Heritage Colorado
Found in 1121 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Gilbert Telles, 1978 January 1, 2006 November 16
Recollections Socorro and San Elizario area which include history, culture, folklore and traditions of the area.
Oral history interview with Ginsberg, Charles
Oral History Interview with Glen Van Scoy, 1988 July 30, 2006 September 18
Grandson of Edward Bruce Bowles. Mother was Maria Bowles Van Scoy Glen was a member of the Home Rule Charter Convention in 1957. In 1946 Glen VanScoy was named postmaster of Westminster. He & wife were the only employees at that time; with a population of 700 they managed the office and they met the train twice a day to deliver & pickup mail. Talks of the postoffice moving, more clerks, house to house delivery began, raising the postoffice to second class then first class.
Oral history interview with Glenn W. Irvin, April 6, 1984., 1984 April 6, 2005 May 5
Oral History Interview with Gnos, Eunice, 1979 March 14, 2006 September 18
March 13th, 1979 Carl Jacobson interviewing Mrs. Eunice Gnos, widow of Edward, at the city Library on 76th Ave. who was active in Westminster History 1920?s ? 1930?s Looking at abstract [lots 1-4 block 111 owned by the Gnos?s now known as 8198 King Street purchased from Charles E. Horne who was the Dean of Westminster University prior to that time. Previously lived at approximately 88th & Irving Street. Ed worked at the Begole Orchards.
Oral History Interview with Green, Thomas, circa 1986, 2006 September 18
Tom Green was the president of First National Bank of Westminster, the City's oldest bank. Chairman of the Downtown Westminster Redevelopment Committee. Also served on the Westminster District 50 Chamber of Commerce
Oral History Interview with Gregorio Aldana, 1978 June 13, 2006 November 15
Recalls life as a laborer on a hacienda before the Mexican Revolution; discrimination he encounters in Kansas; the Battle of Aguascalientes; Villa, Carranza, and Madero; the Spanish Flu of 1918, the Depression; La toma de Zacatecas.
Oral History Interview with Gregorio Flores Perez, 2003 August 6, 2006 November 16
Mr. Flores was born in San Andres de la Cal, Morelos, Mexico in 1932. He worked in Texas picking cotton; in Arizona picking melon; talks in detail about working conditions in California picking various vegetables and fruits; also worked in Virginia (1980-1985) in tobacco fields.
Oral History Interview with Gregorio Garcia, 1979 September 10, 2006 November 15
Born in Mexico; came from a large family, many of whom died during the Spanish Flu of 1918; the Mexican Revolution and various personalities; came to the United States in 1925 and worked with the Sante Fe Railroads in Oklahoma; has worked in Chicago, New York, Indiana, and Buffalo; worked as a Bracero in 1954; opinions about undocumented workers in the United States and personal observattions about M?xico.
Oral History Interview with Guadalupe Garcia, 1970 January 1, 2006 November 14
Tigua Indian discusses tribal history, customs, and way of life
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- Colorado 93
- Alabados 85
- Denver (Colo.) 69
- Westminster (Colo.) -- Biography 56
- Westminster (Colo.) -- History 56
- Indigenous peoples of North America 51
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 51
- Nevada 50
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century 49
- Northern Paiute Indians 46
- Northern Paiute women 42
- Adams County (Colo.) -- Biography 37
- Adams County (Colo.) -- History 37
- Corridos 35
- History 27
- Valses chiquiados 25
- Ranch life -- Grouse Creek (Utah) 23
- Grouse Creek (Utah) -- Social life and customs 22
- Hispanic heritage 22
- Oral histories 21
- Ranchers -- Grouse Creek (Utah) -- Interviews 21
- Mormons -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 20
- Steel industry and trade -- United States -- History 20
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) 18
- Inditas 16
- Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 16
- Alabanzas 14
- Children's songs, Spanish 13
- Depressions -- 1929 13
- Entriegas de novios 13
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- Bailes 11
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Mesa (Ariz.) 11
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- Song in story 11
- World War, 1914-1918 11
- Central business districts -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 10
- Cultural Identity 10
- Decimas 10
- World War, 1939-1945 10
- Agriculture 9
- College administrators -- Greeley (Colo.) -- Interviews 9
- Agriculture -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 8
- Authors 8
- Anglo-American song 7
- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 7
- Homesteading -- Goodman Point (Montezuma County, Colo.) 7
- Los pastores 7
- Montezuma County (Colo.) -- History 7
- Mormons -- Grouse Creek (Utah) 7
- Railroads 7
- Teachers 7
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 7
- Agriculture -- Goodman Point (Montezuma County, Colo.) 6
- Central City (Colo.) 6
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Goodman Point (Montezuma County, Colo.) 6
- Gold mines and mining 6
- Greeley (Colo.) 6
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 6
- Race discrimination 6
- Schools -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 6
- Tiwa Indians 6
- Tiwa Indians -- Customs and practices 6
- Tiwa Indians -- History 6
- Boulder (Colo.) 5
- Cache la Poudre River Watershed (Colo.) 5
- Civic leaders -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 5
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) -- History 5
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- Recreation -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 5
- Segregation 5
- African Americans -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 4
- Agriculture -- Colorado -- History 4
- Architecture 4
- Cable cars (Streetcars) 4
- Cowboys -- Grouse Creek (U.S.) -- Interviews 4
- Denver (Colo.) -- History 4
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- Instrumental music -- Grouse Creek (Utah) 4
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- Musical groups -- Grouse Creek (Utah) 4
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- Ranchers' spouses -- Grouse Creek (Utah) -- Interviews 4
- Ranching 4
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.) 4
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- Water use -- Colorado -- History 4
- Agricultural extension work -- Colorado 3
- Agriculture -- Cache la Poudre River Watershed (Colo.) 3
- Amusements -- Grouse Creek (Utah) 3
- Dove Creek (Colo.) -- History 3
- Education 3
- Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.) 3
- Farming 3 + ∧ less