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Oral histories (document genres)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 437 Collections and/or Records:

Glenn G. Saunders oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH1-9
Scope and Contents

Saunders talks about his boyhood impressions of John Galen Locke, Grand Dragon of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan, and Locke's associates. Relates some stories about the Klan as told to him by his father.

Dates: 1963

Glenn W. Brown oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH251
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and Brown's personal observations about joining the 10th Mountain Division as a replacement soldier; discusses the attack on the day President Roosevelt died; lack of training for mountain warfare; some battles, in particular when Cpt. Rideout was killed; entering a German bunker during surrender.

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Goldie Griffith Cameron oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH50
Scope and Contents

Discussion of Wild West Shows, ranching experiences, and childhood memories of father's medicine show.

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H. Newcomb Eldredge oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH313
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Eldrege's experiences as a member of the 10th Mountain Division.

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H. Robert Krear oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH336
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Krear's experiences: Camp Hale, Colo. and training, especially the D-Series; combat operations at Mount Belvedere, Lake Garda and in Italy; fellow soldiers: Stuart Abbott, John WInchester; Italian civilians; DUKW vehicles; Verona liberation; battle for the Po River.

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H. Robert Krear oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH438
Scope and Contents The interview provides biographical information and personal observations about Krear's experiences with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II: early life in Pa. including: elementary and high school, as well as effects of the depression on his family; time at Penn State University and participation on Ski team; joining the military and deciding to stay after early injury; arriving at Camp Hale and the training that took place there; assignment to weapons and rifle platoons; move to...
Dates: 2001

Hans A. Thompson oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH408
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Thompson's experiences: joining the National Ski Patrol with 3 letters of recommendation; training experiences at Camp Hale and the "D" series; how unit climbed to top of Mt. Belvedere and reassurance offered by Gen. Hays; April offensive and taking Hill 913 was worst experience of his life; being in lead company taking Po River and crossing the river; arrival at Lake Garda and welcome in the town of Boccino; guarding bridges...
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Harold B. Lumm oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH337
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Lumm's experiences: German surrender at a farm house about 5 miles from the Po River; Italian town where Germans killed American soldiers with American or white flags; American air force retaliation against the town, killing civilians.

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Harold Hanson oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH281
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Hanson's experiences as a member of the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate): training at Camp Hale, Colo.; speaking Norwegian; being sent to Scotland in Sept. 1943; being sent to Normandy as replacements; German resistance; fighting in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany; Aachen, Germany and the discovery of gold and art treasures in the Merkers salt mine; Paris, France; travel to Oslo, Norway from La Havre, France.

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Harold K. Hagen

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH437
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about growing up in Minn. and Wyo.; graduated from Jackson High School in 1942; offered an opportunity to go to West Point, but turned it down and joined 10th Mtn. Division with 3 letters of recommendation; came to Camp Hale as a member of the 86th Regiment, "L" Company; discusses life at Camp Hale focusing on Ski and rock climbing instruction; brief discussion of Camp Swift; discusses trip across Atlantic carrying specialized...
Dates: 2011

Harold L. Jackson oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH334
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Jackson's experiences: medical treatment of Italian citizens, especially children for illnesses and wounds; Po River campaign and the outbreak of hepatitis.

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Harold M. Hindes oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH138
Scope and Contents

Discusses the Bancker-Nicholls Brokerage Company.

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Harris Dusenbery oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH325
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Dusenbery's experiences: early life; training at Camp Hale, Colo.; D-Series maneuvers, combat experiences in Italy.

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Harris L. Haffner oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH280
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Haffner's time as a member of Company B, 604th Mountain Artillery and his service in Italy: role of an artillery battalion, gun sections, hiding guns and creating gun pits, foxholes, ammunition pits; crossing Lake Garda on a DUKW; end of the war; relocation to Yugoslavian border to reinforce British troops. He describes April 14, 1945 when his battalion and the 85th Infantry Regiment were under fire, as one of the worst times...
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Harrison Coleman oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH324
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Coleman's experiences: climbing Riva Ridge and the battle that followed.

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Harry Durham oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH132-17
Scope and Contents

Reminiscences about life in Hamilton, Colorado and ranching. Interviewed by Andrew Gulliford, July 7, 1977. Includes interview with Ira W. Cramer discussing oil development; aging in Rangely, Colorado. Interviewed by Andrew Gulliford, July 17, 1977.

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Harry E. Rahming oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH92
Scope and Contents

Subjects discussed include African American history, Rahming's family history, the Episcopal Church in Colorado, comparisons between American Indians and African Americans. Also includes Rahming's observations about his personal and professional life.

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Harvey A. Wieprecht oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH241
Scope and Contents The interview document Wieprecht's experiences as a member of the 10th Mountain Division: experiences as a ski instructor, radioman and mortar team leader in the 86th during training at Camp Hale and Camp Swift; arrival of his unit in Naples and their movement to the front lines, relieving a British unit; Company F was the first 10th Mountain Division unit to engage the Germans; experiences during the attack on Riva Ridge and the subsequent defense; liberation of Italian villages on the way...
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Harvey T. Sethman oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH1-8
Scope and Contents

Recalls experiences with the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado and John Galen Locke, Grand Dragon of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan.

Dates: 1963

Hassell G. Vass oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH404
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Vass' experiences: personal background and basic training at Ft. Bliss; circumstances around joining the 10th Mountain Division; arrival at Camp Hale and time spent with wife; "D" series; furlough prior to transport to Italy; poverty in Naples; time at Villa outside Pisa; arrival at Riva Ridge, seeing Selwin Alexander's death; being wounded at Castel D'Aiano and hospital stay; transport back to the US aboard a hospital ship;...
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Hazel Howell oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH71
Scope and Contents

Discusses life in Fraser, Colo., Swedish immigrants in rural Colorado, Swedish customs.

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Helen Arndt oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH2-2
Scope and Contents

Recollections regarding WPA Federal Art project in Colorado and the various artists involved with project.

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Helen Arndt oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH180-1
Scope and Contents

Arndt discusses Denver's architecture especially during the 1910s and 1920s.

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Helen Echovarria oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH65
Scope and Contents

Discusses Evelyn F. Hildegard who was known as Diamond Tooth Lil, prostitution in Idaho and Colorado.

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Helene Balch oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH37
Scope and Contents

Discusses the actress, Maude Fealy, and other theater topics.

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Henry C. Klingman oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH311
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Klingman's experiences: traveling, food service, and accommodations; being wounded in Italy, hospital stay; meeting German prisoners at the end of the war.

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Henry E. Lowenstein oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH150-7
Scope and Contents

Discusses his experiences as a designer of sets, lighting and costumes for the Bonfils Theater (Denver, Colo.). Talks about the Bonfils Theater and its role as a community theater. Mentions several other Denver (Colo.) area theaters and talks about people active in them. Also gives an assessment of the potential interactions between live theater and the newly developed cable television market.

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Henry J. Tebow oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH-131
Scope and Contents

Discusses Tebow's early life and education, a wide range of water issues and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects from 1930-1966.

Dates: 1983

Henry T. Eames oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH132-19
Scope and Contents

Discusses problem of aging and what Grand Junction RSVP is trying to accomplish. Interviewed by Randall Teeuwen, September 22, 1977. Includes interview with Dave Norman, Director of Rocky Mountain Agency on Aging, on programs for elderly. Interviewed by Randall Teeuwen, September 27, 1977.

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Henry W. Toll oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH1-10
Scope and Contents

State Senator Toll discusses events of the Colorado 25th General Assembly and his opposition to the legislative program of the Ku Klux Klan dominated Assembly.

Dates: 1963