, Jessica
Contributor Worsencroft, John C., 1981-
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2008-09-29
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Date Digital 2015-07-08
Spatial Coverage Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5549030/ ; Vermont, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5242283/
Subject Taverna, Jessica--Interviews; Mountaineers--Utah--Biography; Rock climbing--Utah; Outdoor recreation--Utah
Description Transcript (38 pages) of an interview by John C. Worsencroft with Jessica Taverna on 29 September 2008. Part of the Outdoor Recreation Oral History Project, Everett Cooley Collection tape no. U-1918
Abstract Jessica Taverna developed a love for the outdoors when she spent a semester working on a farm in Vermont during junior high school. In college, a friend of hers took her climbing and she loved it. She moved to Washington DC to work and became involved with the climbing community there. Jessica chose to come to graduate school in Salt Lake City because of climbing. She talks about her climbing experiences in Utah and the climbing community. She describes the climbing industry´s impact on the sport and on the environment.Project: Outdoor Recreation Interviewer: John Worsencroft.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights Digital Image © 2015 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Is Part of Outdoor Recreation Oral History Project
Scanning Technician Niko Amaya; Halima Noor
Conversion Specifications Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display.
ARK ark:/87278/s6kw7b4b
Topic Outdoor recreation; Mountaineers; Rock climbing
Setname uum_elc
ID 840006
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw7b4b
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