Name/Title
Elbert Don Archer Oral History InterviewEntry/Object ID
2022.1.15Scope and Content
Oral History interview of Elbert Don Archer on February 24th, 1997. Interviewed by Eleanor McKinley.
Subject matter:
Born 1914 in Hygiene, Colorado
Came to Broomfield in 1925
Farming
Broomfield School - cottage school
Game - pump pump pull away
Teachers Mrs Gladsby and Mr. Page
Lafayette High School - Teachers: Mrs, Harmon English teacher, and a science/physics teacher. Classes: English, Math, History, Spanish. Mostly white school, with two black children and a number of Hispanic.
Describing his first house in Broomfield, 3 bedrooms no bathroom
Mom's housework
Farmwork, chores
Food, breakfasts and lunches for farm workers, meat preservation, canning.
Ironing
School clothes, work clothes
First car - 1917 Model T Ford - cheap gas
29 Chevrolet - $925 new
Drove to mountains for picnics
Discipline in the family
Leased a Conoco gas station and gas rations in WWII
Built thier house in 1948
Married Isetta Waugh in 1934
Grandchildren and great grandchildren
Ed Jones post office and store and hotel. Had a room upstairs for pool and gambling
Red and White grocery store
Shaw garage
Pool hall and barber shop
Grange Hall
Bristol blacksmith
Granaries
Pickle factory
Worked for KC Ensor - carpentry
Built several houses in BroomfieldCollection
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Date(s) of Creation
Feb 24, 1997Archive Notes
Interviewer: Volunteer
Transcriber: Hannah-Jayne DuranRelationships
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Elbert Don Archer