About
The Pacific Regional Humanities Center (PRHC) was an initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2002 and overseen by the UC Davis Humanities Institute. Created to generate and broker humanities research and public programs for the Pacific United States and Territories--California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas, the PRHC emphasized the study of "place" in its many dimensions, particularly alternative mappings of region that elude or defy conventional political or territorial boundaries. From 2003 through 2006, the PRHC worked primarily on oral history projects focused on Angel Island and Sutter Butte, producing the interviews archived here.
Pacific Regional Humanities Center
Pacific Regional Humanities Center (PRHC) Oral History Interviews (22)
SBOH-10, Louis Tarke
SBOH-10, Louis Tarke, Interviewer: Robyn Krock, June 8, 2005
"Re-Assembling California": A Dialogue with John McPhee and Eldridge Moores
Guided by UCD geologist Eldridge Moores over a period of 15 years, John McPhee made numerous trips across northern California, from the Sierra to San Francisco. The result was McPhee’s _Assembling California_ (1993), a classic account of the geologic evolution of the Golden State, a book in which plate tectonicist Moores was a central figure. In this informal discussion, the two reflect on the experience and respond to questions about their relationship, the relationship between writing and knowledge, and about the place of science and the humanities in public life.
SBOH-1, Diana Almanderez
SBOH-1, Diana Almanderez, Interviewer: Cynthia Guerrero, May 17, 2006