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New ways to enjoy oral histories:

Read our blog at www.BoulderOralHistory.wordpress.com for oral history news and links to interview excerpts

Watch oral history videos on the Boulder Library's YouTube Channel or visit www.vimeo.com and search for MROHP

Or listen to our podcasts on iTunes by going to www.tinyurl.com/MROHP-itunes



FEATURED ORAL HISTORY:
OH 1717. Douglas Young, longtime resident of Sunshine Canyon and retired Fire Chief of the Sunshine Fire Protection District, talks with Marty Dick about the events of the Fourmile Fire of September 2010. He discusses topics of community preparedness and communication, as well as ways to prepare a residence in the event of a wildfire. His role in facilitating communication between the authorities and the public is covered, as well as the character of the fire, the experience of being evacuated for his family members, the larger Boulder community's response to assisting evacuees, and the changing landscape of the Sunshine community.

ABOUT THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE

Four unidentified Boulder, Colorado Sanitarium nurses, 1910s

The Maria Rogers Oral History Program (MROHP) Collection contains more than 1,300 interviews about all aspects of life in Boulder County, from pioneers to agriculture, mining, businesses, the arts, education, daily life during various decades, cities and mountain towns in the county, government policies and city planning, open space programs, women, immigrant and ethnic populations, rock climbing and mountaineering, politics and political activists, the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, and much more.

While the actual collection is archived at the Carnegie Library for Local History (1125 Pine St., Boulder, Colorado), the audio, summaries, and transcripts of the interviews have been digitized and stored in this searchable digital archive, accessible via the internet.

The oral history digital archive is linked to the Boulder Public Library's computer catalog to make it easy to find interviews of interest. To find interviews by subject, click on Library Catalog and do a WORD search using a topic or a name plus the words "oral history."

To see groups of interviews about selected topics, click on Special Collections.

You also can browse or search the list of names in the blue box on the left side of the screen.

For more information about how this Oral History Digital Archive works, use the blue buttons above.

For more information about the collection, click on About the Oral History Collection or go to the Program Web Site.

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