Sound recordings

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Reminiscences about Moore's experiences during the height of the Ku Klux Klan influence in Colorado.

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Noel talks about her childhood, family, education, marriage and her careers as a welfare worker and magazine editor; also discusses Denver public school system and a trip to African.

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Humphreys recalls his experience as a Denver (Colo.) Post reporter covering the activities of William J. Candish, a Ku Klux Klan appointed police chef; also discusses John Galen Locke, Grand Dragon of Ku Klux Klan of Colorado.

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Collection contains an audio-cassette with Rosevear reciting poems: The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill, The Face on the Barroom Floor, and Going Up Cripple Creek; also includes narrations on Georgetown (Colo.) mine and train tour, Ouray jeep tour, and Molly Brown House (Denver, Colo.).

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Owen talks about the family photographs (copy prints) that he donated to the Denver Public Library; talks about his family and his grandfather, William Jennings Bryan. Newspaper article details the marriage of Owen's parents, Reginald and Ruth Bryan Leavitt.

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Recalls Ku Klux Klan activities during the time he was bodyguard for Grand Dragon, Dr. John Galen Locke (1871-1935). Discusses election and actions of various city and state officials and their involvement with the organization; investigations of the organizations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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Underhill discusses her early life, her service with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and her work with Native Americans.

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Salvatore and Julia Pacifico talk about family, traditions, customs, the Lodge and social activities.

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Talks about his long career with the Denver Fire Department, firefighting vehicles and equipment, big fires in Denver, Colorado.

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Interviews with Ray Humphreys gives a newspaperman's view of the Ku Klux Klan and police corruption, Joseph E. Cook tells of the Ku Klux Klan's seizure of city government, Henry W. Toll recounts the Klan's attempt to control state government and courts, Rev. Louis Froman and Rev. William M. Higgins recall Catholic persecution.

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Lindsay talks about his great-uncle, photographer Louis Charles McClure; Lindsay recalls McClure's studio, darkroom, cameras, photographic apparatus, chemicals, his cooking abilities and spending Christmas day at his house.

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Recording by Kohn of over 200 letters he sent to his mother between March 18, 1943 and July 20, 1944.

Scope and Contents Boddington talks about his childhood, his family, skiing, and participation in the Olympics. He also discusses in detail World War II breaking out, basic training, joining the mountain ski troops, going to Italy and participating in some of the key fighting of the 10th Mountain Division. After detailing his experiences during the war he talks about coming home and about the beginning of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division. An epilogue by the interviewer tells of the death...