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1) Interview with Dora (Pritchett) McPheters
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Voice Recording
Dora McPheters talks about being orphaned at an early age in Illinois, at a time when people looked down on orphans. She discusses the orphanage and various homes where she and her brother grew up. She also talks about her career as a teacher in Illinois, and in rural schools around Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado...
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2) Interview with Bertha I. Schlegel
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Bertha Schlegel discusses growing up in Loma, Colorado and helping her family raise beets for Holly Sugar, and making sauerkraut, pickled apples, pickled watermelon and other ethnic food with her mother, who was a German immigrant from Russia. She also remembers her education and school activities throughout her childhood, including field days at the Fruita Central School and Grand Junction High School. She talks about obtaining a teaching degree,...
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