Mela Lindsay for Colorado Reflections
Item
Identifier: couda-lindsay
Abstract
Mela Lindsay (Amelia Meisner Lindsay) was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1905. She discusses her family's journey across the world. Her family moved to Kansas and she moved to Colorado in 1927 after getting married. Mela Lindsay discusses her memories of the landscape of Denver in the 1920s, living through the Great Depression, and being married to a Denver police officer. Lindsay also discusses her books: "The White Lamb" and "A Window into the Iron Curtain."
Dates
- Date Not Yet Determined
Creator
- Cullis, Harry (Interviewer, Person)
Digital Repository
Mela Lindsay for Colorado Reflections
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English, Spanish, and other languages.
Extent
1 Items ; 25 minutes, 34 seconds
- Colorado
- Denver (Colo.)
- Lindsay, Mela (Interviewee)
- Police
- Russia
- World War, 1914-1918
- Writing
Source
- University of Colorado at Denver (Organization)
- Heritage Colorado (Organization)
- Auraria Library (Organization)
Creator
- Cullis, Harry (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository