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Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Jim Sorrels
No full textRecording of an interview by Polly Stewart with Jim Sorrels, a participant in the Utah folk music scene of the 1960s. Jennifer Bott [now Bateman] served as sound engineer. Transcript by Laura R. Marcus [now Green]. One of the interview recordings that Polly Stewart and Jennifer Bott conducted for the Utah Folk Music Revival Oral History Project, 2004-20111. Early interest in jazz music/getting into theater; 2. Meeting and marrying Rosalie Sorrels/getting into playing and collecting folk music/starting to teach guitar; 3. Working with folklorist Wayland Hand/beginning of Rosalie Sorrels\u27s recording and performing career/studying folk songs; 4. Basic background information about Jim Sorrels/working for the Western Electric Company; 5. Musical background-instruments and influences; 6. Mastering and teaching the guitar/Salt Lake City-Kingston Trio connection; 7. Friendship with Bruce Phillips/developing performance style; 8. Talking about experiences in actin
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Jim Sorrels
No full textRecording of an interview by Polly Stewart with Jim Sorrels, a participant in the Utah folk music scene of the 1960s. Jennifer Bott [now Bateman] served as sound engineer. Transcript by Laura R. Marcus [now Green]. One of the interview recordings that Polly Stewart and Jennifer Bott conducted for the Utah Folk Music Revival Oral History Project, 2004-20111. Talking about work in photography; 2. Jim Sorrels talking about the guitars he has owned; 3. Talking about musical repertoire and performing activities during the folk era; 4. Writing protest songs about current events during the folk era; 5. Remembering the Intermountain Folk Music Council-activities and a booklet of songs published by the IFMC which included some of Jim Sorrels\u27s songs; 6. Remembering Dean Bentley as a supporter of the Intermountain Folk Music Council; 7. Talking about Rosalie Sorrels/talking about the Utah Urban Pioneers Concert and documentation of it; 8. Talking about continued interest in folk music after split with Rosalie Sorrels; 9. Talking about current health, bout with cancer; 10. Talking about studio and photography projects; 11. Reflecting on the Salt Lake City folk music revival/talking about the impact and experience of teaching guitar at the University for fifteen years; 12. Keeping up with the current music scene in Salt Lake City; 13. Talking about inspiration for protest songs that he has written/reflecting on former Salt Lake City Police Chief Cleon Skousen and his activitie
Bill Harney on a spear fishing expedition with Eric Jolliffe and Robert Fitzpatrick, off Long Reef, New South Wales, ca. 1940s [picture] /
No full textTitle based on information from acquisition documentation and from caption on verso.; Part of collection: Collection of photographs of author and bushman, Bill Harney, ca. 1940-1962.; Photograph taken by Jim Fitzpatrick, a photographer with the Department of Information in the 1940s in Sydney. Robert Fitzpatrick is the son of the photographer.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3706122; Purchased from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, List 90, Lot 64, 2006
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Archive of Photography, 1960s
No full textA collection of archive photographs taken during the 1960s, showing many of the "Urban Folk Pioneers" of Utah, including the Stormy Mountain Boys (Hal Cannon, Brent Bradford, Art Hansen); Polly and the Valley Boys (Polly Stewart, Utah Phillips, Dave Roylance); The Salt City Bluegrass Boys (Tom Carter, Pete Netka, Ryan Orr, Cary Howard); Utah Valley Boys (Bruce Phillips, By Davis, Bruce Cummings, Steve Lawson); Heather Stewart (later Heather Dorrell); Rosalie Sorrels; Jim Sorrels, and others. Also a few flyers, business cards, news clippings, and other ephemer
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[Portrait of Jim Marrs]
No full textPortrait of Jim Marrs smiling at the camera while sitting on a wooden bench. He wears a plaid button-up shirt, black hat, and sunglasses. Marrs was an American journalist and author of publications such as his book, "Crossfire." Marrs is known for his conspiracy theories, specifically in relation to the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Episode 5: Jim Bowyer
No full textRuntime 57:43In Episode 5, Eli interviews Jim Bowyer, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, senior contributor at Dovetail Partners, and author of The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise. Jim is well known for life cycle assessment research, designed to assess the environmental impact of a product or action by analyzing all of the component parts and processes. Jim offers insights about wood as a natural resource, the results of an environmental quiz that he has run for decades, and a critique of one of the most prominent environmental analyses ever conducted
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[Portrait of Jim Marrs with his book]
No full textPhotograph of Jim Marrs holding his book "Crossfire." He stands in front of a bookshelf and looks at the camera. Marrs is wearing a dark green hat, blue button-up shirt, brown belt, pants, and glasses. Marrs was an American journalist and author of publications such as his book, "Crossfire." Marrs is known for his conspiracy theories, specifically in relation to the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: AFS Meeting Demonstration Concert (2004)
No full textThis is the transcript of the companion concert following the American Folklore Society Meeting, October 16, 2004. The concert serves as a demonstration of the music developed and performed by the Utah Urban Pioneers musicians in the 1960s. It showcases a variety of music themes, styles, and origins. The sound recording of the concert is currently missing in the Utah Urban Pioneers collection.1. Polly Stewart introduces concert; 2. Rosalie Sorrels talks about the Face of a Nation theater project she did with Bruce Phillips/introduces and sings Phillips\u27 song, "Starlight on the Rails"; 3. Rosalie talks about "miserable life on the road songs" in the folk revival tradition/her experience at the Newport Folk Festival/introduces and sings the song "Lonesome Roving Wolves"; 4. Rosalie Sorrels tells wolf story about Jim Bridger; 5. Polly Stewart remembers the neighborhood of her youth, which included the Sorrels and Toelken families/explains and sings a song she learned from (and may have been composed by) her grandfather, "The Fly and the Grasshopper"; 6. Talks about playing music with Bruce Phillips/introduces and sings Phillips\u27 song, "Scofield Mine Disaster"; 7. Rosalie Sorrels introduces and sings talking blues song by Joe Glazer about President Dwight David Eisenhower; 8. Hal Cannon sings "Once I Lived in Cottonwood"; 9. Rosalie Sorrels introduces and sings "Don\u27t Marry the Mormon Boys"; 10. Rosalie Sorrels introduces and sings "My Uncle Walter Waltzes with Bears," interspersed with stories about her parents; 11. Rosalie Sorrels introduces and sings part of song "Oh Lovely Appearance of Death"/introduces and sings a goodbye song she learned from Hally Wood via Texas Gladden, interspersed with stories about her grandmother; 12. Polly Stewart begins to close session/Joe Hickerson raises question about parodied Bruce Phillips lyrics; 13. Rosalie Sorrels introduces and sings Reverend Gary Davis song, "Just Somewhere"Introduces a few examples in the broad repertoire of Utah Urban Pioneers. The theme of the concert focuses on the local flavor of Utah, covering Mormon pioneers songs, folklore stories in Utah history, and some tall tales and humorous songs relating to the life and myth in the "old west
Jim Shepard
No full textJim Shepard is the author of seven novels, including most recently The Book of Aron, which won the Sophie Brody Medal for Achievement in Jewish Literature from the American Library Association and the PEN/New England Award for fiction, and five story collections, including his new collection, The World To Come. Five of his short stories have been chosen for the Best American Short Stories, two for the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, and one for a Pushcart Prize. He teaches at Williams College. The free, public program begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Ole Miss-Oxford Depot.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/grisham_vis/1000/thumbnail.jp
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