Community life
Found in 276 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Fay Kessler, 1986
Oral History Interview with Frances Hayes, 1986
Oral History Interview with Gaston Santi, 1986
Gaston Santi answers questions from an unidentified male interviewer during an interview in Denver, Colorado on April 20, 1986. Santi discusses details about the University Park neighborhood of Denver since he moved to the area in 1949 including commercial and residential development, the effect of busing on the local schools, and the types of churches and schools in the area. He also discusses the changes in the types of transportation available to neighborhood residents.
Oral History Interview with Helen Driscoll, 1986
Oral History Interview with Helen Ginsburg, 1979 July 19
Topics Covered: Family background and growing up in Chicago; working at the Jewish Community Center, getting social work degree from DU and working for Red Cross, served on Board and as president of Center, fund raising and the camp.
Oral History Interview with Herman and Nancy Markowitz, 1979 May 28
Topics covered: Early life, coming to Denver in 1958 to be the director of the JCC, there while new building was being built, left for Oakland in 1962 and returned to Denver on 1965, JCC Ranch summer camp, Center programs, Denver Jewish community, relationship with other organizations: National Council of Jewish Women, National Jewish Health, B'nai B'rith.
Oral History Interview with Jean Blackledge, 1986
Jean Blackledge discusses changes that took place in the University Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, since her move to the area in 1958 including the increase in the number of commercial businesses, the increase in the amount of traffic in the neighborhood, and the growth of trees and other vegetation. Blackledge affirms that University Park residents are mostly professionals including doctors, lawyers, and professors who work at the University of Denver.
Oral History Interview with Jean Emery, 1986
Jean Emery discusses details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado and the changes that took place since she moved to the neighborhood in 1952. She talks about local businesses, commercial and residential development, and transportation systems. Emery also discusses in depth the efforts to use busing both as a means to ease overcrowding in the local schools, including University Park Elementary School, as well as to achieve school desegregation.