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Oral history interview with Laverne Springs

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Description of content: Laverne Springs reminiscences about his brother William Springs as well as his grandfather who lived briefly in the all-black community of Dearfield, Colorado. , Recording length: 35 minutes. , Physical Description: Compact Disc. Available in digital format on SoundCloud. , Project description: Thanks to the generosity of the John W. Emery Family, in 2018 History Colorado hired an Assistant Curator of Oral History to manage all aspects of History Colorado�s oral history collections. In October of 2018, an initial survey of the 700 + recordings identified as oral histories began. The goal of the project includes adding the material to the Argus database and increasing its exposure and access.

Record Contributed By

History Colorado

Record Harvested From

Plains to Peaks Collective