Oral History Collection

Details

Title: Oral History Collection
Date: 1976-current
Call Number: OH0000
History: This oral history collection began in 1976 as a project, facilitated by grant money from the Bicentennial Celebration Committee. The collection continues to grow and, since 1984, has been coordinated by the Carnegie Library for Local History. Volunteers conduct the interviews. The interviewees mostly are long-time residents, discussing a variety of topics covering local history.
Terms of Use: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Oral histories may be used for non-commercial purposes, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder.
Format: Oral histories.
Subjects: Boulder (Colo.)--History

Pages

: Oral History with Reginald Irving Lingham, OH3089

Call Number OH3089

Date 2022

Contents Single recording; 51 minutes, 31 seconds

Description Reginald Lingham grew up in Boulder, then lived in California as an adult. He describes his family history and the lives of various members of his family. He recalls his childhood years in Boulder as mainly pleasant and full of family activities, although he does detail one experience of discrimination against him as a Black child involving being turned away by a particular Boy Scout troop leader. After high school, he joined the Navy and served in California and Japan. Settling in California after his military service was complete, he worked for the Post Office for most of his career, mainly working on electronic equipment. Throughout his military service and Post Office career, he continued to receive technical training in electronics. He describes his life in California—in Berkeley and Sacramento—and he talks about his daughter’s life there.

Browse

: Oral history interview with Glenda Kay Conder, 2000

Call Number OH1006-V

Date 2000

Browse

: Oral history interview with Hazel Schmoll, 1977

Call Number OH0442

Date 1977

Browse

: Oral history interview with Mary Bradford Rovetta, 1987

Call Number OH0361

Date 1987

Contents 1 sound cassette.

Browse

: Oral history interview with Sally Haines, 2011

Call Number OH1748-V

Date 2011

Description Sally Haines first joined what is now the Boulder County Farmers Markets in its early years as a seller of medicinal herbs that she wildcrafted. In the years that followed, she became a board member, the president of the board, and finally, the market manager. In this interview she explores many of the seminal changes that made the market what it is today, including offering new products (such as meats, cheeses, and prepared foods), moving the Wednesday market to the late afternoon and evening, opening the beer and wine garden at the Wednesday market, and joining of the Boulder and Longmont farmers' markets. She also talks about the economics of running the market and some of the governance issues that have been part of the Boulder market's growth.

Browse

: Oral history interview with Marguerite Poundstone, 1985

Call Number OH0288

Date 1985

Contents 1 sound cassette.

Description A detailed typewritten summary of the interview is available.

Browse

: Oral history interview with Florence Crannell Means, 1975

Call Number OH0046

Date 1975

Browse

: Chautauqua group 1995

Call Number OH0785

Date 1995

Contents 1 sound cassette.

Browse

: Oral history interview with Pam Leland, 2003

Call Number OH1178-V

Date 2003

Browse

: Oral history interview with Charlotte Russell Spears, 1995

Call Number OH1996

Date 1995

Description Charlotte Russell Spears' family has been coming from Texas to live in Boulder's Chautauqua neighborhood since its very beginning, when her grandmother stayed in the first Chautauqua tents in 1899. Mrs. Spears describes the various cottages that have been owned by the familuy over the years, mentions other families who owned nearby cottages, and tells of various traditions that have become part of summer life in Chautauqua for her family and others.

Browse

: Oral history interview with Ray Moses, 2008

Call Number OH1535-V

Date 2008

Description Raphael J. Moses talks about his long, distinguished legal career, including his education at the University of Colorado, his work in water law, including a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, his tenure as a law school professor, and his many awards. Also included are discussions of family history, teachers and colleagues, his military service, and other legal and political involvement during his career.

Browse

: Oral history interview with Joe and Lois Schofield Distel, 1975

Call Number OH0050

Date 1975

Browse