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Oral history interview with Darlieen Moore Del Pizzo, 2010

Call Number

OH1638-V

Contents

single recording minutes and seconds

Description

In this interview, conducted by fourth-grade students from the Whittier Student Historians' Club, Darleen Moore Del Pizzo describes going to kindergarten at Whittier Elementary School in 1940, when her teacher was Dorothy Anderson, whom she describes as one of the kindest teachers she ever had. She describes the Whittier building at the time she was a student and other aspects of going to school there, such as favorite activities and a best friend whom she still knows.

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Oral history interview with Judith A. Estey Williams, 2010

Call Number

OH1637-V

Contents

single recording minutes and seconds

Description

Judith Williams (then Judith Estey) was a kindergarten student at Whittier Elementary School in Boulder in 1944. She later returned to the school as a first-grade teacher. In this interview with members of the Whittier History Club she tells about her kindergarten year, including anecdotes about the school personnel, friends, learning to read, music, recess, other school activities, and clothes worn at that time. She also tells a story about finding her kindergarten teacher's desk many years later, when she returned as a teacher.

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Oral History with William F. Nagel, OH1670

Call Number

OH1670

Date

1950

Description

Bill Nagel talks about the experience of helping a Soviet Jewish immigrant family to resettle in the Boulder area in the early 1990s through Boulder Action for Soviet Jewry, and the deep friendship that sprung up between the two families. Among the topics touched on are Bukharan Jewish culture, successful adjustments to and appreciation of American life, the importance of encouraging self-sufficiency for immigrant families, and the ways in which immigrants enrich American culture.

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Oral history interview with Mark M. Barber, 1959

Call Number

OH0063

Date

1959

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Oral history interview with Willard Goudge and James Birmingham, 1963

Call Number

OH0741

Date

1963

Contents

1 sound cassette.

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Oral history interview with Arden Weber, F.E. Holdrege, and Elvis Hilton, 1964

Call Number

OH0855

Date

1964

Contents

1 sound cassette.

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Oral history interview with Arden Weber and O.P. Pherson, 1964-1969

Call Number

OH0854

Date

1964-1969

Contents

1 sound cassette.

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Oral history interview with Jim Hawley, 1965

Call Number

OH0860

Date

1965

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Oral history interview with Jim Hawley, 1965

Call Number

OH0858

Date

1965

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Oral history interview with Jim Hawley, Robert Gwaltney and William Reed, 1965

Call Number

OH0859

Date

1965

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Oral history - talk given by Frank Miller, 1968

Call Number

OH0054

Date

1968

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Oral history interview with O.P. Pherson, Ethel McCool, and Jim Hawley, 1969

Call Number

OH0862

Date

1969

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Oral history interview with Reuben Dedman, Frank Kelly, Alex Gordon, Oscar Johnston, Julius Hillyard, Joe Wagner, Julian F. McNamara, and Martha Coughlin, 1969

Call Number

OH0868

Date

1969

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Oral history interview with Jim Hawley, Tavie Kipp, and Ruben Dedman, 1969

Call Number

OH0861

Date

1969

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Boulder County

Call Number

OH0199

Date

[1970]

Contents

1 sound cassette.

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Oral History with Marie Vanderpoel, OH0439

Call Number

OH0439

Date

1970

Contents

1 sound cassette.

Description

Marie Vanderpoel, a summer resident of Gold Hill, talks about her time there starting in 1923. She shares specific memories and some of her knowledge of Gold Hill history.

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