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Eitelgeorge, Loretta M., 1903-1997

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Loretta M. Eitelgeorge (1903-1997) grew up in Denver, Colorado's Highlands neighborhood, and moved to the University Park area of Denver in 1937. Her husband, Ben, was a minister at the University Park Methodist Church until he retired in 1960. He had grown up in the area, and attended school with many of the then-current residents.

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Oral History Interview with Loretta Eitelgeorge, 1986

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Identifier: M054.01.0001.00011
Abstract Loretta Eitelgeorge relates her personal memories of musical and social events in the University Park area of Denver, Colorado, the occupants of various homes in the area (some families included 3 generations simultaneously residing in the Park), the interrelationship between the University Park Methodist Church and the University of Denver faculty, the gradual build-up of the area, and the many trees and plants in the area, especially the Denver University Rose, cultivated by Dr. Ira E....
Dates: 1986