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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 568 Collections and/or Records:

Striking Liquid Gold: Colorado Jews in the Oil Business, 2016

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00016
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains DVDs created by Dr. Jeanne Abrams: A Grocery Store on Every Corner: Early Colorado Jewish Grocers; And Justice You Shall Pursue: Early Colorado Jewish Lawyers; A Legacy of Caring: Early Colorado Jewish Women 1860-1930 (2 copies); From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs; Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver's Jewish Community; Growing Up in Early Denver: The Lives of Jewish Children 1860-1940; At Home on the Range: Colorado Jewish Cowboys,...
Dates: 2016

Sylvia Ginsburg and Zelda Guttman Video Interview

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Identifier: B098.15.0020.00002
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: circa 1990

Sylvia Ginsburg and Zelda Guttman Video Interview, 2005 January 27

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Identifier: B098.15.0023.00003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 2005 January 27

"Taps are Talking: Women in Tap" Collection

 Collection
Identifier: D093
Abstract

"Taps are Talking: Women in Tap" is a production created by Ellie Sciarra. This production highlights past and current female tappers. This collection contains materials collected by Ellie Sciarra through her design and research for the production. The collection contains interviews with female tappers, clippings, posters, research materials, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1998-2004

The Beck Family

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Identifier: B098.15.0020.00008
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: circa 1990

The Dance Archive "Festival Caravan" Oral History Project

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Identifier: D084
Abstract

This collection contains oral histories conducted by the Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library for the 2017 annual project "Festival Caravan." Interviews include Buddy Butler, Frederick Glick, the Lowenstein family, Schyleen Qualls, and Cleo Parker Robinson. It also contains copies of the documentary created for the 2017 annual meeting, "Festival Caravan." In 2019, the Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library rebranded as The Dance Archive.

Dates: 2017

The Dance Archive Oral Histories on Perry-Mansfield Dance Camp

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Identifier: D047
Abstract

In 2013, the Friends of the Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library (later rebranded as The Dance Archive) did a series of interviews with faculty, students, community members and other individuals affliated with the Perry Mansfield Dance Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. These interviews were conducted in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Perry Mansfield Dance Camp. The interviews were all videotaped at Perry Mansfield Dance Camp between July 20th and July 24th, 2013.

Dates: 2013

The Dance Archive "Rising Stars: Denver Civic Ballet and Ballet Guild" Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: D069
Abstract

In 2016, in conjuction with Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library's annual exhibit "Rising Stars: Denver Civic Ballet and Ballet Guild," oral histories were conducted to be included in the supplemental documentary for the exhibit. These oral histories include interviews with former dancers, costumers, and journalists. In 2019, the Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library rebranded as The Dance Archive.

Dates: 2016

The Dance Archive "Square Dance in the American West" Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: D114
Abstract

This collection contains oral histories and a documentary created by The Dance Archive for the 2018 annual project "Square Dance in the American West." The interviews were conducted with Bill Litchman and Kelly Shortandqueer.

Dates: 2018

Tillye Levy Box Talk, 1978 April 20

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00026
Abstract """Box Talk"" on ""Jewish oral history, a new approach to an old story"" was presented during Jewish Heritage Week. Alby Segall gives a lecture on oral history and its place in Jewish history. Segall then demonstrates how to conduct an oral history by interviewing Tillye Levy (née Shulman).Alby Segall works on two oral history projects in Denver, Colo., one interviewing key leaders in the development of local Jewish social service agencies (sponsored by the Allied Jewish...
Dates: 1978 April 20