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Colorado Outdoor Sports Corporation
Colorado Outdoor Sports Corporation
Call Number
228-3-3
Date
1953-1966
Contents
2 photographs (1 digitized).
Description
Photographs of Colorado Outdoor Sports Corporation presidents and products.
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Mountaineering Catalogs, 1967-1973
Mountaineering Catalogs, 1967-1973
Call Number
998-16-20
Date
1967-1973
Contents
1 folder.
Description
Contents include the following 8 catalogs: Gerry catalogs 1966-67 Winter Edition, 1967 Summer edition, 1967 Fall/Winter edition, 1968; Carikit catalogs 1972 and 1972/3; Mountain Sports 1973 and Frostline Kits catalog 1977 Spring/Summer.
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Oral history interview with Robert Farr, 2009
Oral history interview with Robert Farr, 2009
Call Number
OH1596-V
Date
2009
Description
In this wide-ranging interview about life in Boulder from the 1960s onward, John Farr discusses topics such as the insurance industry, the Colorado Ghost Town Club and the Boulder chapter of Ducks Unlimited, his work with the Boulder Junior Chamber of Commerce and for the Republican Party, and the history of the Gold Hill Inn. He also tells stories about a cast of Boulder County people as diverse as a gold pan miner, fly fisherman Hank Roberts, mountaineering equipment manufacturer Gerry Cunningham, hardware store owner Bill McGuckin, and Gold Hill Inn chef Joe Rogers.
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Recording of a panel discussion about the mountaineering industry in Boulder, 2008
Recording of a panel discussion about the mountaineering industry in Boulder, 2008
Call Number
OH1526-V
Date
2008
Description
During the summer of 2008, Peter Richards invited people who had been part of the mountaineering industry in Boulder to come together for a reunion conversation about the companies with which they had been involved. Participants included George Lamb, Penny Cunningham, Jim Kack, Jon Hinebauch, Bill Forrest, Dave Robertson, Dale Johnson, Ingvar Sodal, and Gary Neptune. The recording includes stories about the development of the industry, the rise and fall of companies, descriptions of the advent of many innovative products, and stories about individuals involved in the industry.
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