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Andrew Gulliford for Colorado Reflections, about 1985, 2006 January 16
Andrew Gulliford, photographer, oral historian, instructor at Silk Elementary School and Colorado Mountain College, discusses the early one-room county schoolhouses in Colorado and the qualifications and restrictions placed on teachers.
Brad Bowles for Colorado Reflections
Brad Bowles, professor of theater at the University of Colorado at Denver, discusses his work with senior citizens to collect biographical stories in order to create plays based on these stories. Reflects on a play he wrote with a student, "The Red Wheelbarrow," and how it led to the creation of what Bowles calls senior theater after a performance at a senior citizen community center. Reflects on his process which includes collecting stories and transforming them into performances.
Helen Miles Bradshaw for Colorado Reflections
Helen Miles Bradshaw reflects on her life in Hugo, Colorado, where she was born. Bradshaw describes the town, her first home, childhood games, the big blizzard in 1913, and the dustbowl in the 1930s. Bradshaw reflects on her time as a schoolteacher, taking tests to become a teacher, and her memories of teaching at rural schools. Discusses Saint Mark's Church in Denver and her book about the history of the church.
Idabelle Arndt for Colorado Reflections
Mary Kirke Wilson for Colorado Reflections
Mary Kirke Wilson reflects on her memories of Canyon City, Hugo, Hardin, and Denver, Colorado. Wilson recalls memories of her father's laundry business and general store, the fashions of the 1920s, music on the radio in the 1910s and 1920s. Wilson attended Colorado Women's College and reflects on her experience in college. Finally, Mary Kirke Wilson discusses her career as a school teacher.
Robert Brown for Colorado Reflections
Robert Brown for Colorado Reflections
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