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 Hank Diaz, May 13, 2011
Diaz, Hank
Hank Diaz is the founder and owner of Buena Health and Fitness Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. In this interview Mr. Diaz talks about how he got involved in body building competitions after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1950s. He...

Oral History with Father Peter Dobrowski, May 11, 2011
Dobrowski, Father Peter
Father Peter Dobrowski is the pastor of Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church, in Bullhead City, Arizona. In this interview he talks about his personal history, the history of the church and parish, and his experiences ministering in Mohave County.

Oral History with Patricia Egan, January 26, 2011
Egan, Patricia
Patricia Egan was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. In 1989 she moved to Arizona to teach at Dilkon Elementary School on the Navajo Reservation. Ms. Egan talks about the cultual differences between herself and her students and how those...

Oral History with Janie Ellis, April 12, 2011
Ellis, Janie
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...

Oral History with Dirk Frauenfelder, Betty Jo Penny, and Caroline Jessen, May 23, 2011
Frauenfelder, Dick; Penny, Betty Jo; Jessen, Caroline
Yuma County (Ariz.); Gadsden (Ariz.); San Luis (Ariz.); Homesteading; Farming; Agricultural laborers--Arizona
The Frauenfelder and Lott families settled in Gadsden and southern Yuma County in the early 1900s. The Frauenfelder came in 1920 and the Lotts in 1912. They describe growing up along the border with Mexico, and how they worked in the fields and...

Oral History with Gertrude Lopez, April 9, 2011
Lopez, Gertrude
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 Susan Medlock, April 11, 2011
Medlock, Susan
Susan (Bailey) Medlock has spent almost her entire life around Superior, Arizona. In this interview she talks about the people and businesses she knew while growing up in Superior. Mrs. Medlock talks about her parents, James and Lucille (Coffee)...

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 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 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 Ruth Brydon, March 17, 2011
Brydon, Ruth
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...

Oral History with Roy Chavez, March 23, 2011
Chavez, Roy
Roy Chavez has lived his entire life in and around Superior, Arizona. His Mother, Yolanda (Castro) Chavez, taught school and his father, Raymond Chavez, had a barber shop on Main Street. Mr. Chavez talks about growing up in Superior, his education...

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 Frank De la Cruz, February 5, 2011
De la Cruz, Frank
Frank De la Cruz was the librarian at the El Rio Neighborhood Center on the West Side of Tucson, Arizona. In this interview Mr. De la Cruz talks about how the El Rio Neighborhood Center came to be in the 1970s and how it serves the communities of...

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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