Interview with Robert Eugene Grant: Walter Walker Series

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Robert Grant explains his experience working for Walter Walker, Preston Walker and The Daily Sentinel newspaper, before and after being drafted into the armed forces during World War ll. Robert also discusses the Typographical Union Strike and Walter Walker’s involvement within the community. 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. *The above photo of Walter Walker is a public domain image from the U.S. Senate Historical Office. *The original recording suffered from poor audio quality and only a portion of the recording was salvageable, mixed down into a digital format, and made available here. The transcript of the entire interview, however, is available in this catalog entry.

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Title: Interview with Robert Eugene Grant: Walter Walker Series
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Subject: Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, International Typographical Union, Newspapers, Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History, Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History, Strikes and lockouts -- Colorado, Democratic Party (Colo.), Photojournalism
Description: Robert Grant explains his experience working for Walter Walker, Preston Walker and The Daily Sentinel newspaper, before and after being drafted into the armed forces during World War ll. Robert also discusses the Typographical Union Strike and Walter Walker’s involvement within the community. 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. *The above photo of Walter Walker is a public domain image from the U.S. Senate Historical Office. *The original recording suffered from poor audio quality and only a portion of the recording was salvageable, mixed down into a digital format, and made available here. The transcript of the entire interview, however, is available in this catalog entry.
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Date: June 1972-
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (10:45) digitized from source material (Interview 311: Audiocassette 3); +1 transcript.
Identifier: mesa:909, OH 311 #3 Grant, Robert: Walter Walker Series (Baird Tapes)
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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/English

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Interview with Robert Eugene Grant: Walter Walker Series

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