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Transcript of interview with Edith Giles Barcus by Tara L. Shepperson, March 17, 1977

Information

Narrator

Barcus, Edith

Date

1977-03-17

Description

Tara L. Shepperson interviews local antique store owner Edith Giles Barcus in the living room of her home about Goldfield, mining, purple glass, thirst in the desert, her family history, and her birth in Colorado.

Digital ID

OH_00162_transcript

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1125tc6h
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas

Interviewer

Shepperson, Tara

Subject

Deserts
Antiquities
Mines and mineral resources

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

oral histories (literary works)
typescripts
transcripts

Archival Collection

Edith Giles Barcus oral history interview

Citation

Edith Giles Barcus oral history interview, 1977 March 17. OH-00162. [Transcript]. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1125tc6h

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Standardized Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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