Arizona Memory Project

Mapping Arizona with Primary Sources
Mapping and Geography.
Grade 7; with modifications could be used for lower grades.
This lesson will utilize geography skills by having the students create a resource map of Arizona using primary source documents, then creating a final project that may include a travel journal, storytelling, newspaper, or PowerPoint/Keynote and as...

Oral History with Kathy Engle, April 15, 2011
Engle, Kathy
Kathy Engle was a reporter with the "Green Valley News" in Tucson, Arizona from 1981 to 2006. In this interview Ms. Engle talks about her childhood, education, and early career in journalism. She discusses many of the newspapers and journalist in...

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 Karl Deffenbaugh, February 24, 2011
Deffenbaugh, Karl
Superior (Ariz.); Mining; Agriculture; Cultural Diversity; Business
Karl Deffenbaugh was born and raised in Superior, Arizona, and has lived all of his life in Arizona. After retiring from the Sears Corporation, Mr. Deffenbaugh moved from Phoenix back to Superior. In this interview, Mr. Deffenbaugh tells about...

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 Betty Jo Benton, March 8, 2011
Benton, Betty Jo
Betty Jo Benton spent her early years in Phoenix before moving to California. She relates her mother’s time as a violinist with the predecessor to the Phoenix Symphony. Mrs. Benton moved back to the city in 1949 with her husband, Robert Benton,...

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 Martha Jane Bruemmer, April 19, 2011
Bruemmer, Martha Jane
Gadsden (Ariz.); San Luis (Ariz.); Yuma County (Ariz.); Post Offices--Arizona--Gadsden; Sharecropper; School buses--anecdotes;
Martha Jane (Guthrie) Bruemmer and family have been long time residents of Gadsden, Arizona. Ms. Bruemmer's paternal grandparents, the Guthries, settled in Gadsden in 1919 as sharecroppers. Ms. Bruemmer's maternal grandparents, the Hughes, moved to...

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

Oral History with Doris Cunningham, July 7, 2011
Cunningham, Doris
Doris Cunningham and her husband, John Cunningham, moved to Kingman, Arizona in the 1950s. Mr. Cunningham was one of the first persons hired at the Ford Motor Proving Grounds. In this interview Mrs. Cunningham talks about her family, growing up in...

An archaeological curation-needs assessment of military installations in selected western states
Felix, Susan S.
Archaeological museums and collections--West (U.S.)--Management; Cultural property--Protection--West (U.S.)
This title contains one or more volumes. Technical report no. 20. Ill. Includes bibliographic references. Volume 1 discusses Arizona military installations including Fort Huachuca, Luke Air Force Base/Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Navajo Army...

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...

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