Oral histories (document genres)

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Burda's experiences: most memorable experiences during WWII; how combat affected him; friendships he developed through the 10th Mountain Division.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Prentice's experiences: work with the Forest Service prior to enlistment; being promoted to PFC three times before being "busted" twice; encounter with a coral snake in Tex.; service time in Italy and trip to Paris, France after the war.

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Sobel talks about Five Points (Denver, Colo.), his liquor store there, history of the neighborhood, prominent people in the area; also discusses barbecue and its significance in the African American culture.

Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Miller's assignment at Camp Swift, Tex.; training and travel to Italy; aid stations and how they treated injuries at a triage location; treatment and traveling from place to place; Italian homes used as aid stations; crossing the Po River and lake Garda; traveling in Germany and Italy after the war; career as a soldier; CIA and assignments in the Far East, Germany, Canada and Washington D.C.; retirement in Fresno, Calif.;...

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Recalls life in Burns, Colorado. Discusses Social Security and current costs of living. Interviewed by Randall Teeuwen.

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Recalls opening day of the Moffat Tunnel including the tunnel, train, weather and ceremonies; also discusses the 50th anniversary of the event.

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Discusses life in Silt, Colo., the Depression, and school days. Interviewed by Randall Teeuwen, June 7, 1977.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Sims' experiences: combat experiences in Italy.

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Tape 1: Emil Bisttram discusses his painting and techniques; K.W. Couse talks about her father, the painter Eanger Irving Couse. (cassette 1); Brett's interview concerns Indian dances and her painting (cassette 2). -- Tape 2: Skip Scroggins and Dorothy Brett about her artwork, Indian dances, paintings, life in Taos, eye site. -- Tape 3: Skip Scroggins continues discussions with Dorothy Brett and Emil Bisttram.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Davis' basic training at Camp Hale, Colo.; the horse cavalry and horses being used in battle at Mt. Sigliano and Riva Ridge where their primary role was patrolling and locating mine fields; how German horses was superior to Italian; celebrations at the end of the war; role of the British battalion in Italy; career as a professional in military training after the war; assignment to Saudi Arabia in 1965.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Tapley's experiences: work as a ski and rock-climbing instructor; ski and camping trips to Aspen, Colo.; being sent to the Aleutian Islands, training he conducted; equipment and training; teaching survival skills; becoming a director of Outward Bound, training and expected outcomes.

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Discusses retirement in Rifle, Colo., playing for silent movies, and changes in education. Interviewed by Andrew Gulliford.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Hollander's experiences: private life before the war; joining the 10th Mountain Division; basic training at Camp Hale, skiing and rock climbing, "D" series; preparation for assault on Riva Ridge; being a forward observer, being wounded and receiving the Bronze Star medal; German attack on a tunnel at Lake Garda; private life after the war.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Giannobile's experiences: assignment in Naples, Italy; climbing Mt. Belvedere and machine gun fire; mortar fire at Castel d'Aiano; crossing Lake Garda on a DUKW; arrival at Lago di Garda and entering Mussolini's villa; capture of Mussolini; emigration to the United States from Italy and being classified as an enemy alien; irony of being an enemy alien and also having a US draft card.

Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Hames' experiences: joining the 10th Mountain Division after hearing about it at a local gas station; attending officers training school at Ft. Benning, Ga.; skiing on Cooper Hill and difficulty with rock climbing; role as 1st Sergeant; experiences, strategy, and resistance at Castel d'Aiano and casualties suffered; Bronze Star medal for his strategy at Mt. Belvedere; Task force Duff; mass surrender of German soldiers;...

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Keskimaki's experiences: being a Staff Sergeant; working primarily as a cook; time at Kiska Island and Japanese army leaving rice; fishing and using hand grenades; soldiers loosing their teeth after drinking contaminated water; being wounded in Italy in the back; personal stories.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Verhamme's experiences: joining in March 1943 with three letters of recommendation; being sent to Camp Hale, Colo. for basic training; sniper activities; training and the cold during the "D" series; training was more difficult than what was faced in Italy; Italy and time spent with an Italian family; shelling at Belvedere and death of company commander; mines on Hill 913 and being wounded; personal stories.

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Recollections of Federal Art program in Colorado and of the artists hired by the project.

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Dilley discusses the founding of the Salvation Army colony of Amity, near Lamar, Colo. and its early years; she also recalls a major flood, a tuberculosis sanitorium and orphanage called Cherry Tree Home.

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Discusses oil and coal in Rangely, Colorado. Interviewed by Andrew Gulliford, 1977. Additional interview with John Jackson discusses working in Texas on oil rigs and development in Rangely, Colorado. Interviewed by Andrew Gulliford, October 13, 1977. Also includes excerpts of interviews dealing with older generation's sense of conservation.

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Talk by Carpenter about his boyhood and youth growing up in New Mexico, homesteading in Hayden, Colorado, early practice of law, and the "Sheep Wars".

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Father Worth talks about the Russian Orthodox Church in Globeville; Lofink talks about his family history and how he worked for his father's ash and garbage collection business; the Tekavecs talk about various buildings in the Globeville neighborhood.

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Contains one 40 minute Concord RT-1 audio tape (unprotected) in a box labeled “Flood Reports, June 16, 1965 Night, (Platte River)."

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Discusses various ethnic minorities in the United States (Japanese, Hispano, Hopi and Navajo Indians, African Americans); includes stories and anecdotes of friendships with people of different ethnicities, many who served as models for the characters in her books.

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Interview for the radio program, Where's Morgan. Discusses Dr. Sabin's background and the field of medicine.

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Discusses aging in Meeker, Colo. Interviewed by Andrew Gulliford, July 23, 1977.

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The interview provides biographical information and personal observations about Erickson's experiences as a member of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II.

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Talks about development and economic conditions in Rifle, Colorado. Interviewed by Andrew Gulliford, October 3, 1977.

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Parkhill tells stories about Denver, Colo. history from 1900 to 1930, includes stories about the Ku Klux Klan, the Teapot Dome scandal, notable Denver personalities, trials, gambling, and strikes.

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Recalls his experiences with the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado.