Skip to main content

Heritage Colorado

 Organization

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Arie Taylor for Colorado Reflections

 Item
Identifier: couda-taylor
Abstract Originally from Ohio Arie Taylor moved to Colorado in 1958. Taylor reflects on her time in the Air Force and encountering segregation and discrimination. The first Black woman legislator in Colorado, Taylor discusses her reasons for getting involved in politics, particularly her experiences as a Black woman and her encounters with racism. Discusses racial tensions in Denver in July of 1968, which resulted in protests and community clashes with police and Arie Taylor's arrest. Taylor reflects...
Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Chris Whitacre for Colorado Reflections

 Item
Identifier: couda-whitacre
Abstract Chris Whitacre reflects on her involvement with Historic Denver and writing a book about Molly Brown. Whitacre discusses Margaret Tobin Brown, "the Unsinkable Molly Brown," and her life in Denver. Discusses Brown's rags to riches story, moving to Leadville, surviving the Titanic sinking, and the myths that surround her story. Whitacre discusses the restoration of Molly Brown's Denver home by Historic Denver. Whitacre also discusses Justina Ford, the first Black woman physician in the Rocky...
Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Interview at Pinenut Festival, Schurz, Nevada., 2006, 1968 September 28

 Item
Identifier: UNR83
Abstract

Interview covers the Circle Dance; and pinenut prayer.

Dates: 2006; Digitization: 1968 September 28

Olietta Moore for Colorado Reflections

 Item
Identifier: couda-moore_olietta
Abstract

Olietta Moore, born and raised in Colorado, reminisces on her childhood growing up in the Barnum neighborhood, opening of the Colfax Viaduct, and riding the Barnum streetcar. Discusses writing music, attending the University of Denver at the Lamont School of Music, and entertaining soldiers after World War I. Moore reflects on the creation of the Cosmopolitan Club, fighting against segregation, and the Klu Klux Klan in Denver. Briefly mentions her work as a hard rock miner.

Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Oral History Interview with Aida Richardson, 2004 May 21, 2006 August 5

 Item
Identifier: PPLDoh-viii-9
Abstract

Interview with Aida Richardson from the De donde eres: Cultural Origins of the Southern Colorado Latino/Hispanic Community Collection.

Dates: 2004 May 21; Digitization: 2006 August 5

Oral history interview with Andy Vidovich, about 1968, 2006

 Item
Identifier: UNR90
Abstract

Vidovich discusses the Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Nevada; Mason Valley; Jack Wilson, also known as Wovoka; Thompson; Alida Bowler; and Schurz, Nevada.

Dates: about 1968; Digitization: 2006

Oral history interview with Birdie Dave., 2006, 1969 May 8

 Item
Identifier: UNR106
Abstract

Birdie Dave sings the Ghost Dance song, the Hand Game song, and the Circle Dance.

Dates: 2006; Digitization: 1969 May 8

Oral history interview with Birdie Dave, Helen Williams, and Rose Moose., about 1969, 2006

 Item
Identifier: UNR97
Abstract

The women talk about tattooing; water babies; pinenutting; steam baths; and ants.

Dates: about 1969; Digitization: 2006

Oral History Interview with Brenda Quinones, 2004 September 3, 2006 August 5

 Item
Identifier: PPLDoh-viii-11
Abstract

Interview with Danny Walters from the De donde eres: Cultural Origins of the Southern Colorado Latino/Hispanic Community Collection.

Dates: 2004 September 3; Digitization: 2006 August 5

Oral history interview with Essie Allen

 Item
Identifier: UNR78
Abstract

First part of recording is an informal discussion over lunch with a woman identified as Essie Simon Allen. Second part of the recording is the summary of the circumstances of the interview by the interviewer; discussed the death of her father John Simon and a friend George Johnny [spelling unknown], family history, and Indian medicine.

Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Filtered By

  • Subject: Women X

Additional filters:

Subject
Indigenous peoples of North America 42
Nevada 42
Northern Paiute Indians 42
Northern Paiute women 42
Colorado 5