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Albert Stone Video Interview

Albert Stone talks about his life. Albert grew up in Ellensburg and recalls working on farms. After marriage he worked in the coal mines in Roslyn. Later he drove trucks and worked on he west side of…

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Consider What's Lost: Cascade Foothills, River Canyons, Ponds and Shrub-Steppe of Central Washington

Lucia Harrison, is a Tacoma-based artist and professor emeritus of Art of Evergreen State College. She talks about creating the book, Consider What’s Lost: Cascade Foothills, River Canyons,…

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Cultural Conversations: Dr. Volha Isakava

Volha Isakava has been working at CWU and living in Ellensburg since 2014. A native of Crimea, Ukraine, Volha grew up in Minsk, Belarus. She embarked on her first international adventure when she…

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Interview with Morris Jenkins of Cle Elum

Morris Jenkins is interviewed in his home by Dan Chasen on February 12th, 1992. Three Beta tapes digitized and compiled into one file here. Biographical Note:Morris Byron Jenkins was born on a ranch…

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At Home with Poetry: A live reading celebrating National Poetry Month At Home with Poetry: A live reading celebrating National Poetry Month Online

Featured guest – Rena Priest, Washington State Poet Laureate This program will feature poets reading their own poem(s) and a favorite of someone else’s, on the theme of…

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Tour The Central Regional Branch of Washington State Archives

A brief tour of the Central Regional State Archives with Brigid Clift, Archivist.

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Wildfire & Society Conference (Panel Two & Discussion)

CWU faculty expert Dr. Toni Sipic (Economics), Dr. Matthew Carroll, Washington State University, Professor of the School of the Environment, Dr. Michael Medler, Western Washington University,…

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Wildfire and Society Conference (Panel Two with Discussion)

CWU faculty expert Dr. Toni Sipic (Economics), Dr. Matthew Carroll, Washington State University, Professor of the School of the Environment, Dr. Michael Medler, Western Washington University,…

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Entering the Promised Land

Bruce Leroy speaks about first contact between Native Americans and white settlers in central Washington state. He describes linguistic and cultural differences between the two groups.

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Discovery of the Ginkgo Petrified Forest

George Beck taught geology courses at Washington State Normal School and Central Washington College of Education (predecessors to Central Washington University), 1925-1959. He was the co-discoverer…

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Robert Edington Audio Interview, part 1

Robert Edington served as provost at Central Washington University between 1988 and 1991.

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Kenneth Gamon Audio Interview, part 2

Kenneth (Ken) Gamon taught in the mathematics department at Central Washington University, 1965 to the 2000s.

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James Brooks Audio Interview, part 1

James Brooks attended Central Washington College of Education (later Central Washington University), graduating in 1950. He served as president of the university from 1961 to 1978, and taught in the…

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James Brooks Video Interview, part 1

James Brooks attended Central Washington College of Education (later Central Washington University), graduating in 1950. He served as president of the university from 1961 to 1978, and taught in the…

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Frank Talerico Audio Interview, part 2

Frank Talerico served as coroner in Easton, Washington, in the early to mid-twentieth century. He discusses the history of Easton, including its founding, changes in local transportation, and the…

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Shahrivargaan

Shahrivargaan is a Persian song written and performed by Dr. Khodadad (Khodi) Kaviani and composed by Saeed Shahram. Kaviani is an educator at Central Washington University, an author, poet, singer,…

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