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    • JY "EC" Otondo Oral History Interview

    • JY "EC" Otondo Oral History Interview

    • Otondo, JY "EC"

    • Glendale, AZ: Arizona Communities; Basque Community; Los Angeles, CA; Great Depression; Sheep Ranching;

    • “EC” Otondo was part of one of the first, if not the first sheep families to live in Arizona. He remembers herding his sheep down the trail from northern Arizona to Gilbert. Moving along the San Francisco Peaks into the valley. During this...
    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with Rose Cabat 2011-09-03

    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with Rose Cabat 2011-09-03

    • Cabat, Rose, 1914-

    • Centenarians--United States--Interviews. Oral history--Arizona. Tucson (Ariz.)--History--Anecdotes. Pottery--20th century

    • Rose Cabat describes her career as a potter and an artist. Cabat, a native New Yorker, moved to Tucson in 1942. She describes working as a riveter at Davis-Monthan Air Force base during WW2 and describes Tucson in the ‘40s. Cabat gained fame for...
    • Oral History with David and Nancy MacCollum, May 16, 2011

    • Oral History with David and Nancy MacCollum, May 16, 2011

    • MacCollum, David V., 1923- ; MacCollum, Nancy
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    • David and Nancy MacCollum talk about growing up in Oregon before moving to Arizona in 1963. Mr. and Mrs. MacCollum talk about moving to Arizona and the changes that have occurred in the last 50 years around Sierra Vista, Arizona. Mr. MacCollum...
    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with Lucile Porter 2011-07-05

    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with Lucile Porter 2011-07-05

    • Porter, Lucile, 1913-

    • Centenarians--United States--Interviews. Oral history--Arizona. Tucson (Ariz.)--History--Anecdotes. Volunteer workers in social service--Arizona.

    • Lucille Porter recounts her life in Tucson, Arizona beginning with her relocation in 1966. Her experiences in Tucson include being a schoolteacher at the Veterans Affairs (VA), as well as being a student at the Southern Arizona Association for the...
    • Jeanne Malloque Oral History Interview

    • Jeanne Malloque Oral History Interview

    • Malloque, Jeanne (Ipharr)

    • Glendale, AZ; Basque; Sheepherding; Flagstaff, AZ; Discrimination; Glendale Union High School

    • Jeanne Malloque was born in Idaho, in May of 1921. She and her family moved to Phoenix as a means to alleviate her brother’s asthma symptoms. Settling in Glendale in 1928. Her father was born in the French Pyrenees Mountains – Basque Country....
    • John Coury Oral History Interview

    • John Coury Oral History Interview

    • Coury, John

    • Glendale, AZ; Phoenix, AZ; Coury's Market; Grocery Business; Valley National Bank; Labanese-American Community; WWII

    • John, a Syrian [Lebanese] immigrant whose family fled Syria [Lebanon] to escape the Turkish War and persecution of Christians, first settled in Ray, Arizona around 1910 and later moved to Glendale. He graduated from University of Arizona in May...
    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with Oscar Montano 2011-10-10

    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with Oscar Montano 2011-10-10

    • Montano, Oscar, 1911-

    • Centenarians--United States--Interviews. Oral history--Arizona. Tucson (Ariz.)--History--Anecdotes. Yuma (Ariz.)--History.

    • Oscar Montano describes his family's immigration from Ireland to the mountains of Northern Mexico and eventually settling in Tucson, Arizona. Montano discuses his career with Levy's department store, starting as a delivery boy, salesman and...
    • "The Traveler" Glendale Community College Literary Magazine, 1972

    • "The Traveler" Glendale Community College Literary Magazine, 1972
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    • Glendale Community College (Maricopa County, Ariz.); College students' writings, American--Arizona--Glendale--Periodicals; Creative writing (Higher education)--Periodicals; Short stories, American--Periodicals; American poetry--20th...

    • The Traveler, Spring, 1972. Co-editors: Caron Miller and R. Curtis Lundy. Associates: Curtis Downey; Richard Fraser; Robert Harris. Cover: Fred McCarty; E. Blakey; D. Bowyer; F. Darland; Paulette Marhn; Sue Van Wyngaarden; Glory Williams; M....
    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with LaVona Evans 2012-01-21

    • Perspectives of the Past-Oral history interview with LaVona Evans 2012-01-21

    • Evans, LaVona, 1912-

    • Centenarians--United States--Interviews. Oral history--Arizona. Tucson (Ariz.)--History--Anecdotes. Mormon families—Anecdotes

    • LaVona Evans recounts her life in Southern Arizona. Evans was born in Thatcher, Arizona on February 14, 1912. Evans talks about her childhood in Thatcher and Mesa and her experiences raising a family in Binghampton, a Mormon settlement that has...
    • Oral History with Ruth Brydon, March 17, 2011

    • Oral History with Ruth Brydon, March 17, 2011

    • Brydon, Ruth
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    • Ruth Brydon moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona in 1989. She has worked at the high school, city and college libraries and now teaches history at the college. Ms. Brydon is a former director of the Lake Havasu City Historical Society Museum. She...
    • "The Traveler" Glendale Community College Literary Magazine, 2000

    • "The Traveler" Glendale Community College Literary Magazine, 2000
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    • Glendale Community College (Maricopa County, Ariz.); College students' writings, American--Arizona--Glendale--Periodicals; Creative writing (Higher education)--Periodicals; Short stories, American--Periodicals; American poetry--20th...

    • The Traveler, 2000. Literary Staff: Vidal Medina. Literary Editor: Julie Barela. Literary Faculty Advisors: Marion Ekholm; Casey Furlong; Joy Wingersky. LIterary Judges: Jane Camp; Johnnie Clemens May; Marla Dinchak-DeSoto; Patrick Haas;...
    • Oral History with Rob Chilcoat, January 21 and 28, 2011

    • Oral History with Rob Chilcoat, January 21 and 28, 2011

    • Chilcoat, Rob
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    • Rob Chilcoat was born and raised in the Kingman, Arizona area. He talks about the places his family lived while his father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. Mr. Chilcoat joined the U.S. Air Force in 1977 and was stationed in England. He is the ...
    • "The Traveler" Glendale Community College Literary Magazine, 2006

    • "The Traveler" Glendale Community College Literary Magazine, 2006
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    • Glendale Community College (Maricopa County, Ariz.); College students' writings, American--Arizona--Glendale--Periodicals; Creative writing (Higher education)--Periodicals; Short stories, American--Periodicals; American poetry--20th...

    • The Traveler, 2006. Literary Editor Adam Johnson. Literary Readers: Shannon Clark; Michael MacDonald; George Repta. Literary Faculty Judges: Carmela Arnoldt; Renee Barstack; Marla DeSoto; Charlotte Howey; Karen Schwalm; Mary Leskovsky; Johnnie...
    • Porter Family History, Part 2

    • Porter Family History, Part 2

    • Porter, David C.

    • Oral histories; Navajo County; Biography; Mail carriers; Masonic Lodge; Shriners; Show Low (Ariz.);

    • Part 2: David C. Porter had a busy civic life as well. He joined the Masons in Show Low shortly after his father died, having had a Masonic funeral. He served as secretary for 15 years and was Grand Master in 1990. And then he became a...
    • Oral History with Janie Ellis, April 12, 2011

    • Oral History with Janie Ellis, April 12, 2011

    • Ellis, Janie
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    • Janie Ellis was born in 1942 to George and Rachel (Murdock) Ellis. Her parents founded the Cattle Track Arts Compound in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ms. Ellis talks about the many artists who have spent time at Cattle Track. She also talks about her...

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