University of Arizona Campus Landscape oral history audiocassettes
Oral history project audio cassettes conducted with key figures in the development of the University of Arizona campus and grounds, 2003 (MS 397 Box 1).
Collection dates: 2003
The University of Arizona Campus Landscape oral history audio cassettes measure 1 linear foot and consist of 13 audio cassettes containing interviews with ten individuals who were responsible for, or lent perspective to, natural resource decisions that influenced the University of Arizona’s campus landscape development over a century. Envisioned by Elizabeth Davison, Founding Director of the UA Campus Arboretum and recorded by students from the Environmental Decision Making in Applied Anthropology course in 2003, topics covered in the oral histories include descriptions of how the campus landscape once appeared, how it was maintained, a campus plant walk, and the origin of some plant types now found on campus. The collection is arranged alphabetically by narrators’ surnames, and includes edited, revised and final, formatted transcripts of each oral history, project notes, and articles related to the campus landscape.
In 2003, students in Anthropology 595 Environmental Decision Making in Applied Anthropology took part in a project which sheds light on the last century of University of Arizona campus design and use. Ten people were interviewed who had a significant role in, or who could lend historical perspective to, the way in which the University of Arizona campus has evolved over the years. The transcripts were revised and collated by Philippe Waterinckx, PhD student. Some of the key points discussed in the interviews include descriptions of how the campus landscape once appeared, how it was maintained, a campus plant walk, and the origin of some plant types now found on campus.
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