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| Title |
Tyree, William Woodson
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| Author |
Finley, Judith Reid, 1936-
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| Type of Resource |
mixed material
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| Digital Origin |
reformatted digital
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| Date Created |
1978-04-11
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| Date Digitized |
2010-04-08
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| Rights Statement |
Portions of this interview may only be used for educational or scholarly purposes. All rights in the manuscript and recording, including the right to publish, are reserved to the Colorado College Tutt Library. PERMISSION TO PUBLISH IN ANY FORMAT MUST BE REQUESTED from Special Collections, Colorado College Tutt Library.
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| Description |
William Woodson Tyree,was Professor of Speech and Drama at Colorado College from 1944 to 1968. A native of West Virginia, "Chief Tyree," as he was commonly known, grew up in Durant, Oklahoma, received his B.A. in English from Oklahoma University in 1926, and his M.A. from the State University of Oklahoma in 1938. Before coming to Colorado College, he taught school for 17 years in Ponca City, Oklahoma. While at Colorado College, Professor Tyree established the first FM radio station in the Rocky Mountain region, KRCC-FM, and produced many plays and variety shows in addition to his teaching duties.
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| Note (admin) |
Digitized from the original Special Collections Audio tape R25. This interview is part of a larger collection totaling 89 individuals. Interview transcripts converted to PDF/A from Microsoft Word. Other file materials, biographical data sheets, indexes, legal releases scanned from originals and converted to text searchable PDF/A using Fujitsu 4150 scanner and Scandallpro software version 1.5. Scanned at 400 dpi. Photos scanned at 500 dpi and saved as jpeg. There are 131 preservation wave files (44.1 kHz, 16-bit) and 131 delivery mp3 files (128 kbps) in the set. Each file represents up to an hour of material, equivalent to one side of a reel-to-reel tape or both sides of a cassette tape. The 262 files are now located on both of two hard drives in Special Collections, the master drive (A1) formatted for Mac and a backup drive (B1) formatted for PC. (.wav preservation masters created by Tom Sanny using Final Cut Pro. Analog tapes digitized as QuickTime 44k16b .mov files. Dead air edited out and sound levels adjusted ; .wav files exported using FCP QuickTime Conversion tool ; .mp3 files created from .wav files using Switch.) All files are monaural.
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| Subject (topic) |
Oral history
Universities and colleges
Faculty
Speech
Drama
KRCC
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| Subject (corporate name) |
Colorado College
Colorado College. Dept. of Speech and Drama
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| Subject (personal name) |
Tyree, William Woodson, 1900-1988
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| Subject (time) |
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
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| Subject (geographic) |
Colorado
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
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| Subject (form) |
Personal narratives
Audio recording
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| Publisher |
Colorado College
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| Place of Publication |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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| Language |
eng
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| Series Title |
Colorado College Oral History Collection
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/coccc:3019
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