Folklore -- West (U.S.)
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In a lecture at Mesa College (now Colorado Mesa University), Zelda Rouillard talks about the life of the outlaw Belle Starr and about her image in folklore, dime novels, and movies. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
*Photograph of Belle Starr
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Zelda Rouillard, a professor of English at then Western State College (now Western Colorado University), lectures about the folktales and tall tales of Colorado. Many of the tales were related to her by her own students. Rouillard’s lecture was part of the February Folklife series at the Museums of Western Colorado in 1982. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
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Professor Robert Johnson lectures on the folklore of Mesa County, Colorado and the American West during a meeting of the Mesa County Historical Society in April 1979. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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In this program of the Museums of Western Colorado’s Museum Folklore Series, Robert Johnson, a longtime professor at Colorado Mesa University, talks about American Folklore and oral tradition, and about the folklore of the American West and Western Colorado. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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In a three part interview with Mesa County Oral History Project folklorist Elain Thatcher, George Watts talks about his life and shares poetry, songs and stories. In part one, he talks about his childhood in Hayden, Colorado, the early death of his father, and growing up on a 200 acre farm. He shares several poems and stories, including some tall tales. He remembers the people of Hayden.
In part two, he speaks about the importance of song during...
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Dave Fishell tells ghost stories, with some coming from local lore, during a Museums of Western Colorado event at Cross Orchards Living History Farm in Grand Junction, Colorado. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
