Colorado
Found in 60871 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History interview with Drs. Robert and Alberta Shattuck, 1986
Oral History Interview with Elaine Long, 1978 May 24
Topics include Elaine's childhood in Memphis, Tennessee; came to Colorado to visit her brother in 1955 and never left. Talks a lot about segregation, integration of Denver Schools; President of NCJW in 1965, worked with the Job Corps during the Kennedy administration.
Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Richardson, 1986
Elizabeth Richardson discusses details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado, and the changes that took place since she moved to the neighborhood in 1963. She talks about the activities, interests, and professions of the neighborhood residents, political issues and zoning disputes, and neighborhood activities. She also discusses the local schools and the voluntary busing program to achieve school desegregation in the 1960s.
Oral History Interview with Fay Kessler, 1986
Oral History Interview with Frances Hayes, 1986
Oral History Interview with Gaston Santi, 1986
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.
Oral History Interview with Helen Driscoll, 1986
Oral History Interview with J. Harold Saks, 1977 June 6
Oral History Interview with Jean Blackledge, 1986
Jean Blackledge discusses changes that took place in the University Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, since her move to the area in 1958 including the increase in the number of commercial businesses, the increase in the amount of traffic in the neighborhood, and the growth of trees and other vegetation. Blackledge affirms that University Park residents are mostly professionals including doctors, lawyers, and professors who work at the University of Denver.
Oral History Interview with Jean Emery, 1986
Jean Emery discusses details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado and the changes that took place since she moved to the neighborhood in 1952. She talks about local businesses, commercial and residential development, and transportation systems. Emery also discusses in depth the efforts to use busing both as a means to ease overcrowding in the local schools, including University Park Elementary School, as well as to achieve school desegregation.