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Call Number OH3030Date 2019Contents Single recording; 34 minutes, 18 secondsDescription Jonathan Lopez is a first-year student at CU Boulder who was raised Catholic but never felt much of a connection to his church until he moved to Boulder for college and began attending a church there. He found himself drawn to being a youth leader and has found it very rewarding to serve his church in this way, enjoying connecting with other young people by sharing his experiences with them. He feels it’s important to question one’s religious beliefs in order to understand them better, and discusses the types of questions that are important to ask. He emotionally recounts a religious experience he had on a church retreat when he heard God speak to him and offer him the help he had been praying for. This experience strengthened his faith and made him feel even more connected to his church.
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Call Number OH3031Date 2019Contents Single recording; 16 minutes, 18 secondsDescription Matthew Zepelin, a practicing Buddhist living in Boulder, is interviewed about his Buddhist practice. He discusses his introduction to Buddhism in elementary or middle school when he saw the Dalai Lama speak and later began attending a group meditation at a Chinese temple in Denver with a friend. He explains the idea of a sangha, or Buddhist community, and outlines some of the notable aspects of Buddhism more widely and his sangha in particular, such as intense meditation practice, no real need for formal membership, varying beliefs on concepts like karma and the Four Noble Truths. He talks about his parents’ reaction when he converted to Buddhism and mentions that he lived in a monastery in Southern Colorado for several years before returning to Boulder. He discusses some common misconceptions about Buddhism, such as a lack of clarity around the difference between Buddhism and secular mindfulness, which is a much newer tradition.
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Call Number OH3032Date 2019Contents single recording; 56 minutes, 54 secondsDescription This interview is part of a series focusing on the history of apples in Boulder County. A longtime resident of Longmont, Beth Wintroub discusses the land on which she has lived since the mid-1970s. She gives particular attention to three apple trees located on the plot. In addition, she discusses other fruit trees on the property as well as her vegetable and flower gardens. Wintroub talks about the Johnson family, the original residents who built the late-nineteenth-century house in which she lives. She describes modifications that she and her husband, Tim Schabacker, have made to the house and its surroundings over the course of their time in Longmont. She also talks about differences in the varieties of apples that her trees produce, techniques she uses to care for them, and ways in which she has processed their fruit. The interview ends with a discussion of changes in Boulder over time.
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Call Number OH3033Date 2019Contents single recording; 45 minutes, 08 secondsDescription This interview is part of a series focusing on the history of apples in Boulder County. Dick Dunn tends a cider-apple orchard in Hygiene, Colorado. In this interview, he discusses his decision to plant trees and ferment apple juice. When he began planting in the mid-1990s, Dunn struggled to find information about growing cider apples on the Front Range. Dunn emphasizes the importance of networking in the cider industry. He discusses knowledge that he has acquired over the course of his decades-long experience as a cider-apple grower on the Front Range and also describes the fermentation process for creating hard cider. He lists apple varieties that do well in Colorado’s climate. He talks about common diseases and other threats to apple trees and crops. Among the topics he raises is a 2014 cold snap that damaged and killed many apple trees—both Dunn’s and those belonging to other growers—across a large geographic area. He describes changes in Boulder that he has observed over the years.
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Call Number OH3035Date 2019Contents transcript; 47 minutes, 53 secondsDescription Peter Dawson reminisces about his 27-year career as a pediatrician at the Boulder People’s Clinic, a clinic that arose in Boulder in the early 1970s to serve the newly-arrived hippie community that didn’t have money for medical care or even places to take showers. Later, its offshoot, the San Juan del Centro Clinic, served immigrant communities, which included many people of Mexican and Hmong backgrounds. Both clinics initially operated out of apartments and relied on donations and fundraisers to pay their staff until more reliable sources of income were found. More recently, People’s Clinic merged with Clinica Family Health, which has several locations in Colorado, while retaining the People’s Clinic name. Dawson offers up anecdotes about some of the cultural differences and language barriers that he and his fellow doctors and nurses encountered during their work; he speaks fondly of several volunteer trips he took to Mexico to help medical professionals there learn more about ADHD and how to treat it; and he describes special projects with which he was involved, such as addressing pediatric undernutrition and helping to implement the Community Infant Program to address mental health issues involving families of young children. He talks about fostering collaboration with other doctors and specialists, and promoting holistic treatment for his patients, including talking to parents about the benefits of reading to their children, and focusing on the mental health of both his patients and their parents. His recollections serve to illustrate the changes in the Boulder medical community, from the days of running the clinic by collecting money in a jar and operating a pharmacy out of an apartment bathroom, to the advent of the Electronic Medical Record.
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Call Number OH3037Date 2019Contents two recordings merged to one audio file; 95 minutes, 32 secondsDescription Timothy Schabacker describes the history of his Longmont property, beginning with settlement by Swedish immigrants in the 1800s and the founding of the Ryssby settlement. He also describes an orchard in Pella Crossing that existed in the 1860s and that was partially cut down for a county right-of-way. His property, including a house built between 1880 and 1885, was originally part of a 320-acre Swedish immigrant family farm. He details the history of the Johnson family on the land. He also describes an extensive orchard that once was there and that is almost gone now, with only two apple trees remaining after the rest disappeared due to land sales, sheepherding and development. He also talks about other trees on his property, the history of water rights in Colorado, and ditch irrigation on his property.
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Call Number OH3038Date 2019Contents single recording; 49 minutes, 32 secondsDescription Jim Bender taught biology for 30 years in the Boulder Valley School District. He started out at Southern Hills Junior High, moved to Nevin Platt Junior High when it was first formed, and after about twelve years at Platt, began teaching at Boulder High School, where he remained for the remainder of his teaching career. He discusses the increase in attention and funding for science education during the Sputnik era of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, cultural influences on the schools during the ‘60s and ‘70s, the administrative styles of some of the principals and superintendents for whom he worked, the Boulder Valley Credit Union, union activity through the Boulder Valley Education Association, the PERA retirement system, and living at Frasier Meadows retirement community.
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Call Number OH3039Date 2019Contents Single recording; 47 minutes, 43 secondsDescription Mark Welker is a mechanical engineer who began working for International Business Machines (IBM) at the IBM Space Guidance Center in Owego, New York, in 1963. He transferred to IBM's new site in Boulder in 1966, worked in the tape drive and printer divisions, and held various positions in engineering, product management, business services, and market intelligence over the course of his 43-year career at IBM. He discusses changes at IBM over four decades, including women in engineering and alcohol policies in the workplace; mentions other high-tech companies in Boulder and Denver; and talks about the impact of IBM on the community. He briefly describes social life and family life in Boulder, plus the elements that make Boulder a desirable place to live, from the 1960s-1990s.
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Call Number OH3040Date 2019Contents Single recording; 1 hour, 42 minutes, 22 secondsDescription Willie Knierim talks about being a teacher in the Boulder Valley School District beginning in the 1960s. He taught at Centennial Junior High School, Lafayette High School, Centaurus High School, Nevin Platt Junior High School, and Fairview High School. Willie discusses the consolidation of small school districts into the Boulder Valley School District; his term as president of the Boulder Valley Education Association (BVEA); controversies in education administration that involved the BVEA, the school board, various superintendents, and parents; and changes he has seen in Boulder County over the years. Topics covered in addition to those centered on schools and education include the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Pearl Street Pedestrian Mall, the Pow Wow Rodeo, IBM coming to Boulder, race relations, and conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War.
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Call Number OH3042Date 2019Contents single recording; 22 minutes, 29 secondsDescription This interview is part of a series focusing on the history of apples in Boulder County. Judy Dayhoff talks about growing up on the farm that has been in her family for over 100 years. Her great-grandfather homesteaded the property in 1881. She discusses her family’s history, life as a farm child, the life of the community, what the farm produced, and the apple orchards on the property. She also mentions her involvement, with other local authors, in researching and writing the book "If These Stones Could Talk: Tales from Columbia Cemetery."
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Call Number OH3043Date 2019Contents Single recording; 47 minutes, 01 secondsDescription Lynn Trahern talks about IBM in Boulder and about his 40-year career there. He discusses what it was like to work at IBM in the 1970s and later years. He delves into how corporate practices, management, and the nature of the company have changed over the years. He talks about company layoffs, retraining programs, and the impact of moving employment offshore. He discusses how the presence of IBM has impacted the Boulder community, and the impact of Boulder’s rules and regulations on housing and the cost of living in Boulder.
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Call Number OH3045Date 2019Contents Single recording; 1 hour, 04 minutes, 48 secondsDescription Jenny LePage discusses the difficulties of finding affordable, safe housing in Boulder. She recounts her experience of living in a poorly maintained and unhealthy rental unit, which contained asbestos and mold, as well as having insect and rodent infestations. She feared that these conditions were impacting her health. When her landlord failed to address these issues, she tried to work with a mediator and learned about the legal aspects of landlord responsibilities, but she was unable to get the landlord to fix the problems. Finally, she decided she had to move out. She talks about her desire to live in a stable situation, where she might be able to own a home and live near her work location, but fears that the housing prices in Boulder make that impossible.