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Evelyn Kyle, the first coordinator of the Mesa County Oral History Project, discusses her role in expanding the program shortly after its inception in 1976, and describes colorful personalities that she met through the project. She also talks about her life in the performing arts, establishing and acting in community theaters around Western Colorado, about her experiences during the Dust Bowl and World War II, and about her marriage to Jim Kyle and...
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Longtime Fruita residents and photographers Will Minor and Lee Warner discuss their experiences in the Colorado National Monument and the surrounding areas of Western Colorado and Eastern Utah. They also talk about meeting John Otto, and about Minor’s discovery of the rare Papilio Indra Minori butterfly on the Monument. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of...
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from September and October of 1977 until August of 1978. Total length is about 1 hour, 37 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Pat O'Boyle on chemical spill in Lawson Hill, 8/5/78.
2. Opening Arts & Humanities Art Show: Interview with Meager, 8/77.
3. Jazz Festival 1977: Interview with Nick Terstenjak and other folks, 8/77.
4. Interview with Pat Lamb, new owner/editor of Telluride Times, 9/23/77.
5. Interview...
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from 1978. Total length is about 2 hours, 36 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Town council, 9/78.
2. Ouray culinary art show, 9/14/78.
3. Film festival pre-story (Stella Pense), 1/9/78.
4. Film festival past story (Stella Pense), 9/78.
5. Rear II: Interview with a Delta forest ranger.
6. Uranium survey in national parks (Jim Harpster), 9/11/78.
7. Uranium survey (Ron Sueitzer), 9/11/78.
8. Alaska wilderness,...
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Three KOTO Community Radio newscasts, regarding the big drug busts, made by the FBI, during 1981, in Telluride, Colorado. Under-cover FBI agents were used to discover the suspects that were arrested for cocaine. KOTO news reporters include Jerry Greene, Barry Cook, Rita Robinson, and Nancy Craft. Dates of the recordings are: 5/27/81, 6/1/81, and 6/2/81. Each newscast is about 15-20 minutes long, total recording length is about 51 minutes.
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A KOTO radio show, in Telluride, Colorado. Dates of the tracks vary, and most tracks were approximately 1983 or 1984. This is part I of public commentaries and opinions. Total length is about 1 hour 15 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Dance registration with Jeri McAndrews.
2. Food Coop report with Mary Cal Hollis.
3. Linda Miller on the upcoming election.
4. Joe Crain: clean-up Telluride.
5. Mike Farrell on the San Juan race to raise funds for skiers.
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from approximately 1978. Total length is 2 hours, 15 minutes. Tracks include:
(1-4) NFCB Convention '78 report.
5. Jazz festival '78 interviews with visitors and town folk & jazz festival '78 music.
6. Bear Creek closing interview with Jack Hawkins, 8/4/78.
7. John Cohn softball report: final.
8. Whooping cough, 9/5/78 (Dr. Grevel interview on Church of the First Born) &
Mining in national parks (Everheart),...
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A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, that aired in Telluride, Colorado probably in the early 1980's (the date of the recording is unknown). Jerry Greene interviews Donald O'Rourke, Telluride's longest resident. Donald goes into extensive history of the area--starting in the early 1900's until the present. Please see the transcription for details and to jump between topics with the timestamps.
Topics discussed include:
1.) Liberty Bell Gold mining...
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A Voices & Visions program, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado. Malcolm "Mouse" McDonald speaks of the history of Hastings Mesa, including Malcolm's great-grandfather, who was the first settler on Hastings Mesa in the 1880's. Malcolm also discusses the history of areas surrounding Telluride, such as the Placerville area and Goronno Ranch. Also includes the naming of Hastings Mesa and Wilson Mesa. Malcolm lived on Hastings Mesa during the 1930's...
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from 1977-1978. Total length is about 1 hour, 37 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Hart water conservation week: Richard Lamm.
2. Planning & Zoning geo. hazards/flood planes, J. Crane: 3/78.
3. Lynn Swartz: eclipse of the moon, 3/78.
4. Jim Bedford/R. Malan: Chamber music interview; County Planning & Zoning preview of parking & transportation plus master plan: Tom Hale, 5/18/68.
5. Terry Selby speaking with...
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The second KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from 1976-1977. Total length is about 1 hour, 34 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Kathy Kelly/Ken Boyer deaths
2. Interview with John Payne on title insurance
3. Phone interview with Miles Arbor about Beau Calloway/Crested Butte
4. Phone interview with Marshall Jim Hall on his resignation.
5. Steve Sulloway report on school board meeting: Vanest/Burley/Young building request to HPC.
6. Interview...
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from approximately 1977 Total length is about 2 hour, 39 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Bob Hedlend interview on coal stire's affect on Telluride, 11/1977: (1:22).
2. Don O'Roark interview, past due taxes: (7:38).
3. John Manstield on mountain medical services progress and needs: (3:12).
4. Jane Hill interview on county health services (WIC), 11/6/77: (11:08)
5. Bob Dolan, division of highway speed limit...
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from 1979. Total length is about 3 hours, 32 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Question of the Week: Have you decided and how, about the elections? (Street Interviews).
2. Interview with Johnson about the selling of Idarado land, 4/10/79.
3. Interview with Mike Calagan about the grant requested for the Chamber Music Festival.
4. Speaker Linda Jackson about the land tax transfer at Crested Butte, 4/2/79.
5. Interviews...
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Tom and Marie Biglin talk about their lives in the Nucla, Colorado area, about his career in ranching, and about her career as the office manager for the Nucla Regional Office of the Rural Electrification Administration. They also touch on his service as an ambulance driver during World War I, the development of irrigation in Nucla, and other tidbits of local history. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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Downtown Telluride, with vehicles parked on both sides of the street. The Sheridan Hotel is visible on the right side. Snow-capped mountains in the far background. [Writing on back] addressed to Erie Motel Coo Coo Club Erie, Penn.
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Three photos - Mesa Verde Cliff Palace, Pt. Lookout Camp Cottages and Pt. Lookout One Stop Super Service Station. "Modern Cabins--Natural Gas. Up-to-Date cafe--Curio Shop. Miles from camp to..." C.T. Art-Gravure.
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Laura Foster discusses John “Peg-leg” Foster and his involvement in Telluride mining strikes, and her life as a pioneer woman in the Paradox Valley. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
