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    • Banicevich Family Oral History

    • Banicevich Family Oral History

    • Frank Banicevich

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Biography; Mining History of Gila County; Political History of Arizona

    • Frank tells how he and his parents came to America from Yugoslavia (now Croatia) and operated a restaurant in Globe called the El Monte. Frank grew up in Globe, graduated from Globe High in the Great Depression, worked in the local mines until...
    • Barela Family Oral History

    • Barela Family Oral History

    • Gil and Margaret Barela

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 19th century; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Electrical Injuries United States; Mining; History of Gila County.

    • Gil Barela and his sister Margaret Lopez tell of their family's history and migration to Globe in 1920. Their father became a delivery man for Solomon Wickershaw during the Great Depression. Gil and Margaret tell of growing up in the ethnic...
    • Cox Family Oral History

    • Cox Family Oral History

    • Hazel Cox

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching History of Gila County.

    • Hazel Cox remembers her family's immigration from Cornwall, England to work in the copper mines in Globe. She talks of the early days, the customs of the immigrant mining town, early families and how they survived the Great Depression. She also...
    • DalMolin Family Oral History

    • DalMolin Family Oral History

    • Frank and Betty DalMolin

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 19th century; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching History of Gila County.

    • Frank DalMolin tells of his family's immigration from Italy to America and then to Globe to work in the Old Dominion copper mine. He and Betty tell stories of early ethnic cultures merging and mingling within the immigrant mining town and how they...
    • DeRose Family Oral History

    • DeRose Family Oral History

    • Eunice Bradley DeRose

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; County attorneys Arizona; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining History of Gila County; Superior Court (Arizona)

    • Eunice Bradley DeRose talks of her family's and the DeRose family's migrations to Globe and early memories of growing up in a copper mining town through the Great Depression. She tells of marrying her childhood friend Barry DeRose and the events...
    • Gibson Family Oral History

    • Gibson Family Oral History

    • Stanley and Janet Thompson Gibson

    • Oral histories; Archeological sites Arizona; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; History of Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching; Stage lines; Scenic routes (Ariz.); Mayors Arizona

    • Stanley and Janet tell stories of Gila County when their parents came to Globe, of taking over his father's business and some of his achievements in his political career as Mayor and City Councilman of Globe. He describes the history of Globe's...
    • Schminke, William and Catherine

    • Schminke, William and Catherine

    • William and Catherine Schminke

    • Oral histories; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching; World War II biographies

    • William and Catherine tell their family stories of coming to Arizona and settling in Globe. William tells of his experiences in World War II prior to coming. Catherine talks of growing up during the Great Depression without her father on a cotton...
    • Salas Family Oral History

    • Salas Family Oral History

    • Cruz Salas

    • Oral histories; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching History of Gila County; Education; Job Corps, San Carlos Indian Reservation

    • Cruz tells how his family escaped from Mexico during Pancho Villa's Revolution to Globe in the early 1900's. His grandfather worked in the Old Dominion Mine. Cruz's grandfather made the cross that sits on the hill, and Cruz was named after the...
    • Rayes Family Oral History

    • Rayes Family Oral History

    • Nick Rayes

    • Oral histories; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; History of Gila County; Grocers, Lebanese American; World War II biographies

    • Nick Rayes tells how his parents migrated from Lebanon and Syria, met in America, moved to Globe and started a grocery business. He relates how he grew up during the Great Depression working in his father's business, and describes his experiences...
    • Moore Family Oral History

    • Moore Family Oral History

    • Rusty Moore

    • Oral histories; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching History of Gila County

    • Rusty and his caregiver remember him coming to Tucson, Arizona as a young man to live on a ranch owned by his grandfather. After his grandfather died he went into Law Enforcement. Then during the Great Depression he joined the C.C.C. and relocated...
    • Miller Family Oral History

    • Miller Family Oral History

    • Rocky Miller

    • Oral histories; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching History of Gila County.

    • Rocky Miller talks about the Old Miner's Hotel and the Webster House. He candidly remembers local businessmen in the 1950's, his old friends, cultural influences, and the Flood of '54. He talks about his mining endeavors and frustrations with the...
    • Mercer Family Oral History

    • Mercer Family Oral History

    • John and Colleen Mercer

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining History of Gila County.

    • John tells of how his grandfather, a mining engineer, came to homestead in what became Radium in Wheatfields and discovered what would become the Inspiration Mine. He tells of each succeeding generation staking claims and mining as well. Aside...
    • McKusick Family Oral History

    • McKusick Family Oral History

    • Robert McKusick

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Ceramic tiles; Mining; history of Gila County; Agent Orange contaminant: dielectric resonator; Radiation shielding;

    • Robert McKusick tells of his family migrating to the Globe-Miami area during the Great Depression. His grandfather was the Presbyterian minister in Miami. His father and brother were local and renowned home builders. Bob tells of his childhood...
    • Sparks Family Military Careers

    • Sparks Family Military Careers

    • Earl Sparks

    • Oral histories; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; WWII Biographies

    • Earl Sparks tells us about his time as a Communications Officer during WWII flying in B26 bombers, on D Day, and then later during the Korean War setting up communications in Europe. Earl also tells an exciting war story about dislodging a 1,000...
    • Sparks Family Mining Careers

    • Sparks Family Mining Careers

    • Earl Sparks

    • Oral histories; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining History of Gila County.

    • Earl Sparks tells how his family came to Miami, AZ, his childhood during the Great Depression, and of his childhood friend, Jack Elam. He always knew he wanted to be a Mining Engineer, and except for his military terms, he relates his...
    • Stiles Family History

    • Stiles Family History

    • Jean Woody Stiles

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining History of Gila County

    • Jean Woody Stiles talks about her family history in Globe-Miami area of Gila County. Her mother, Clara T. Woody, was inducted in Arizona Women's Hall of Fame for her extensive interviewing of pioneer families in Gila County. Her large collection...
    • Duber Family Oral History

    • Duber Family Oral History

    • Robert Duber, Sr.

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining History of Gila County. Law Enforcement Arizona; Civil Rights Arizona

    • Robert Duber, Sr. tells his family history and recalls his youth in the boomtown mining culture of Globe-Miami area of Gila County in the 1930s - 1940s. He talks about soldiers guarding the mines and Roosevelt Dam and government workers keeping the...
    • Dempster Family History

    • Dempster Family History

    • Tom Dempster

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Coolidge Dam (Ariz Dams); San Carlos Irrigation Project; San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs; Indian school children;

    • Tom was born in Coolidge, AZ during the Great Depression, but he spent his childhood living on the San Carlos Indian Reservation where his father was responsible for the operations of Coolidge Dam. After graduating from NAU, he went back and...
    • Lewis and Hughes Family Histories

    • Lewis and Hughes Family Histories

    • Woodrow and Camille Hughes Lewis

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 19th century; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Ranching History of Gila County.

    • Woody tells of his family, miners who first came to McMillanville and Copper Hills, mining towns near Globe that no longer exist. The subsequent generation were ranchers around Globe. Woody grew up in Globe, except when his father took them to...
    • Loew Family and the First Presbyterian Church History

    • Loew Family and the First Presbyterian Church History

    • Loew, Edmund A. Jr.

    • Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Mining; Presbyterian church -- Arizona -- History;

    • Edmund Loew first tells the 100+ years of history of the First Presbyterian Church in Globe, how it started, how it is unique from other congregations because of its flexibility and subsequently, how it has uniquely contributed to the community. ...

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