Interview with Clemont G. "Clem" Goettelman: Walter Walker Series

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Clem Goettelman explains his time as an employee for The Daily Sentinel under Preston Walker as the publisher. He discusses his position as a union leader before the Typographical Union Strike, conflicts within the work environment, Walter Walker’s involvement with and subsequent opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, and The Daily Sentinel being one of the only papers in the country to quickly cover President Theodore Roosevelt’s death with a full obituary. 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.

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Title: Interview with Clemont G. "Clem" Goettelman: Walter Walker Series
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Subject: Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History, Newspapers, Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History, Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography, International Typographical Union, Strikes and lockouts -- Colorado
Description: Clem Goettelman explains his time as an employee for The Daily Sentinel under Preston Walker as the publisher. He discusses his position as a union leader before the Typographical Union Strike, conflicts within the work environment, Walter Walker’s involvement with and subsequent opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, and The Daily Sentinel being one of the only papers in the country to quickly cover President Theodore Roosevelt’s death with a full obituary. 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.
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Date: 1972-
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (50:25) digitized from source material (Interview 311: Audiocassette 4); +1 transcript.
Identifier: mesa:913, OH 311 #4 Goettelman, Clem G.: Walter Walker Series (Baird Tapes)
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Language: English
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Interview with Clemont G. "Clem" Goettelman: Walter Walker Series

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