Ken McKenna I’ve been told that you were on The Hill during the infamous riot. What do you remember about the riot? It was more of a drunken brawl than a political protest. It was more of a conflict between the cops and the street people. It was propagated because they closed the bars down […]
Tag: 1960’s
Oral History of Boulder in the 1960’s – interview with J. B. Schooland in 1985
J. B. Schooland J.B. Schooland was an emeritus professor at CU, Boulder, as well as the author of several books on the history of Boulder. Among his civic accomplishments, he was instrumental in getting the train put in Central Park on Broadway and Canyon Blvd in Boulder. In 1986 he sold his home and […]
Oral History of Boulder in the Sixties interview with Karen in 1985
Two Classes of Hippies Emerge Social change of the kind that occurred in the ‘60s, in particular the hippie phenomena, began in the middle and upper-middle classes. The working class, at least in the mid-sixties, still dressed and acted the way adolescents did in the ‘50s. For the working class, greased-back hair on boys and […]
Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s inteview with Mayor Ruth Correl in 1986
Mayor Ruth Correll Ruth Correl was mayor of Boulder in the first half o the decade of the ‘80s and had been outspoken on behalf of peace and anti-nuclear issues. After I interviewed Ms. Correl she flew to the Soviet Union as a delegate to the World Congress of Women, which was held in Moscow. […]
Oral History of Boulder in the 1960s interview with Mark Weiss in 1985 (Carnival Cafe)
The Carnival Café I (S.Byron Gassaway) worked at the Carnival Café in the early ‘70s as a dish washer and food prep person. It was located at the former site of The Little Kitchen, a restaurant that had served sandwiches to businessmen from the banks and stores downtown. The Little Kitchen was from an era […]
An Oral History of Boulder, Colorado interview with Juilane Brandauer in 1985
Juilane Brandauer Juilane Brandauer was going to college and studying land use planning and lived in North Boulder when I interviewed her in 1986. She discussed the notorious STP Gang whom Fred Shelton had also mentioned in his interview. Juilane shed light on what it was like to grow up in Boulder during the […]
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