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    • Oral History with Harvey Dietrich, April 7, 2011

    • Oral History with Harvey Dietrich, April 7, 2011

    • Dietrich, Harvey
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    • Harvey Dietrich discusses how he got started in the meat packing and cattle industry in Los Angeles during the 1950s. He talks about some of the companies he has worked for, including the Globe Packing Company in Los Angeles and Highland and...
    • Oral History with Louis Gradias, April 19, 2011

    • Oral History with Louis Gradias, April 19, 2011

    • Gradias, Louis

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Gadsden (Ariz.); Bracero Program; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona

    • Louie Gradias was born and raised in Gadsden. His mother was born in Gadsden in 1918 and met and married his father in 1938. They settled in Gadsden, built their own house and farmed the land. Mr. Gradias remembers attending Gadsden Elementary...
    • Oral History with Martha Gayle, February 23, 2011

    • Oral History with Martha Gayle, February 23, 2011

    • Gayle, Martha

    • Buckeye (Ariz.); Prisoner of War camps; World War Two; Buckeye Union High School District (Maricopa County, Ariz.)

    • Martha Gayle was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 1, 1932. As a child she moved to Buckeye, Arizona with her parents, both of whom were school teachers. After attending Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina and working in California...
    • Oral History with Gertrude Lopez, April 9, 2011

    • Oral History with Gertrude Lopez, April 9, 2011

    • Lopez, Gertrude
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    • Gertrude "Gertie" Lopez is Tohono O'odham. She was born in 1959 on the Pima Reservation in Sacaton, Arizona and grew up on the Tohono O'odham Reservation. Ms. Lopez talks about her family and life on the reservation, including music, food,...
    • Oral History with Karl Deffenbaugh, February 24, 2011

    • 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 William Bond, January 14, 2011

    • Oral History with William Bond, January 14, 2011

    • Bond, William
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    • 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 Dolores Badilla Celaya, December 17, 2010

    • Oral History with Dolores Badilla Celaya, December 17, 2010

    • Celaya, Dolores Badilla
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    • 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...
    • 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 Golden West: Articles

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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...
    • Writers of the Purple Sage: Origins of a National Myth: Guide to the Resource Kits

    • Writers of the Purple Sage: Origins of a National Myth: Guide to the Resource Kits

    • Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society

    • American literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary collections; West (U.S.) – In literature

    • Portfolio containing guides to the four resource kits that comprise Riders of the Purple Sage: Origins of a National Myth. Cover illustration is an undated graphic entitled “Ross Browne on the way home.8.5" x 11".
    • Writers of the Purple Sage: Origins of a National Myth: Introduction and Guide to the Resource Kits

    • Writers of the Purple Sage: Origins of a National Myth: Introduction and Guide to the Resource Kits

    • Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society

    • American literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary collections; West (U.S.) – In literature

    • Booklet that describes the Writers of the Purple Sage resource kits, provides information about humanities programming, and lists institutional resources in Arizona and New Mexico. Includes acknowledgments, an illustration entitled “Arizonan in...
    • Oral History with Louie Gradias

    • Oral History with Louie Gradias

    • Gradias, Louis

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Gadsden (Ariz.); Bracero Program; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona

    • Louie Gradias was born and raised in Gadsden. His mother was born in Gadsden in 1918 and met and married his father in 1938. They settled in Gadsden, built their own house and farmed the land. Mr. Gradias remembers attending Gadsden Elementary...
    • Red-on-buff culture of the Papagueria

    • Red-on-buff culture of the Papagueria

    • [Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965]

    • Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Architecture, Prehistoric; Hohokam culture

    • (26,285kb pdf) An examination of clues left by the Red-on-buff (Hohokam) culture in the vicinity of the Papagueria as they pertain to understanding the culture; clues include pottery sherds, rubbish mounds and architectural ruins.
    • Eastern range of the red-on-buff culture

    • Eastern range of the red-on-buff culture

    • Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965

    • Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Yuman Indians; Mohave Indians; Hohokam pottery; Architecture, Prehistoric

    • (42,622kb pdf) A survey of the extent to which the Red-on-Buff culture expanded along its eastern front despite geographic obstacles
    • Review and analysis of the Flagstaff culture

    • Review and analysis of the Flagstaff culture

    • Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983

    • Indians of North America; Antiquities; Architecture, Prehistoric; Pit houses; Tree-rings

    • (61,568kb pdf) Gladwin compares the previous work done on the architecture of the Flagstaff culture by Colton, Spicer, McGregor and Hargrave with tree-ring dating done by Douglass and McGregor and concludes that the tree-rings dates are in direct...

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