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Found in 1121 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Bill Brill, 1982 June 30, 2006
Item
Identifier: BHS-SCA-018
Abstract
Bill Brill came to work for CF&I in 1926 in the engineering department. He came to help build the twenty-five inch mill. He also made changes in the fourteen inch mill. He helped build the rod mill in 1954, and the shell plant that made shells for World War II. Later he also helped build the grader blade mill. Also worked in the blast furnace area. Had trouble designing furnaces when natural gas came into the picture in 1928. Brill also built a blast furnace in Wilmington, Deleware, but...
Dates:
1982 June 30; 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 Bob McCannon, 1985 June 12, 2006
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Identifier: BHS-SCA-005
Abstract
Robert (Bob) McCannon came to Pueblo, Colorado and CF&I in 1954 as a junior mine engineer in the mining department. In 1955, he went to Sunrise, Wyoming as a mining engineer. Next McCannon went to the Comstock Mine in Utah where he became the resident engineer in 1962. McCannon returned to the Sunrise Mine in 1968 as the mine's superintendent. One of his jobs was the terminator of assets. McCannon was employed at Sunrise until it shut down in 1980, and the assets were auctioned off in...
Dates:
1985 June 12; Digitization: 2006
Oral history interview with Boddington, William W.
Item
Identifier: DPL-OH203
Dates:
Date Not Yet Determined
Oral History Interview with Bonney Lopez and Eddie Lopez, 2004 February 26, 2006 August 5
Item
Identifier: PPLDoh-viii-4
Abstract
Interview with Bonney Lopez and Eddie Lopez from the De donde eres: Cultural Origins of the Southern Colorado Latino/Hispanic Community Collection.
Dates:
2004 February 26; Digitization: 2006 August 5
Oral history interview with Bonnie Pace, March 10, 1981., 1981 March 10, 2005 May 17
Item
Identifier: NAU_51768
Abstract
Mrs. Bonnie Pace taught for fifty years, and during those years she taught in many different places and with a variety of people including three different Indian tribes. Interviewed by Cherry Ray on March 10, 1981. Topics discussed in the interview include: Bonnie's family and educational background in Combs, Arkansas; description of transportation in the early 1900's; teaching on the Charokee Reservation; the Cherokee people; goals of the Cherokee school; teaching on the Navajo...
Dates:
1981 March 10; Digitization: 2005 May 17
Oral history interview with Boyd Rogers, 1980 February, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MSM97-210
Abstract
Rogers tells of his family's move to Mesa in the late 1800s to settle. His grandfather, Chancy Foster Rogers, homesteaded 80 acres at the southwest corner of Alma School Road and University where Rogers was born in 1900. He tells several stories about the Rogers brothers and their homesteading days. Rogers talks about his school days including a time when he fell off the swings and broke both arms. He mentions home remedies and the value of a dollar in those days. He also describes his...
Dates:
1980 February; Digitization: 2006 March
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 Bush, Francis Owen and John, Thomas, 1975, 2006 August 10
Item
Identifier: MPL15
Abstract
Dorothy Trevino reads the life history of Francis Owen Bush which he wrote for this project. She also interviews Thomas John. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers taken in the 1970s and intended to be added to the Mancos Public Library collection.
Dates:
1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10
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