University of Arizona Campus
Landscape oral history audio cassettes,
Inclusive Dates:
2003
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
Abstract:
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 includes edited,
revised and final, formatted transcripts of each oral history, project notes, and
articles related to the campus landscape.
Collection Number:
MS 397
Language:
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content Note
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.
Organization
Box one contains the ten original audio tapes of the interviews. Box two holds the
interview transcripts, edited transcripts by interviewees, revised and formatted
transcripts, and the interviewers' notes.
Use of original audio visual materials is restricted due to their fragile nature. No access copies
are currently available. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright.
Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Bret-Harte, Dianne
Duffield, Mary Rose
Fazio, Steve
Felger, Richard
Havens, William
Jones, Warren D.
Raetzman, Charles
Scharf, Eric
Turner, James E.
Turner, Raymond M.
Corporate Name(s)
University of Arizona -- Employees -- Interviews
University of Arizona -- History
Subject(s)
Landscape architecture
Landscapes -- Arizona -- Tucson Region -- Pictorial
works
Former Landscape Architect student. Interview by Christopher I. Roos and
Shawkat Ara Begum, Sept. 15, 2003. Included is an article The Arizona Daily
Star (April 2002) and Duffield's personal accounts of the Tucson landscape and
her career.
Separated Materials
Mary Rose Duffield oral history, 2003, 1 audio cassette. (box 1, tape 2)
2
4
Fazio, Steve, 2003
Scope and Contents
Professor Emeritus, Horticulture. Interview by Elizabeth Davison and Diane
Austin, Aug. 15, 2003. Included are copies of Arizona Garden Guides, Featuring
articles written by Fazio, "Pruning Hedges, Shrubs and Trees," (May 1957),
"Indoor Gardening in Arizona," (April 1958), and a copy of Growing Fields (May
1981).
Separated Materials
Steve Fazio oral history audio cassette, 2003. 2 audio cassette (box 1, tape 3,
4)
2
5
Felger, Richard Dr., 2003
Scope and Contents
Botanist with Drylands Institute. Interview by Philippe Waterinckx and Kate
Adams, Sept. 15, 2003.
Separated Materials
Dr Richard Felger oral history audio cassette, 2003. 1 audio cassette (box 1,
tape 5)
2
6
Havens, William (Bill), 2003
Scope and Contents
Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Landscape Architecture.
Interview by Chad King and Anita Carrasco, Sept. 9, 2003.
Separated Materials
William (Bill) Havens oral history audio cassette, 2003. 1 audio cassette (box
1, tape 6)
2
7
Jones, Warren, 2003
Scope and Contents
Professor Emeritus, Landscape Architecture. Interview by Elizabeth Davison,
March 28, 2003. Included are articles from The University of Arizona, Lo Que
Pasa/What's Happening (Aug 1989), and The Arizona Daily Star (1983-85).
Separated Materials
Warren Jones oral history audio cassette, 2003. 2 audio cassettes (box 1, tape
7, 8)
2
8
Raetzman, Charles (Chuck), 2003
Scope and Contents
Former Assistant Head of Grounds Services. Interview by Lisa Gavioli and Paula
Decker, Sept. 23, 2003.
Separated Materials
Charles (Chuck) Raeztman oral history audio cassette, 2003. 2 audio cassettes
(box 1, tape 9, 10)
2
9
Scharf, Eric, 2003
Scope and Contents
Former student and former staff in Landscape Architecture for UA Facilities
Design and Construction. Interview by Ronald H.A. Villanueva and Lisa Shipek,
Sept. 10, 2003. Included are photographs of the interview.
Separated Materials
Eric Sharf oral history audio cassette, 2003. 1 audio cassette (box 1, tape
11)
2
10
Turner, Jim, 2003
Scope and Contents
Historian with Arizona Historical Society. Interview by Karen Pennesi and Kara
Heward, Sept. 16, 2003. Included is "A Short History of the Joseph Wood Krutch
Garden" by Turner.
Separated Materials
Jim Turner oral history audio cassette, 2003. 1 audio cassette (box 1, tape
12)
2
11
Turner, Raymond (Ray), 2003
Scope and Contents
Botanist, Ecologist with Carnegie Desert Laboratory. Interview by Daniela
Diamente and David Fornander, Sept. 17, 2003. Included is a photograph (date
and individuals not identified) and a copy of Desert Plants, v. 10 n. 1
(1990).
Separated Materials
Raymond (Ray) Turner oral history audio cassette, 2003 1 audio cassette (box 1,
tape 13)