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Other Oral History CDs by Subject Matter
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE - GROWING UP IN SILVERTON – “Across the Great Divide” was planned in 1976 by Irene Epp, then Director of the Silverton Public Library, The San Juan County Commissioners, the San Juan County Historical Society, and San Juan Regional Planning Commission. The series of nine weekly programs was designed to promote discussion regarding the planning of future development in San Juan County. The first four meeting were concerned with history of the county during its first century. Sessions five thru eight focused on current issues. The final session was a summing up of the issues addressed throughout the county. Each program involved local residents, humanities scholars and technical experts.
September 15, 1976 – (F-5-E-1-6, Parts 1 & 2) 110 min. total – 2 CDs $25 EACH Moderator: Gerald Swanson Participants: Frances Beaber, James R. Bell, E. Fenrick Sutherland, Mary Dalla Swanson, Gerald Swanson, Leonard “Red” Bird Participants discuss various aspects of life as children and young adults in Silverton and compare views on quality of life as Silverton residents.
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE - GROWING UP IN SILVERTON – January 19, 1977 – (F-5-E-1-15, Part 1) – 65 min Moderator: Gerald Swanson Participants: Rena Dalla Antonelli, Nellie Jane Brown Hill, Fenrick Sutherland, Mary Dalla Swanson, Norma Crawford Wyman, Gerald Swanson Across the Great Divide – San Juan County’s Second Century Participants discuss various aspects of life as children and young adults in Silverton.
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE - GROWING UP IN SILVERTON – January 19, 1977 – (F-5-E-1-16, Part 2) – 65 min Moderator: Gerald Swanson Participants: Rena Dalla Antonelli, Nellie Jane Brown Hill, Fenrick Sutherland, Mary Dalla Swanson, Norma Crawford Wyman, Gerald Swanson Across the Great Divide – San Juan County’s Second Century Participants discuss various aspects of life as children and young adults in Silverton.
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE - GROWING UP IN SILVERTON – April 20, 1978 – (F-5-E-2-9, Parts 1 & 2) – 94 min total - 2 CDs $25 EACH Moderator: Gerald Swanson Participants: Mary L. Andersen, Margaret “Marge” Louise Prince Bell, James W. Cole, Gerald Swanson Participants from a later generation that earlier programs, discuss their family histories and recollections of growing up in Silverton, and changes they have witnessed in the community.
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE - GROWING UP IN SILVERTON – IN SEARCH OF THE SIGNAL - April 19, 1979 – (F-5-E-2-18) - 77 min Participants: Gerald Swanson, James Bell, Fred Andersen Participants discuss the long, strenuous and difficult attempts to bring reliable television reception to Silverton in the late 1950s. Discussion was illustrated with color slides from their respective collections, most taken on Boulder Mountain and Hazelton Ridge. During the search for a reliable signal and the attempt to erect dependable equipment for the relay of the signal, with references to and background remarks from Leon Griner. |