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Call Number OH0638Date 1993Contents 1 sound cassette.
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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 OH3048Date 2020Contents Single recording; 57 minutes, 34 secondsDescription Jack Bowes, a retired third-generation farmer in the Louisville area, talks about his family’s long history with coal mining, farming, and ranching after they arrived in the area from England in the 1880s. Initially coming to the area to mine coal, they quickly transitioned to a homestead at 9182 Dillon Road, where they raised hay, grains, and livestock. He describes his childhood on the farm, both his early days and how, after his father died when Jack was 13, he had to help his mother with the farming. Jack discusses ways in which farming has changed since his childhood, from the days of horse-drawn farming. Much of the water for their homestead came from the South Boulder & Coal Creek Irrigation Ditch, and in the 1990s Jack became president of the ditch company, as his father and grandfather had been before him. He describes the changes in the job responsibilities since his father’s time, and also changes in how the ditch was operated. He talks about his grandparents’ and father’s memberships in local fraternal organizations, his aunt telling stories of seeing Native Americans camping on Coal Creek in the 1890s, family picnics and parties in the apple orchard, the sale of part of his family’s property to Boulder County Parks and Open Space and Louisville Open Space, and the death of many of the apple trees. He closes with a story his father told him about being 13 years old in 1914 and watching the Colorado militia get off the train to deal with conflicts between mining companies and striking miners in Louisville.
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Call Number OH1608-VDate 2009Description Long-time Boulder Potters Guild member Janice Squier talks about the history of the Potters Guild, including the organization's formation, locations, membership and challenges; as well as imparting information about the methods and techniques of creating pottery. Ms. Squier also is a pianist, and she reflects on both the nature of artistic talent and the parallels between the arts of music and pottery.
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Call Number OH1514Date 1997Description Gary Thompson was a long-time worker at Rocky Flats, a member of the Rocky Flats Citizens Advisory Board, and an employee of Kaiser-Hill during cleanup at the decommissioned plant. In this interview, he talks about what needs to be done at Rocky Flats, reflecting on his experience with multiple aspects of plant production: research chemistry (manager of a chemical research group), plutonium recovery (building 771), program management, transition management, Special Materials Management and Integration, and Nuclear Operations. Gary offers a candid perspective of the challenges facing the facility - risks, hazards, and social hurdles - and also touches on the issue of incineration at Rocky Flats as well as elsewhere in the nuclear industrial complex.
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Call Number OH1615Date 1995Description Richard Behrmann is a long-time resident of Niwot and Longmont in Boulder County. He was active in farming, as were his father and grandfather. He provides detailed accounts both of farming activities (such as threshing, how to keep a "buck rake" running straight) and of equipment (such as descriptions of Pitman mowers and grain binders). He also provides information about school and social life (including about Jitney dances), his brother's experiences in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and local lore.
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Call Number OH1941Date 2014Description Gerard Brunetti talks about his lifestyle and living situation as a vagabond musician and inventor. He explains the distinction that he makes between being a vagabond and being homeless. He describes hitchhiking across country, talks about Charles Mingus as an influence in his life, and refers to his inventions of musical instruments and a new method of musical notation. He also discusses his thoughts about how societal norms and changes (such as de-institutionalizing the mentally ill) have affected the homeless population in this country, and he describes some possible models for providing housing for homeless people, such as portable tiny houses and using otherwise unused motels as housing
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Call Number OH0150Date 1978Contents 1 sound cassette.
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Call Number OH0847Date 1996Contents 1 sound cassette.
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Call Number OH1818-VDate 2012Description Phil Stern has lived in Boulder since 1967. He has worked on many environmental issues through his positions as Director of Environmental Affairs for the Boulder County District Attorney's Office and as a city council person from 1981 to 1987. He describes many of these efforts and also describes the development of and his involvement in the Jewish comunity in Boulder. He was part of the establishment of Congregation Har HaShem at the time it evolved from the Boulder Jewish Fellowship. He discusses what he sees as some of the positive and negative aspects of the growth of the Jewish community in Boulder.