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Oral history interview with Elizabeth Demmon, 2010
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Demmon, 2010
Call Number
OH1691-V
Date
2010
Description
Dee Demmon, at the age of 100, was interviewed by students from Whittier Elementary School about her own elementary school years at Mapleton Elementary School. She recalls that the teachers and principal were very strict, which led to good behavior and effective learning. She describes using the fire escape for fire drills and games that children played at that time; she also talks about friends that she had in elementary school and her favorite subject, geography. She shows a photograph of the students who attended Mapleton with her.
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Oral history interview with Dee Demmon, 2012
Oral history interview with Dee Demmon, 2012
Call Number
OH1801
Date
2012
Description
Dee Demmon is a Boulder native. One hundred and two years old at the time of the interview, she reminisces briefly about her early life, including her father's furniture store, Graham Furniture Company, and her first teaching job at Magnolia School in Boulder Canyon. She discusses the importance of the First Presbyterian Church of Boulder in both her parents's lives and her life. Note that the Maria Rogers Oral History Program collection also includes numerous, more lengthy, interviews with Dee Demmon recorded in previous years.
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