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Jean Emery discusses details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado and the changes that took place since she moved to the neighborhood in 1952. She talks about local businesses, commercial and residential development, and transportation systems. Emery also discusses in depth the efforts to use busing both as a means to ease overcrowding in the local schools, including University Park Elementary School, as well as to achieve school desegregation.
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Title supplied by cataloger. ||Interview conducted at 2288 S. Monroe Street, Denver, Colorado in 1986. ||Participants: Robert Matchett ; Jean J. Emery. ||Jean J. Emery was a schoolteacher in Ft. Morgan, Colorado, before moving to the University Park area of Denver, Colorado, with her husband in September 1952. Emery was President of the University Park Parent Teacher Association from 1968 to 1969 and also served on the committee overseeing the desegregation of Denver's public schools. Emery's husband was a graduate of the University of Denver, and she received her master's degree from the University of Denver in 1986.
Digital reproduction. Colorado Springs, Colo. : Mediawerx Corp. ; Denver, Colo. : University of Denver, Penrose Library, 2008. 1 sound file in 2 formats : digital, Aiff (157,648,892 ; 158,144,588 ; 158,144,588 bytes) and MP3 (5,404,795 ; 5,417,909 ; 883,309 bytes) files. Streaming audio interview. Mode of access: World Wide Web. User system requirements: Windows or Macintosh workstation with graphical browser and audio player software. Streamed for high bandwidth users at 22.050 kHz sample rate, 24 Kbits/sec. data rate. Derived from an Aiff audio master digitized at 44.1 kHz, 16 bits per sample, mono. from an analog audiocassette. Equipment: Technics RS-BR465 cassette player; M-Audio Audiophile 2496 audio card; Lacie CD-RW burner and Apple Superdrive DVD burner; Apple G4 733 and Apple G5 2.3 gHz dual. Software: Bias Peak DV (for recording); Bias Soundsoap (for noise reduction); Discrete Logic - Cleaner (MP3 Encoder); Roxio Toast (for CD burning of .aif files); Roxio Jam (for CD burning of Redbook Audio files). Sound recording file name: udpl-upoh-ma-00012-emery-t1a ; udpl-upoh-ma-00012-emery-t1b ; udpl-upoh-ma-00012-emery-t2a For rights statement see: http://www.penlib.du.edu/about/collections/specialcollections/copyri.cfm
Gift of Barry Matchett, 1986
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