Arizona Memory Project

Oral History with Betty Grounds, July 8, 2011
Grounds, Betty
Betty (Clark) Grounds was born in 1918 to the Clark family, a pioneer family in the Kingman area. She recounts her life growing up on a dairy ranch and attending school there. She married into another pioneer family, the Grounds.

Oral History with Ace Bailey, February 15, 2011
Bailey, Ace
Scottsdale (Ariz.); Architecture and tourism; Art, Municipal; Hotel Valley Ho (Scottsdale, Ariz.); Soleri, Paolo, 1919-
Ace Bailey is the owner of Ultimate Art and Cultural Tours. Through her company, Ms. Bailey runs guided tours throughout the Scottsdale community. Her tours take visitors through the many interesting landmarks in downtown Scottsdale. In this...

Oral History with Guillermo Matus and Mike Yourgules, December 7, 2010
Matus, Guillermo; Yourgules, Mike
Patagonia (Ariz.); Mining camps--Arizona--History; Patagonia (Ariz.)--Biography; Mowry Mine (Ariz.); Patagonia Mine (Ariz.); Ranching--Arizona--History; Ghost towns--Arizona; Patagonia (Ariz.)--Social life and customs
Mike Yourgules and Guillermo “Memo” Matus are longtime residents of Patagonia. Both men grew up in the area, and have held various jobs throughout the region. In this interview, the two men talk about growing up and working in Santa Cruz...

Oral History with Irene Aja, March 3, 2011
Aja, Irene; Aja, Basilio
Basque Americans--Arizona; Sheep--Arizona
Irene (Escheverria) Aja discusses her family and their work in the sheep industry in Arizona. Both of her parents immigrated from the Basque region of Spain. Mrs. Aja talks about growing up in Winslow, Wickenburg and Phoenix as her family...

Oral History with Salomón Baldenegro, February 13, 2011
Baldenegro, Salomón
Tucson (Ariz.); Chicano movement--Arizona--Tucson
Salomón R. Baldenegro was a lead organizer in the grassroots Chicano movement on the West Side of Tucson, Arizona during the 1970s. In his interview he discusses the activities of the Mazaria Council and the Centro Chicano in Barrio Hollywood. Mr....

Oral History with William Bond, January 14, 2011
Bond, William
William Bond was born and raised in New Mexico. He moved to Arizona about 1971 to take a teaching position at Pearce Elementary School in Cochise County. Mr. Bond also taught at Duncan and Saint Johns before going to the University of Arizona for...

Oral History with José Burruel, April 22, 2011
Burruel, José María
José Burruel was born in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1925. He relates what it was like growing up as a Mexican and Native American in a poor single-parent home in Scottsdale and Phoenix. Mr. Burruel talks of the communities and neighborhoods he grew...

Oral History with Art de Cabooter, March 31, 2011
de Cabooter, Arthur W.
Art de Cabooter was born and raised in the Midwest. He attended catholic schools, eventually earning his PhD. Mr. de Cabooter came to Arizona in the late 1970s as the President of Scottsdale Community College. In this interview he talks about his...

Oral History with Dolores Badilla Celaya, December 17, 2010
Celaya, Dolores Badilla
Dolores (Badilla) Celaya was born in 1927 and has lived in the Tucson, Arizona area her entire life. In this interview she talks about her family and life in the area. Her grandparents homesteaded in the Arivaca Valley. Ms. Celaya discusses working...

Arizona Ghost Towns/Mining Operations.
Muench, Josef
Mines and mineral resources--Arizona; Gold mines and mining--Arizona; Copper mines and mining--Arizona; Ghost towns--Arizona; School buildings--Arizona; Hotels--Arizona; Morenci (Ariz.); Goldroad (Ariz.); Miami (Ariz.); Oatman (Ariz.); Bisbee...
This series contains seventy three photographs of ghost towns and mining operations in Arizona. This subseries contains seventy-six photographs of Mesa Verde. Included are images of Goldroad in Mohave County and the Phelps Dodge Copper Reduction...

The Golden West: Articles
Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society
West (U.S.) – In literature; American Literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary Collections; West (U.S.) Description and travel; Phoenix (Ariz.) – Description and travel American literature -- West (U.S.) West (U.S.) --...
Original source materials reflecting observations about the industrialization and burgeoning growth of Phoenix and their far-reaching consequences for the ways of the Old West. 18 pages.

The Golden West: Essays
Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society
West (U.S.) – In literature; American Literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary Collections; West (U.S.) Description and travel; Phoenix (Ariz.) – Description and travel
A booklet containing two scholarly essays, “The Golden West,” by Paul A. Carter and “Men of Vision: Phoenix” by G. Wesley Johnson, which examines the effects of the industrialization of the Southwest. New technology (in the form of...

The Golden West: Program Ideas for Public Libraries
Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society
West (U.S.) – In literature; American Literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary Collections; West (U.S.) Description and travel; Phoenix (Ariz.) – Description and travel
Booklet containing aids for planning public humanities programs around the theme of “The Golden West.” Booklet, illustrated with photos and maps, is 16 pages, and also contains loose prefatory, program flyer, bookmark reading list, sample...

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...

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