Item Type: VideoDate: 2005-11-04
Description: Oral history interview with Mary Lou Bedee of Colorado Springs
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-12-03
Description: Oral history interview with Mimi Vigil recalls her childhood with her grandparents in Trujillo Creek, Colorado, traditional cultural events, and the Hispanic neighborhood she grew up in Colorado ...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-10-01
Description: Oral history interview with Luis Velez, Colorado Springs Police Chief. Velez recalls growing up in Puerto Rico and New York, his service in Vietnam, and his arrival in Colorado Springs. Velez dis...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2005-03-04
Description: Oral history interview with Ada Torres in which she describes her childhood in Puerto Rico and New York, the importance of culture during holidays, and her service in the Navy. Torres graduated w...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2003-12-19
Description: Oral history interview with Gene Sanchez, Colorado Springs information technology business owner and president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Sanchez recalls his time growing up in the San ...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-05-14
Description: Oral history interview with Ken Salazar who was Attorney General of Colorado in 2004 and went on to serve as a U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior. Salazar tells of how his cultural herita...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-10-08
Description: Oral history interview with Lionel Rivera, Colorado Springs Mayor and former president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Rivera recalls his childhood in a large family from Santa Fe, their cul...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-11-05
Description: Oral history interview with Josie Rivera in which she describes her father's employment in the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, her attendance at Colorado Springs High School, and her early work a...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-09-03
Description: Oral history interview with Brenda Quinones, head of the Latino Unity Council. Quinones describes her childhood in Texas, her cultural heritage, and the Hispanic community of Colorado Springs. Qu...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-10-08
Description: Oral history interview with Manuel Navarro, Colorado Springs Fire Department Chief. Navarro describes his childhood in California, cultural traditions, religious beliefs|and various experiences w...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-01-16
Description: Oral history interview with Bernie and Natalie Martinez, active participants in Colorado Springs Hispanic community. The Martinez' discuss their leadership of the Hispanic Arts Council, efforts t...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-02-06
Description: Oral history interview with George P. Guerrero, former Senior Vice President with the El Pomar Foundation and retired Army officer. Guerrero describes his childhood spent across the southwest as ...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-03-19
Description: Oral history interview with Ben Gallegos, Colorado Springs financial planner. Gallegos describes his childhood in the San Luis Valley where he grew up with a single mother and three brothers duri...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2005-01-17
Description: Oral history interview with Michael Berniger, long time Colorado resident. Berniger describes his childhood as a son of beet farm workers, his educational background, and his service in the Medic...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-04-16
Description: Oral history interview with LeAnn Baca Bartlett in which she recounts her life in a multicultural family. Bartlett spent the early years of her childhood in Tehran in a military family and reflec...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2005-06-10
Description: Oral history interview with Jose Barrera in which he shares his family history from Mercedes, Texas, his ideas on multiculturalism, and his experiences with discrimination in the 1950s. Barrera d...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2005-03-22
Description: Oral history interview with Jose Aponte, director of Pikes Peak Library District. Aponte describes the challenges of facing racism as a school boy, his love of art and literature, and his career ...
Item Type: VideoDate: 2004-05-04
Description: Oral history interview with Jose Alvarado, Colorado Springs businessman and owner of the Health Matrix. Alvarado recalls his childhood in Mexico, growing up in the Conejos Neighborhood, and his e...