Description of content:
Tape 1 program notes: March 24, 1972 with Jean Smith (Mrs. Britton Smith) & Elinor Kingery. At Mr. Phipps' office, Security Building, Denver. Early days in Denver (November 1896), Emerson School, and later with family. Steel business in Pittsburgh, early jobs, family connections with Carnegie Steel business, father's business. Transcript provided. Tape stops abruptly, continued on another tape & another day.
Tape 2 program notes: Cont. with Jean Smith & Elinor Kingery. April 5, 1972. Philosophy on Denver, beginning of Highlands Ranch. Heaver-than-air aircraft (balloons) in World War I. Continued about middle of second side, April 27, 1972 with Jean Smith only. Army experiences, lighter-than-air command at various posts.
Tape 3 program notes: with Jean Smith, April 27, 1972 continued Army experiences.
Physical Description: Interview on 3 reel to reel tapes. Total recording time: 4 hours, 34 minutes. Available as a single digital track on SoundCloud.
Project description: Thanks to the generosity of the John W. Emery Family, in 2018 History Colorado hired an Assistant Curator of Oral History to manage all aspects of History Colorado’s oral history collections. In October of 2018, an initial survey of the 700 + recordings identified as oral histories began. The goal of the project includes adding the material to the Argus database and increasing its exposure and access.