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21) Johnson siblings
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Sam, Sally, Steve, and Bill Johnson sit in front of the family Christmas tree in December of 1953.
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Frances Felicia Mendicelli describes her immigration to the United States from Italy, settling in Grand Junction, Colorado, her early education in both Italy and Mesa County, and learning English. She also talks about Christmas, food and tradition in her Italian American family, and about her father’s job as a railroad section foreman and life in a railroad family. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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Cordelia Files talks about the history of her family as early homesteaders in Mesa County, Colorado. She remembers life in Fruita in the early Twentieth century. She recalls working on a ranch near De Beque for her first job at the age of fifteen. She speaks about her life as a teacher instructing all eight grades in a one-room school house, about different episodes from her career in education (including the time a cat came to school), and about...
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In this recording, Alta Nolan reads the memoirs of Cordelia Files. Files talks about the history of her parents and maternal grandparents who homesteaded in the Fruita, Colorado area in the 1890’s. She describes the fruit growing operation on the homestead. She recounts seeing the Ute people and Chipeta when they came in the fall to dry fruit from the orchard. She remembers early Fruita, with its dirt streets and plank sidewalks. She speaks about...
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Postcard
This simple Christmas themed postcard was sent to Dorothy Shryack by a Mrs. Bowen on December 23, 1918.
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Postcard
This postcard, featuring flowers and a mountains landscape, was sent to Dorothy Shryack by someone named Byron on December 25, 1908.
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Postcard
This Christmas postcard, featuring a hand-painted floral design, was addressed to Dorothy Shryack by an unidentified person on December 21, 1912.
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Postcard
This simple Christmas and New Year postcard was sent to Mr. and Mrs. William Shryack by Jessie M. The postmark is illegible. The message on the front of the card says, "With hearty greetings and the best of all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year."
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A handmade program for a Christmas concert at the Brush Creek School. Titled "Merry Christmas to All." Undated. 28 performances are listed, along with the names of the performers. The performers include Ralph Beck, Mittie Borah, Eddie Long, Mamie Long, Roy Long, Willie Long, Miss Mahoney, Alan Metheny, the Peterson Girls, Leila Peterson, Lilliam Peterson, Dorothy "Dora" Shryack, Paul Shryack, and Byron Zartman.
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Alice Olsen discusses her training as a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, her subsequent career at the Glenwood Hospital in Glenwood Springs, and early doctors in the area. She also talks about her childhood in Palisade and about her family’s activities and traditions. 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...
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Gertrude Webber talks about her husband Walt and the livelihoods they made for themselves in Routt County and how that led them to bring the first television to Steamboat, as well as create a Steamboat Christmas tradition.
