Basque Traditions and Folkways: Panel Discussion and Program

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Maria Elizondo, Theresa Kupecz, and Emile Etchart speak about Basque tradition and folktales during a joint program of the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society in 1984. Maria Elizondo talks about immigration to the United States, adapting to life in Mesa County, Colorado, attending school at Mesa College, and her brother’s successful career as a sheep rancher. Emile Etchart describes life in the Basque region of France, immigration to the United States, and sheep ranching. Elena Massonde, Emile Etchart, and Jean Baptist Massonde perform Basque songs. This recording is provided by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.

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Title: Basque Traditions and Folkways: Panel Discussion and Program
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Subject: Basque Americans -- West (U.S.), Immigrants -- West (U.S.), Songs, Basque, País Vasco (Spain), Pays Basque (France), Sheep farming, Sheep ranchers, Shepherds -- West (U.S.), Education, Higher, Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Nurses, País Vasco (Spain) -- Social life and customs, Pays Basque (France) -- Social life and customs
Description: Maria Elizondo, Theresa Kupecz, and Emile Etchart speak about Basque tradition and folktales during a joint program of the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society in 1984. Maria Elizondo talks about immigration to the United States, adapting to life in Mesa County, Colorado, attending school at Mesa College, and her brother’s successful career as a sheep rancher. Emile Etchart describes life in the Basque region of France, immigration to the United States, and sheep ranching. Elena Massonde, Emile Etchart, and Jean Baptist Massonde perform Basque songs. This recording is provided by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Date: March 20, 1984-, October 21, 2024
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (55:11) digitized from source material (Interview 731: Audiocassette 1); +1 transcript.
Identifier: mesa:2121, : OH 731 Kupecz, TheresaOH 731 Elizondo, MariaOH 731 Etchart, Emile
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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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Basque Traditions and Folkways: Panel Discussion and Program

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