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1. Ollie Graham
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Photograph of a studio portrait of Ollie Graham. She was a music teacher in Red Cliff, was superintendent of schools, and later married Oscar Myer. Mr. Meyer was shot by Sherbondy in 1935. Bill Luby was the judge in that case.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Merrill Angevine served as a teacher, athletic coach, principal within the local Lafayette School District from 1929 to 1934. He then became superintendent for 28 years, from 1934 to 1961. In his oral history interview conducted in 1973, Angevine reflected on the creation of the combined Boulder Valley School district, which integrated Boulder, Louisville, Broomfield, and Lafayette schools in 1961, with Angevine serving as the Director of Teaching...
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Emma (Hollett) Nicolay discusses her parent's journey to Colorado by covered wagon, how she kept busy growing up on a homestead near Norwood, Colorado and her schooling to become a dietitian. She also talks about her work in US Army hospitals as a dietitian during World War ll, and her later work in hospitals in Denver and California. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa...
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The sophomore class of Eagle High School, 1939. Included in the Lux Aquilae (high school annual) for that year.
Standing, L to R: Tom Hartman, Karma Black, Ethel Mary Macdonell, Anna Wentzel, Ethel Hughes, Arves Coffee, Ralph Ginther
Seated: Jean Allen (Johnson), Ruth Thomas (Potts), Ida Mary Daugherty, Benny Meehan, Shirley Cox
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The Gilman School in 1930.
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Red Cliff School in Red Cliff, Colorado, lower primary grades.
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Mary Cox talks about her education at the Bryant School and elsewhere in Grand Junction, about corsets and other aspects of school fashion, the history of the Riverside Neighborhood, attending community dances and Glenwood Springs’ Strawberry Days, and boys swimming in the Colorado River. She also discusses old downtown businesses, going to movies at the Majestic Theater, a brothel that advertised at the Mesa County Fairgrounds during a baseball...
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Studio portrait of Blanche Gay (later married Victor Dump), Red Cliff, Colorado. On the back of the photo: "Blanche Gay, sixteen years old, eighth grade graduation in 1906." [born Feb. 10, 1890] There has been some discussion (with no definitive answer) of this photograph given that another source says it is a wedding portrait.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Helen Johnson talks about moving to Denver, Colorado from Cleveland, Ohio at a young age and growing up in different places in Colorado. She talks about the fraudulent land sale that first brought her family to Delta County, Colorado in 1910, and that took her father’s life savings. She discusses living in a rented log cabin in Hotchkiss, her mother working as a hired washerwoman and housekeeper, and her father’s difficulty finding gainful employment...
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Site of the Lower Sweetwater School (also known as the Jackson School). Building was torn down in the late 1940's.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
11. Miss Tauenner
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Miss Tauenner (?) standing on the steps of Eagle High School, Eagle, Colorado. She is wearing glasses and is holding a book or camera in her right hand.
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"The Antelope School and teacherage on Antelope Creek as they appeared in 1921." -- McCoy Memoirs p.46
The frame construction Antelope School building, completed in 1917, which replaced the original log school building completed in 1912. The log building became the teacherage. Some of the teachers at the Antelope School were "Leila Ferguson, Joan Funk, Mildred Sayre, Alma Slattery, Margie Harbaugh, Marion Conley, Maude Stratton Smith, Tracy Hatch,...
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Della Crider talks about her life on a farm in the Fruita, Colorado area, and teaching at the Rhone School. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society.
14. MacDonald Knight
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MacDonald Knight standing in the snow on the Red Cliff school grounds. He went to high school in Red Cliff and received his master's degree from Western State College. Mr. Knight was a Fulbright Scholar to France in 1953-54.
Eagle Street is in the background and what is now the Red Cliff Community Church [396 Eagle St.] is at right.
Verso: "Don Redcliff 1936, going to RCHS" stamp: Jan 10 1936
15. Boys at Dotsero
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1928: Boys at Dotsero School. Left to right: Edwin Yost, Therman Yost, Freddie Yost, Eddie Wilds, Clyde Hayes.
Unidentified woman in background possibly Myrtie Stephens, teacher at the time.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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In an interview from May 14, 1981 (audio only, no transcript), Basil T. Knight talks about his youth in Michigan, meeting his wife’s family in Palisade, Colorado and ultimately moving there, operating a fruit farm, and becoming a lifelong teacher and school administrator. He explains the mechanisms that originally funded the many smaller school districts on the Western Slope, including taxes on railroads, and the reasons for the consolidation that...
17. Lux Aquilae 1944
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Lux Aquilae was the official yearbook of Eagle High School in Eagle, Colorado. The literal translation from Latin means “light eagle”. Each yearbook contains photographs of students, teachers, administrators, sports teams, clubs, activities, and the school and town itself.
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The Eagle Middle School eighth grade graduation in 1937. Jean Allen is pictured in the middle row, second from the left. Benny Meehan is pictured in the bottom row, far right.
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Primary school children in Basalt School District No. 15, 19 pupils.
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Frieda Miller talks about her pioneer ranching family’s arrival in Palisade, Colorado, and about the exploits of her colorful father, Eben “Mac” Miller. She speaks about her school days in Palisade and Grand Junction, and about childhood games she played (such as Duck on a Rock). She discusses her later life and marriage with farmer and carpenter George Weaver, and her long period as a vegetarian. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...