Howard Higman Howard Higman (25 April 1915 – 22 November 1995) was an American sociologist[1] notable as the founder of The World Affairs Conference in 1948 To begin with, at the beginning of the ‘60s Quigg Newton was the President of C.U. He had been a former mayor of Denver, and after he had campaigned for […]
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Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s — Naropa Institute and the Early Buddhist Community recalled by anonymous LSD dealer from Bay Area in 1985 interview
Naropa Institute and the Early Buddhist Community This interview is with a person who inadvertantly came to Boulder from Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. A woman who belonged to the STP Family who was hitchhiking through Wyoming led him to Boulder. Then, almost by accident, he ended up in the Buddhist community. The evolution in this […]
Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s interview with Steve Miles in 1985
Steve Miles I was born in Boulder on November 7, 1948. I went through Sacred Heart School in 1963 and graduated in 1966. In 1967 I sort of went to college and started in with the hip scene and then dropped out. I was busted in Boulder in 1967. It was one of the […]
Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s interview with Clancy Sheehy (owner of Clancy’s Bookstore on University Hill)
Brillig Bookworks Clancy Sheehy owned the Brillig Bookworks on the Hill. The Hill was the site of the infamous riot and open drug dealing. But being just across Broadway from the campus, it was also the center of a lot of student activity. Clancy’s bookstore was focal point for a lot of the intellectual discussion […]
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 interview with Phil Dubitsky in 1985
Phil Dubitsky Boulder had a variety of reputations which attracted my friends and I in the summer of 1970. There was the allure of the Rocky Mountains, lenient street life and a secretive government-affiliated university and the radical student movement which flourished because of this affiliation. My college friend, Bob, and I hitchhiked here after […]
An Oral History of Boulder in the ’60s interview with a drug dealer who preferred to remain anonymous
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Ken Kesey called LSD a “gift of the gods.” Psychedelics were as much a part of the Boulder scene in the ‘60s and ‘70s as head shops and eight track tape players. A Separate Reality written by Carlos Castenada was one of the most widely read books by students […]
Maybe It’s in the Water
By Todd Hayen On August 16, 1951, the quiet town of Pont-Saint-Esprit in southern France was struck by a bizarre outbreak. Residents suddenly experienced severe symptoms: nausea, insomnia, and vivid hallucinations. People reported seeing terrifying visions—snakes crawling out of their stomachs, fire engulfing their bodies, or blood dripping from the walls of their homes. Some […]
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