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Four Mancos residents (Fern Ellis Mattie Holston Vida Mallet Ethel Bowling and Callie Alexander) Describe growing up in Mancos Colorado in the early 1900's.

No name or description given for audio from Museum of Western Colorado. Title: Early Days/Fruita/Grand Junction

Folk Song

A continuation of the class on Basic Poetics taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this tape the class discusses Hart Crane and Sir Phillip Sydney.

Civil War Song

Folk Song

Interview with astronomer Jimmy Robinson on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discoverer of the planet Pluto. Robinson talks about working with Tombaugh during the 1950s to set up an…

Hibbert was born in Mesa at corner of Morris and Second Avenue and married Ruth Hansen in 1932 at the Arizona Temple. He describes what Mesa was like growing up with no running water no electricity…

Jim Lindell discusses the three summers he worked as a smokejumper out of McCall Idaho from 1964 to 1966. He recalls experiences from training jumping and socializing as a smokejumper particularly in…

George Honey talks about the beginning of the smokejumper program and the experimentation on equipment and methods. He specifically discusses his friendship with Francis Lufkin a pioneer smokejumper…

One of the first men selected in 1940 to train as a smokejumper Earl Cooley describes the early years of the program including the selection of men the training and the equipment. He also recalls…

Watson "Java" Bradley talks about being the first Navajo smokejumper based out of Missoula Montana from 1974 to 1977. Bradley describes his training particularly the physically challenging…

Watson "Java" Bradley talks about being the first Navajo smokejumper based out of Missoula Montana from 1974 to 1977. Bradley describes his training particularly the physically challenging…

Recollections Soccorro and San Elizario area which include history culture folklore and traditions of the area.