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PRE-1908: Studio portrait of Grace Nottingham (on left) and her music teacher, posed seated with instruments. Grace has a guitar propped in her right hand, left hand on her cheek. The teacher (unidentified) is holding a mandolin in her lap. Grace was the daughter of William H. Nottingham. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

The Lundgren Dance Band, very active in the 1940s. Elmer Lundgren is in the back row playing the drums next to Clare Nottingham Lundgren playing the piano. In the front row are George Elliott, Ralph Huff, Mike and Adelia Anderson. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

An interview with Carl Smith, who grew up just south of Delta and moved to Grand Junction later in life. He learned to play several instruments at an early age, and later played music in circus bands and in a military band during World War I. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.

Reuben A. Pitts talks about wars between cattle and sheep ranchers, about rural school life in Plateau Valley, Colorado, and about the Big Creek Reservoir flood. He also discusses his job as a typesetter for his father’s newspaper, The Plateau Valley Voice, in Collbran. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society....

Harriet “Muzz” Northrop Webster Johnson recalls growing up in Grand Junction, Colorado and discusses the schools she attended, her father’s job at the Holly Sugar Company, her jobs after high school, her marriages, and the history of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. She also talks about starting over as a 58-year-old widower, when she lived and worked as a house mother at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind. The interview was conducted...

Les Kittle talks about growing up in Greeley, Colorado, where he worked in his father’s grocery store. He discusses his life as a musician, beginning as a child in Greeley, where he played in theaters and in bands. He speaks about his teaching career at Adams State College and the Colorado Women’s College.The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado....

Marie Treece describes running Grand Junction, Colorado’s community concert series and the many famous musicians who visited Grand Junction during the early to mid-1900’s. She recalls the difficulty that African-American musicians, such as Roland Hayes, had in finding a place to stay. She talks about her experiences teaching and travelling with a Mesa College choral troop. She discusses directing a choir in one of the area’s CCC camps, hosting...

Eliza Grégoire of crêpe girl talks about her beginnings as a musician, the story behind her songs “Not Fair” and “I Try,” the origins of crêpe girl, and her hopes for the band. Crêpe girl was the nineteenth musical act to take part in the Studio Lounge series.

This piece was included in the 2017-2018 Art on the Corner Temporary Exhibit.

Winifred Bull discusses her education in Grand Junction’s schools, her career teaching Latin at Grand Junction High School, the medical career of her father, Dr. Heman R. Bull, the life of her uncle Edwin Price (founder of Grand Junction’s first newspaper), and the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-19. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the...