Second Interview with Harvey Ball and Reba E. (Lester) Ball

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Harvey Ball talks about attending Grand Junction Junior College (now Colorado Mesa University) during its first year of existence, about the early teachers at the school, and the school’s creation. He remembers his employment as a manager of Piggly Wiggly and Safeway grocery stores in Grand Junction and Western Colorado from 1925 to 1971. He speaks about the local truck farms, agricultural associations, and dairies that supplied grocery stores. He recalls the history of other grocery stores in town, such as Hill and Son and City Market. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.

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Title: Second Interview with Harvey Ball and Reba E. (Lester) Ball
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Subject: Education, Higher, Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Universities and colleges, Universities and colleges -- Faculty, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction Junior College, Piggly Wiggly (Firm), Grocers, Grocery trade, Chain stores, Supervisors, Stores, Retail, Truck farming, Dairy farms -- Colorado, Dairy plants, Agriculture, Cooperative, Agriculture -- Colorado -- Mesa County
Description: Harvey Ball talks about attending Grand Junction Junior College (now Colorado Mesa University) during its first year of existence, about the early teachers at the school, and the school’s creation. He remembers his employment as a manager of Piggly Wiggly and Safeway grocery stores in Grand Junction and Western Colorado from 1925 to 1971. He speaks about the local truck farms, agricultural associations, and dairies that supplied grocery stores. He recalls the history of other grocery stores in town, such as Hill and Son and City Market. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Date: May 5, 1983-, September 26, 2023
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (1:01:03) digitized from source material (Interview 651: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1870, : OH 651 Ball, Harvey and Reba E.
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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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Second Interview with Harvey Ball and Reba E. (Lester) Ball

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