Interview with William Fredrick "Bill" Hartman Jr. and Lucille "Lucy" (Carlson) Hartman

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William Hartman talks about his early life in South Dakota and Nebraska, and about his higher education. He speaks about his career in journalism, working at the Sterling Advocate in Sterling, Colorado, and about teaching journalism at Mesa College. He remembers working with students on the Criterion, the student newspaper. He recalls the staff and faculty members of early Mesa College, and the college’s first building, which was located downtown. He talks about the people that made the college’s move to North Avenue possible, doing publicity work on the Western Slope to drum up admissions, and the large number of CCC members who became college students. Lucy Hartman chimes in with memories of the college. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from 1930 University of Colorado yearbook.

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Title: Interview with William Fredrick "Bill" Hartman Jr. and Lucille "Lucy" (Carlson) Hartman
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Subject: Education, Higher, Journalism -- Study and teaching, Journalists, Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, College students, College teachers, College student newspapers and periodicals, Universities and colleges -- Faculties, Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History, Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.), Air pilots, Colorado Mesa University
Description: William Hartman talks about his early life in South Dakota and Nebraska, and about his higher education. He speaks about his career in journalism, working at the Sterling Advocate in Sterling, Colorado, and about teaching journalism at Mesa College. He remembers working with students on the Criterion, the student newspaper. He recalls the staff and faculty members of early Mesa College, and the college’s first building, which was located downtown. He talks about the people that made the college’s move to North Avenue possible, doing publicity work on the Western Slope to drum up admissions, and the large number of CCC members who became college students. Lucy Hartman chimes in with memories of the college. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from 1930 University of Colorado yearbook.
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Date: October 17, 1982-, January 19, 2023
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (49:07) digitized from source material (Interview 582: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1759, : OH 582 Hartman, William and Lucy
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Language: English
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=enlocalorganization:2Mesa County Librariesorganization:1040Museums of Western ColoradoThis item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For rights management and/or licensing questions, please see http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ or http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-law Other inquiries may be sent to the Lloyd Files Research Library at the Museums of Western Colorado: https://museumofwesternco.com/contact/ Or Mesa County Libraries: https://mesacountylibraries.org/aboutus/contact/English

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Interview with William Fredrick "Bill" Hartman Jr. and Lucille "Lucy" (Carlson) Hartman

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