2 10 1877 https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/c2a403429ececf7dfa28036dd5dad552.docx 75f9328e1db349ddad80fea8f6be26ff https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/39dee74f311e5fa4aeaf5206040a09d2.MP3 e36506d48666ed16439cf7155f641b8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral Histories Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robin Oral History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only if attribution is given to the creator. CC BY-NC-ND includes the following elements: Subject The topic of the resource Lesbian Life in Colorado, Lesbian Business Owner Description An account of the resource Robin’s oral history traces her life from a military childhood in Michigan, Kentucky, Alaska, and Boulder to work, music, art, and lesbian self-understanding in Colorado. She discusses Catholic school, Boulder High, CU, Mountain High Ice Cream, Celestial Seasonings, auto electric work, Denver Free University, KUVO, and Tattered Cover. Robin reflects on early same-sex awareness, shame, first relationships with women, Three Sisters, Divine, friendships, humor, work as play, jazz radio, women in jazz programming, retirement, painting, and finding support through the GLBT Center. Her story highlights lesbian identity, creativity, work culture, music, resilience, and late-life self-acceptance. {Special note: This oral history contains the perspective of a woman loving woman owned business in the 1970s in Colorado) 1970s Lesbian Life Lesbian Businesses Women Loving Women History https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/89faa4f03aeece1de6aed4f9a2e8f75a.MP3 9c335401a2a37f8c6ace1dffe32601f9 https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/25ac989e35de683df51ffadb06810404.docx 4d28350562df20dc49f91f95a72432fb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral Histories Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview David Duffield Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Jim Hipp Location The location of the interview Denver Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jim Hipp Oral History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://creativecommons.org/cc-licenses/; CC BY-NC-ND This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only if attribution is given to the creator. CC BY-NC-ND includes the following elements: Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018 Subject The topic of the resource LGBTQ History in Colorado Description An account of the resource Jim Hipp’s oral history traces his life from Minnesota to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Denver, centered on Baptist upbringing, gay self-discovery, nightlife, work, friendship, and survival. He discusses leaving home, early gay bars and cruising spaces in Minneapolis, sexual freedom in Los Angeles and San Francisco, bartending, family relationships, fatherhood, and coming out later in life. Hipp reflects on Jonestown-related grief, drug use, the Triangle, Denver’s gay bar scene, and rebuilding his life through work at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. His story highlights humor, resilience, chosen family, recovery, and queer life across several cities. https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/fdc690e87dc0c696a00d2f8e95648769.docx 1516f5de0d60e456d5d2eab64ca804bd https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/d48caf2a56c1cb9de06c2dae232bdcd6.MP3 d12a41ebb94c8da95d2d184f9fb2a2c2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral Histories Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Daniel Wenger Oral History Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2016 Subject The topic of the resource Colorado, HIV, Gay History Description An account of the resource Daniel Wenger’s oral history traces his life from rural Indiana to Denver, including childhood isolation, bullying, funeral work, military service, marriage, fatherhood, alcoholism, mental health struggles, and gradual self-acceptance as a gay man. He reflects on early same-sex desire, secrecy, relationships with men, depression, sobriety through AA, the death of his daughter, and the difficulty of coming out to family. Wenger also discusses Denver gay spaces, Cheesman Park, AIDS-era loss, aging, Parkinson’s, loneliness, and elderhood. His story emphasizes survival, grief, recovery, self-honesty, and the importance of coming out first to oneself. AA sobriety https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/8befedf3202b9c9829b07eab9726e215.docx 9e059894c02691befa20470bc8430b0e https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/23f38ad295a976352a1e291ddc54ed10.MP3 400d13314f04dc08db60c5cb776d97bc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral Histories Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aileen Gaumond Oral History Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2016 Subject The topic of the resource Lesbian History, Colorado Description An account of the resource Aileen Gaumond’s oral history traces her life from New Jersey to Colorado, including childhood, athletics, hitchhiking, education, marriage, motherhood, and work as one of the early women electricians in Colorado. She reflects on sexism in construction, family hardship, caregiving, divorce, depression, and later finding LGBTQ community through The Center on Colfax. Her story highlights resilience, bisexual identity, women’s labor history, and the importance of community spaces in helping LGBTQ people find belonging and confidence. https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/c2016ec03fc646ae07db3e92abf645f1.docx fc05f1e6faaed9b9b91ea2710a2337aa https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/f4b8292c49366819e0371aadccd028c3.docx c161cdfe98e00215795a329100850790 https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/fe9db5b7896b4ffc2b4a32c822cab37c.wav d1e7d5bf5db59f80fe2554ee5eeb2172 https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/a5ce1e951415a474d0a536457530d593.wav 9f021ed6feecd34542d4e2ad8d1e37c2 https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9a3efa4ee74779fcd5feef8cac305fcd.MP3 44c6217b456cb7a61c9fa57d53ddb22b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral Histories Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Phil Hoyle Oral History Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Description An account of the resource Phil Hoyle’s oral history traces his life from a religious Kansas upbringing into church work, marriage, fatherhood, and eventual self-recognition as a gay man. He describes long years of understanding himself through bisexuality, his loving but complicated marriage to Merna, and the careful process of coming out to his wife and children. After moving toward an openly gay life, Hoyle found community in gay bars, Denver’s LGBT institutions, the Terry Mangan Library, and volunteer massage work with people living with HIV/AIDS through the Colorado AIDS Project. His story blends spirituality, sexuality, service, grief, and self-creation. https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/98781871d23a4a562d834ee991e9524e.pdf 8cda2c130b044e84472cf90fc1084aca PDF Text Text 1 �2 �3 �4 �5 �6 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Three Sisters Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons - SA Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2026 Subject The topic of the resource Women Loving Women, Three Sisters, Sapphic Women Description An account of the resource This collection contains the oral histories, photographs, and sources of the Three Sisters Bar donated from 2024 - 2026 to the Colorado LGBTQ History Project. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Duffield Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Three Sisters Exhibit, Photographs, and Oral Histories Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 to 1996, and 2024 to 2026 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data PDF Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Different Sisters Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2024 Subject The topic of the resource Three Sisters Bar Description An account of the resource This paper was written by Mary Romano in the 1990s a part of one of the first LGBTQ studies class in Colorado. She intereviewed patrons of the bar, and gathered valuable insight into the nature and significance of the place. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Romano Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990s Different Sisters by Mary Romano https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/3394703533b3e1edb32c0cf5c8e6e13b.mp4 fbcfca97d871690104db3fdd105761a5 https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b2d5c18469ad07a3aa5d2eb003e58680.docx 68dc42cc8fa02cae881062d35b848d0a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Three Sisters Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons - SA Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2026 Subject The topic of the resource Women Loving Women, Three Sisters, Sapphic Women Description An account of the resource This collection contains the oral histories, photographs, and sources of the Three Sisters Bar donated from 2024 - 2026 to the Colorado LGBTQ History Project. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Duffield Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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Title A name given to the resource Teri Parker Oral History Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2024 Subject The topic of the resource Three Sisters Bar Description An account of the resource Teri Parker describes her experiences of the Three Sisters Bar Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980s to 1990s Lesbian Life in Colorado Three Sisters https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/c6b411a4b12e71c29ed3a71583740fd6.mp4 5626140bc0103d9e8893212dd243ae0c https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/d19477f105eec4280aef2655760c2dc6.docx e894d2dc8fc78f940a20e64147376d19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Three Sisters Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons - SA Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2026 Subject The topic of the resource Women Loving Women, Three Sisters, Sapphic Women Description An account of the resource This collection contains the oral histories, photographs, and sources of the Three Sisters Bar donated from 2024 - 2026 to the Colorado LGBTQ History Project. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Duffield Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Three Sisters Exhibit, Photographs, and Oral Histories Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 to 1996, and 2024 to 2026 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sandra Ewing Oral History Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2024 Subject The topic of the resource Lesbian Bar History in Colorado, Three Sisters Description An account of the resource This is an oral history of Sandra Ewing talking about her experiences in the Three Sisters. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980s to 1990s Lesbian Bar Life in Colorado Three Sisters https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/c13397ce314d701de36f91460cd5c87e.mp4 0dcd2357453c57e3b57e22b7c476dfe4 https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/f8f2d634cba6473f26512a97c04980c0.docx 0ef2b2688965633dbe4cda80c79228fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Three Sisters Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons - SA Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2026 Subject The topic of the resource Women Loving Women, Three Sisters, Sapphic Women Description An account of the resource This collection contains the oral histories, photographs, and sources of the Three Sisters Bar donated from 2024 - 2026 to the Colorado LGBTQ History Project. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Duffield Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Three Sisters Exhibit, Photographs, and Oral Histories Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 to 1996, and 2024 to 2026 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Romano Oral History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons License Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2024 Subject The topic of the resource Three Sisters Bar Description An account of the resource This oral history talks about Mary Romano's experiences in the Three Sisters bar from about 1980 to the bar closing in 1996. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Duffield Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Three Sisters Bar Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons - SA Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2026 Subject The topic of the resource Women Loving Women, Three Sisters, Sapphic Women Description An account of the resource This collection contains the oral histories, photographs, and sources of the Three Sisters Bar donated from 2024 - 2026 to the Colorado LGBTQ History Project. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Duffield Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Three Sisters Exhibit, Photographs, and Oral Histories Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 to 1996, and 2024 to 2026 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Three Sisters Clippings and Articles Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1973 to 1996 Subject The topic of the resource Three Sisters Bar Description An account of the resource This file contains clippings from Big Mama Rag, Out Front, and several newspapers on the Three Sisters Bar. (Sources are cited in titles, via ColoradoHistoricNewspapers.com, gathered between 2024 to 2026) (Click Link Below)(<a href="https://1drv.ms/f/c/ca63316353910d3f/IgA_DZFTYzFjIIDKoFQAAAAAASG5fzFOikbrfJmlxNsuo8A?e=7THCcb" title="Three Sisters Articles and Clippings">https://1drv.ms/f/c/ca63316353910d3f/IgA_DZFTYzFjIIDKoFQAAAAAASG5fzFOikbrfJmlxNsuo8A?e=7THCcb</a>) Three Sisters