Box 68
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Contains 22 Results:
No. 628 Russell Jacobs, 2009
File — Box: 68, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Salt Lake City based climber Russell Jacobs recounts his global experiences as a climber and shares his views of the climbing scene. Going into great detail, Jacobs describes climbs in South American, Europe and throughout North America. His stories include descriptions of the changes in the landscape and the people who climb. He feels that there has been an improvement in how the nation protects its natural...
Dates:
2009
No. 629 Tyler Phillips, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Phillips (b. 1976) was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tyler discovered his love for the outdoors through the influence of his parents, as well as early experiences with the Boy Scouts. As a child, he skied at Solitude, but by the time he was in his teens he began to explore the backcountry. He also began climbing when he was seventeen years old with his close friends, who learned under the tutelage of local guide...
Dates:
2008
No. 630 Mike White, 2009
File — Box: 68, Folder: 3
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Born in Denver, but raised in Salt Lake City, climber Mike White recalls his start as a climber, specific climbs and the development of climbing gear. The interview focuses on his prolific re-bolting of traditional routes in the Wasatch and other areas. This involves details about the technical, geological and social parameters of re-bolting. Out of this discussion, White's account of climbing ethics becomes...
Dates:
2009
No. 631 Jerilyn McIntyre, 2011
File — Box: 68, Folder: 4
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McIntyre (b. 1942) was born in Fairbury, Nebraska. Both her parents were teachers. They moved to Pasadena, California when she was seven so her dad could work for the California Teacher's Association. Jerilyn discusses her early education. Her two years of high school were on the Pasadena City College campus. After high school she attended Stanford where she majored in history. She describes living on campus and...
Dates:
2011
No. 632 Edwin Firmage, Jr., 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 5
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Firmage (b. 1958) was born in Provo, Utah. He discusses his childhood, family, education and young adult years, including a mission for the LDS Church in Germany. He details experiences while attending Princeton, and completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Utah. He pursued graduate studies at Berkeley. He worked in sales for a number of years before turning to a vocation in photography. Mr. Firmage...
Dates:
2008
No. 633 Phyllis Haskell-Tims, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 6
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Haskell-Tims is a former dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. She describes her family and her childhood at Yankee Farm near Santa Barbara, California. She recalls beginning dance lessons at age three with Madame Maria Kedrina who had trained in the Imperial Ballet Company in Russia. She describes performing all through public school and attending the University of Arizona, where she was...
Dates:
2008
No. 634 Moana Angilau, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 7
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Moana Angilau (b. 1973) talks about her childhood before she moved to Tonga; she compares her experience of going to school in Utah to her experiences in Tonga. Religion was a main focus in school but the children took part in diverse religions. The family would travel to Hawaii regularly to visit family and keep up to date with American culture. She talks about her love for Tonga and Tongan culture. She tried to...
Dates:
2008
No. 635 Dennis Sizemore, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 8
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Dennis Sizemore talks about good and wildlife practice. He recounts an incident involving a bear that he looks to as the one thing he's still repenting for through all his work for wilderness areas. He studied wildlife at New Mexico State and later attended the University of Montana for graduate school to work on grizzly bears and black bears. Dennis tells about his experiences on the Blackfeet Reservation in...
Dates:
2008
No. 636 Vaueli Johnson, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 9
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Vaueli Johnson grew up in American Samoa until she was four. Her family then moved to Laie, Hawaii. After she graduated from high school Vaueli moved to Utah to attend BYU. Vaueli talks about the various jobs she's had. She mostly worked for her father's business, a variety store called Country Baby. She wasn't taught to speak Samoan when she was young but she can understand it and speak it fairly well. Her father...
Dates:
2008
No. 637 Alexis Lesa, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 10
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Alexis Lesa was born in North Carolina on a military base. She grew up all over the states because her parents were both Marines and she talks about traveling and moving often. She describes her relationship with her parents and her siblings. Alexis talks in detail about moving to Hawaii, living with extended family, and going to school there. Alexis is half Puerto Rican, a quarter white and a quarter Samoan. She...
Dates:
2008