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Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project collection, 2016-2017

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Williams, Randy, 1961-
Title
Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project collection
Dates
2016-2017 (inclusive)
Quantity
26 interviews, (1.1317 GB)
Collection Number
UUS_Folk Coll 62
Summary
Drug courts are problem-solving courts; the first was established in Florida in 1989. Judge Thomas Willmore founded the Cache Valley Drug Court in 2000. The Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project was the idea of Andrew Dupree, drug court participant, now graduate, and was shaped by his vision to collect the voices of drug court participants and graduates, family members, and professionals associated with this court. This born-digital collection was created December 2016 to May 2017 and includes 26 interviews (audio, transcripts, and release forms) with 28 people who are identified by first name only.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English, Spanish
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Historical Note

In 2000, Judge Thomas Willmore of Utah’s First District Court, with help from Brock Alder at Bear River Health Department, established a drug court for Cache County: the fifth in Utah. In 2001 they established the drug court in Box Elder County. The concept of drug courts began in 1989 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in a response to the growing crack cocaine drug problem plaguing Miami. Today there are approximately 1,561 drug courts in the United States. These specialized courts are problem-solving courts bringing together the judiciary, prosecution, defense, adult parole and probation, law enforcement, mental health, social services, treatment communities (like 12-step programs), and the greater community (including former drug court participants) to aid addicted offenders with long-term recovery as opposed to incarceration.

In May 2016, Andrew Dupree, a Cache Valley Drug Court participant (and now graduate), approached USU Folklore Curator Randy Williams with the idea of partnering on an oral history effort to capture the voices of people involved in the drug court experience. Andrew Dupree attended a May 2015 presentation Williams hosted with students from the USU/Library of Congress Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project. He wanted people in the drug court community (addicts, Cache Valley Drug Court Committee members, and family members) to have a similar public voice. Together with Jennifer Duncan, Special Collections Librarian, Alder, Andrew Dupree and Williams, launched the Cache Valley Utah Drug Court Oral History Project in November 2016.

The project ran from November to May 2017. This collection is the outgrowth of the project and includes 26 interviews, both audio and transcript, with 28 people. Each participant had the opportunity to review their interview transcript. The interviews include the voices of drug court participants and graduates, family members, and professionals associated with drug court. The majority of the interviews were conducted at the Logan Library, the host for the 24 May evening event: “Voices from Drug Court” that highlighted the project.

This project received a grant to support transcription from the Utah Humanities and Utah Division of State History.

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Content Description

The Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project collection was created December 2016 to May 2017. The born-digital collection includes 26 interviews (audio and transcripts) with 28 people, identified by first name only, including drug court participants and graduates, family members, and professionals associated with drug court.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: UUS_Folk Coll 62; Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project collection; Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:UUS_Folk Coll 62, USUSCA.

Alternative Forms Available

To view images, see the digital library collection of the Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by date of interview.

Processing Note

Processed in May of 2017

Project Team:

Brock Alder, Head Bear River Substance Abuse Division – Drug Court Oral History Project Committee

Jennifer Duncan, Head Special Collections & Archives – Drug Court Oral History Project Committee and oral history interviewer

Andrew Dupree, Community Scholar – Project Creator, Drug Court Oral History Project Committee, oral history interviewer

Irene Einzinger, Interpreter and Transcriptionist - Spanish Interpreting and Transcription

Susan Gross, Transcriptionist – Transcription

Andrea Payant, Cataloger – Metadata advisor

Darcy Pumphrey, Digital Library Coordinator – Landing page

LaLine Ray, Systems - Audio editing

Carrie Reed, Transcriptionist – Transcription

Sara Skindelien, SCA Metadata Specialist – Metadata, audio and transcript conversion (.doc to PDF; .wav to MP3), uploading

Mikkel Skinner, Graphic Designer – Graphics creation

Randy Williams, Fife Folklore Archives Curator – Principle Investigator, Drug Court Oral History Project Committee, project coordinator, oral history interviewer, metadata support, landing page text

Custodial History

Release forms are kept in Folk Coll 62: Collection File.

Related Materials

Companion project: The project team and community scholars created Voices of Resiliency: Utah Stories of Substance Use Disorder, Stigma, & Harm Reduction, five ethnographic comics focused on hope, harm reduction, and recovery. The stories shared in the comics are based on oral histories from USU Informing the National Narrative: Stories of Utah’s Opioid Crisis, which was partially inspired by Cache Valley Drug Court Oral History Project collection, 2016-2017. Research has shown that comics facilitate understanding and empathy through their simplified images which require readers to use their imaginations and place themselves in the story. When someone discloses their struggles with substances they are often stigmatized by family, friends, and even health care providers. One way to reduce this troubling effect is to make connections with those that have been stigmatized. Learning about others' personal experiences can help to restore their humanity and help decrease prejudice, harmful assumptions, and discriminatory actions. Comics are one way to provide this connection. The stories shared contain many sensitive topics that are not suitable for some audiences.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Drug abuse--Treatment|zCache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
  • Drug abusers--Family relationships--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
  • Drug courts--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
  • Parents of drug addicts--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
  • Parole--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
  • Probation--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
  • Twelve-step programs--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)

Corporate Names

  • Bear River District Health Department
  • Cache Valley Drug Court (Utah)
  • Utah--District Court (First District)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Duncan, Jennifer
    • Dupree, Andrew

Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien
2017

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