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Call Number OH2064-VDate 2015Description This interview is part of a series about three football games known as the Hairy Bacon Bowl, which occurred during the 1970s. Participants included University of Colorado students who indentified with hippie culture and/or anti-war sentiment, versus campus and Boulder police officers. The games were a way to address tensions between the two groups. Don Marsh was a student who later lived in a co-op known as Cloud Nine. Many of his friends played in the 1971 Hairy Bacon Bowl game. He was a spectator at that game. He describes not only the Hairy Bacon Bowl game of that year, but also life at Cloud Nine, which included the idealism of the counterculture - which was looking for a more open-minded way to live - combined with the hard-partying youth culture of the time. He comments on the Vietnam War and the protests that were held against it. He reflects on societal changes that sprang from that time and have survived as part of American culture; he also reflects on the possibility of using an activity like the Hariy Bacon Bowl to address current community challenges.
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Call Number OH2065-VDate 2015Description This interview is part of a series about football games, collectively known as the Hairy Bacon Bowl, that were played during the first half of the 1970s at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The teams were made up of university students - many of whom identified with hippie culture and/or anti-war beliefs - versus campus and City of Boulder police officers. The goal was to ameliorate tensions between the two groups. Stef Ringgenberg played as an offensive lineman in the first of six annual games, playing opposite the then Boulder Chief of Police. Although he doesn't have many specific memories about the game itself, he offers thoughtful discussion of the cultural underpinnings and goals of the hippie movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also describes a number of anti-war actions that took place at that time. He reflects on the ways that his generation has changed and moved away from the ideals of the 1960s as time has passed.
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Call Number OH2066-VDate 2015Description This interview is part of a series that focuses on football games, collectively known as the Hairy Bacon Bowl, that were played during the first half of the 1970s at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The teams were made up of university students - many of whom identified with hippie culture and/or anti-war beliefs - versus campus and City of Boulder police officers. The goal was to ameliorate tensions between the two groups. Phil Battany played in the 1972 Hairy Bacon Bowl game on the police team as a member of the City of Boulder police. He says that, while the games were cordial, the students involved were not the hardcore hippies that were responsible for most of the police/hippie tensions. He talks extensively about policing in that era and about dealing with the small subset of counterculture young people who were entrenched in a drug and sometimes violence-based culture, such as the STP Family. He discusses the difference between the small-town, personal and flexible policing atmosphere that he experienced in pre-1970s Boulder and contrasts that to the stricter, "us versus them," policing that came into play in the 1970s and beyond. He expresses support for anti-Vietnam War sentiments, but not for some of the protest tactics. He delves into racial politics and police and sheriff department politics of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Call Number OH2067Date 2016Contents Single recording; DVD 114 minutes, 07 secondsDescription This interview is part of a series about football games, collectively known as the Hairy Bacon Bowl, that were played during the first half of the 1970s at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The teams were made up of university students, many of whom identified with hippie culture and/or anti-war beliefs, on one team, and campus and City of Boulder police officers on the other team. The goal was to ameliorate tensions between the two groups. Darryl Varnado played on the police team because of his job, during his student days, in security at the UMC. He played in the Hairy Bacon Bowl just because he thought the game sounded like fun. He remembers the games as being a time that people from both teams came together in a spirit of cooperation and fun. He reflects on how the Hairy Bacon Bowl aided police-community relations long term. Although the original goal of the interview was to discuss the Hairy Bacon Bowl games, much of the interview focuses on his experiences as an African American, first in the south as desegregation was first being implemented in schools in Louisiana, and later as a student at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Beginning in the early 1970s, when there were only about 250 African American students out of 25,000 students at the University of Colorado and ten African American families living in Boulder overall, he experienced the mentorship of various members of Boulder's small, close-knit African American community. He particularly describes the influence of Dr. Joseph Johnson in shaping his life and values, first as a coach in high school and later as a mentor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He reflects on the way CU-Boulder was a place that opened up many opportunities for him and yet also exhibited institutional racism from time to time.
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Call Number OH2069Date 2016Contents single recording 92 minutes, 10 secondsDescription This interview is part of a series about football games, collectively known as the Hairy Bacon Bowl, that were played during the first half of the 1970s at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The teams were made up of university students, many of whom identified with hippie culture and/or anti-war beliefs, on one team, and campus and City of Boulder police officers on the other team. The goal was to ameliorate tensions between the two groups. Fred Neitzel was a police officer with the Boulder Police Department for more than 20 years, beginning in 1970. He reminisces about playing in the Hairy Bacon Bowl for the police department. Much of the interview, however, concerns his time as a patrolman and a detective, especially a homicide detective. He discusses the political and cultural unrest of the 1960s-1970s in Boulder from the point of view of a policeman, including dealing with the STP Family, the anti-war riots, and the large population of hippies that took up residence in Boulder then. He also discusses some of the homicide investigations in which he took part, such as the murder of Michael Manning, and some of the emotional stress involved in police work. He comments on instances of police misconduct but also on his perception of a lack of city support and support in general for police, which he believes has grown broader in recent years.
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Call Number OH2070Date 2016Contents single recording; 58 minutes, 52 secondsDescription John B. Wilson, who was a professor of sculpture in the Fine Arts Department at University of Colorado, Boulder, tells of his experiences growing up in Indiana during the Depression, enlisting in WWII, and working as a sculptor and professor at CU. He moved to Boulder with his wife Pauline, started a family, and lived in the Mapleton Hill area with four children, three of whom are adopted and have Hispanic heritage. He discusses his approach to art, which has included creating sometimes controversial political work; his love of teaching; his close friendships with many former students; some of the students he taught who went on to become renowned; his interactions with Mark Rothko; and his appreciation of the unwavering professional support he received from the University of Colorado. (Editor’s note: John Wilson died on January 12, 2018, a year-and-a-half after completing this interview.)
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Call Number OH2071Date 2016Contents single recording; 84 minutes, 09 secondsDescription B.J. Lanning, a longtime developer in the Boulder region from the 1970s on, recounts stories from his time of working in a rapidly expanding Boulder County and his efforts to help facilitate growth that was friendly to developers but maintained a high quality of life for residents. He describes how his career emphasized open space, parks, smart transportation decisions, and other ways of allowing for growth while keeping the community pleasant and livable. He describes his part in creating the Arapahoe Ridge development. He talks at length about his love of Walker Ranch, his involvement in its purchase from private landowners, and his role in its conversion to open space. He recalls talking to a descendant of the Walker family who told him about the Cherokee people who used to come up from Oklahoma to spend summers in the Walker Ranch area. He stresses that despite the fact that he’s a staunch conservative, open space has always been important to him. His daughter and granddaughter contribute their questions and recollections as well, and he and his daughter have a spirited debate about the merits of open space versus affordable housing. Lanning expresses dismay that the community he loves has become so difficult for people to afford, but he doesn’t see how it can be any other way.
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Call Number OH2072Date 2016Contents single recording; 54 minutes, 23 secondsDescription Gene Langlois is a long-time resident of the Mapleton Mobile Home Park, which was purchased by the City of Boulder and leased back to the residents on a 99-year lease. He discusses changes to the mobile home park and to Boulder over time and reflects on the need for affordable housing. He also relates many aspects of his life story, including his early education, his military service, his work as a minister and as an elementary school teacher, his ongoing spiritual journey, and his quest for a healthy, responsible lifestyle.
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Call Number OH2073Date 2017Contents single recording; 44 minutes, 47 secondsDescription Cedar Barstow had lived in Boulder for 34 years at time of this interview. She discusses, from first-hand experience and from a policy perspective, the positive aspects of co-operative housing. Issues mentioned include affordable housing, creating families by choice, building diversity, intergenerational experiences, aging in place, reversing the loss of a middle class in Boulder, new urbanism, and the recently passed co-op ordinance. She also describes a mentoring project for women in their 30s called the Bright Stars Project.
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Call Number OH2075Date 2017Contents single recording; 67 minutes, 15 secondsDescription Jamey Ellerbe moved to Boulder in 2000. He talks about changes that have occurred in Boulder since he moved here. He also talks about his life at the Northport Community Apartments, his appreciation of the educational richness of Boulder, his life after a health crisis and his ensuing chronic health problems. He describes the wide-ranging work he did before his health problems began. He discusses his interactions with Boulder Housing Partners in an effort to improve the Northport Community Apartments and with other residents of his building, many who are at-risk. He offers suggestions for improved support of residents and describes how he interacts with others to help them improve their lives. (Note that this interview was held in a place where there were nearby background conversations, especially in the last third of the interview.)
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Call Number OH2076Date 2017Contents single recording; 1 hour, 07 minutes, 44 secondsDescription Richard Stockton was born in Boulder, Colorado, and worked in the movie theater business all of his life. His interest in movies started when, as a boy, his parents would let him watch films. He describes how he got his start working in theaters and how his career grew into that of a theater manager. At times, he was transferred to other locales, but he always wound up back in the Boulder area. Mr. Stockton also describes some of the local culture and life in Boulder that he observed during his time working in Boulder theaters.
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Call Number OH2077Date 2017Contents single recording; 102 minutes, 45 secondsDescription Jess Alexander talks about growing up in rural Weld and Boulder counties in the 1930s and '40s, and a lifetime spent farming. In addition to describing his military service during the Korean War, topics include grain farming, cattle farming, farming methods, farm equipment, irrigation, and ditch riding.