Heritage Colorado
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
History lecture by Dwight Patterson, 2006 March
Local History Seminar, 1974, 1974, 2006
Local History Seminar, 1980, 1980 April, 2006
Panel discussing history of Montezuma County, Colorado.
Oral history interview with Gertrude Cooper, 1986 May 15, 2006 March
Oral history interview with Lorenzo Dow Rhoton, 1986 April 14, 2006 March
Oral history interview with Marjorie Entz, 1980 March 17, 2006 March
Entz, born in Illinois, came to Mesa, Arizona, at the age of four to recover from pneumonia. She describes life in Mesa including the transition from horse and buggy to car. She recalls early downtown businesses and describes recreation including dances at the Mezona. She talks about her career as a teacher and the history of Mesa schools.
Oral history interview with Mason W. Davis, 1980 October 6, 2006 March
Davis describes his childhood in Mesa, Arizona, where his family settled in the late 1800s. He discusses his schooling and recalls several businesses in downtown Mesa.
Oral history interview with Ms. Veora Johnson, 2001 April 19, 2006 March
Johnson details her education in Texas and tells of her move to Mesa, Arizona, to teach public school. She discusses the history of the Mesa school system during segregation and after. She describes when the schools were integrated and what it was like being the first African American teacher at the Irving School. Johnson also gives some history of the Washington area and talks about race relations in Mesa.
Oral History Interview with Robert and Dorothy Jackson, 1984 September 22, 2006
Robert Adison Jackson went to West Minister College and then graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1919 as a geologist. He came to Pueblo, Colorado in 1923 and was licenced as an engineer in 1928. Jackson worked in Walsenburg, Colorado for five or six years and then went to the CF&I Denver office in 1936. In 1946 he moved to Arkansas until 1961. Jackson retired in 1964.
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- Interviews 8
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 7
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century 6
- Schools -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 6
- African Americans -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 2
- Dove Creek (Colo.) -- History 2
- African American women school principals -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
- African American women teachers -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
- Agriculture -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Buildings -- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
- Business enterprises -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Businesses -- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
- Central business districts -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Citrus -- Mesa (Ariz.) 1
- Civic leaders -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
- Freight hauling -- Colorado -- History 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Gilbert (Ariz.) 1
- Gilbert (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Gilbert (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
- Homesteading -- Lewis (Colo.) 1
- Homesteading -- Yellow Jacket area (Montezuma County, Colo.) 1
- Mancos (Colo.) -- History 1
- Mayors -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Biography 1
- McPhee (Colo.) -- History 1
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Race relations 1
- Mitchell Springs area (Cortez, Colo.) -- History 1
- Mormons -- Mesa (Ariz.) 1
- Mormons -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
- Neighborhood -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Oral histories 1
- Public schools -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Race relations -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Recreation -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Schools 1
- Schools -- Cortez (Colo.) -- History 1
- Schools -- Gilbert (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Schools -- Mancos (Colo.) -- History 1
- Schools -- Montezuma County (Colo.) 1
- Sheep ranches -- Arizona -- History 1
- Steel industry and trade -- United States -- History 1
- Teachers -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Biography 1
- Teachers -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
- Teaching 1
- Transportation -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Ute Mountain Indian Reservation -- History 1
- Water-supply -- Arizona 1
- Water-supply -- Cortez (Colo.) 1 + ∧ less