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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 568 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with François Clemmons, 1999 May 29, 2003

 Item
Identifier: M450.05.00003
Abstract François Clemmons recounts how music, especially spirituals, has played a prominent role throughout his life, from singing in church and school assemblies, to the founding of the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble. He describes that while he was trained in classical and operatic music, the Ensemble, founded in 1984, filled a personal need in his life not addressed by his successful concert career. He discusses his views on the difference between spirituals and gospel music, the concertizing of...
Dates: 1999 May 29; Issued: 2003
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M450, The Spirituals Project Records / Digital Materials

Oral History Interview with Frank Quicksilver, 1979 July 25

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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00022
Abstract Topics covered: Father died when he was six; served in WWI for the Russian Army on the front line; 1920 Russian civil war starts, white army killed Jews; leaves for US paying many bribes to get out; comes through Elis Island, goes to Baltimore where uncle was and later to DC; gets TB and comes to Denver for treatment with wife and 18 mo. old child, in Denver diagnosed as asthmatic; worked in produce sales, talks about JCRS jobs; lost only son in World War II; feelings on Jewish community;...
Dates: 1979 July 25
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Beth Israel Residents / Box 8

Oral History Interview with Frank Yaklich, 1989 February 3, 2006

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Identifier: BHS-SCA-002
Abstract Frank Yaklich was President of CF&I Steel Corporation. Born in Pueblo, Frank attended the University of Colorado majoring in Engineering. In 1960, he worked 2 years for Inland. Came to the CF & I as an industrial engineer then assigned to maintenance in the 25" Mill from 1962-1964. From 1964-1967 he worked at the Seamless Tube Mill, from 1967-1968, he was a design engineeer. In 1969 Frank worked as the Roll Shop Assistant Superintendent, in 1970 he was the Superintendent of Rolling...
Dates: 1989 February 3; Digitization: 2006
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U358, A Sound Model Digital Archive / Bessemer Historical Society

Oral History Interview with Frayda Ornsten, 1978 July 17

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00038
Abstract

Frayda Lynn Ornsten (née Blumberg) discusses her childhood, including the Jewish environment, schooling, and family gatherings. She also discusses her two marriages and her education and career in the field of special education. She talks about her father, Ben Blumberg, and her relationship with him. She reflects on changing attitudes, roles, goals of youth, and her philosophy of life. Went to the University of Denver.

Interview Index notes in Release file B098.01.0022.0003

Dates: 1978 July 17
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 2

Oral History Interview with Fred Wahl, 1984 April 14

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Identifier: B098.16.0012.00017
Abstract

Interview covers life experiences in Poland in the early 1930s, increasing antisemitism. Escaped to Cuba in 1936 and then came to America. Joined the US Army, experience of the war from the army perspective. Reuniting with his sister, only surviving member of his family. Experience in postwar America and attitudes toward America, family and Jewish organizations.

Dates: 1984 April 14
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Holocaust / Box 12

Oral History Interview with Gaston Santi, 1986

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Identifier: M054.01.0002.00011
Abstract

Gaston Santi answers questions from an unidentified male interviewer during an interview in Denver, Colorado on April 20, 1986. Santi discusses details about the University Park neighborhood of Denver since he moved to the area in 1949 including commercial and residential development, the effect of busing on the local schools, and the types of churches and schools in the area. He also discusses the changes in the types of transportation available to neighborhood residents.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M054, Barry Matchett University Park Oral History Collection / Oral History Tapes / Box 2

Oral History Interview with George Sukin, 1978 June 13

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00028
Abstract

George Sukin talks about life in Poland, Palestine and Billings, Montana. He was taken out of high school at 16 to enlist in the army.

Dates: 1978 June 13
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 2

Oral history interview with Gerald L. Cronan, 2003 May 14

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Identifier: DCL2003.211
Abstract Cronan describes his boot camp experiences and his initial assignment to shore duty patrolling the beach at Nags Head, N.C. during World War II. He details his training in preparation for serving on an LST (Landing Ship Tank), his assignment to LST-762, a newly-commissioned ship built in Pittsburg, and its journey down the Mississippi River, through the Panama Canal, to San Diego picking up troops, on to Pearl Harbor and finally unloading in the Philippines at Leyte. He recalls other...
Dates: 2003 May 14
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U358, A Sound Model Digital Archive / Douglas County Libraries

Oral History Interview with Gertrude Sigman, 1982 April 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00110
Abstract

Parents came to Denver from Russia around 1900 for better living standards, already had some family here. Talks about early life in Denver, bakery and vegetable deliveries, her mother, stores and businesses of the time and people.

Dates: 1982 April 1
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 5

Oral History Interview with Gilbert Fernandez, 1989 September 27, 2006

 Item
Identifier: BHS-SCA-010
Dates: 1989 September 27; Digitization: 2006
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U358, A Sound Model Digital Archive / Bessemer Historical Society

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