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A KOTO Radio station show, called Voices & Visions, in Telluride, Colorado. Johnny Stevens interviews long time local resident Jim Delpaz, also known as Whispering Jim. Jim speaks of Telluride history, including Bob Demsey, Tomboy Road, weather forecasting, Imogene pass lightning, and the way the bars used to be in Telluride.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical...
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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 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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Art Goodtimes, a long-time Telluride resident, describes his life, on this Voices & Visions show, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado. Art came to Telluride in 1980, when Telluride was undergoing a change from being a mining town into a resort area.
Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records...
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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 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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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 reel-to-reel newscast recording, from 10/30/79 through 12/13/79. Total length is about 1 hour, 23 minutes. The transcription, below, includes timestamps. Tracks include:
1. Allan Norris, from Ridgway, on hydroelectric power: 10/30/19 (10:20).
2. Hart to hart. (Senator Gary Hart) (4:20).
3. Interview Evie Haskall: 10/29/79 (20:26).
4. Halloween parade (4:06).
5. Experts from town council; Jerry Vass; Mountain on subdivision: 11/13//79...
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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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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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A KOTO radio show, in Telluride, Colorado. Dates of the tracks vary, and most tracks were approximately 1983. Linda Miller on3 or 1984. This is part two of public commentaries and opinions. Total length is about 1 hour 12 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Art Goodtimes on the upcoming election ballad: public funding.
2. Dave Whillaw on the upcoming election ballad: capital improvement fund for a pool.
3. Wayno Urdonas regarding the TELCO half day lift...
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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 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 Radio show, from Telluride, Colorado, that took place on January 1, 1988, called the Nurse Bowl Parade with Buddy White and Eileen Dover. The description on the reel-to-reel states: Turn your T.V. to the Nurse Bowl Parade, turn down the sound, turn up KOTO with Buddy & Eileen as they bring you enhanced color commentary and general craziness from a local perspective.
Buck Lowe was the producer.
The first 8 minutes is music and then Eileen...
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"The early 70's was a time of rebellion and experimentation. As the nation reeled with social upheaval, creativity flourished. Telluride was changing, mining was dying, skiing was born. What emerged was a lively community forging a new identity in a spectacular isolated mountain landscape." -- from case.
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A KOTO reel-to-reel newscast recording, from 1977. Total length is about 1 hour, 17 minutes. Tracks include:
1. Interview with T. Hale: County budget, 10/1977: (6:44).
2. Freebox: "To Be or Not to Be", 10/1977: (6:54).
3. Interview with Dick Bird, volunteer for Ray Kogovsek: (3:59).
4. Governor Lamm, New York snow job, 10/1977:(1:30).
5. Interview with Kent State worker, 9/19/1977: (10:02).
6. CETA Investigation, phone interview with...
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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...
