Arizona Memory Project

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 ...

"The Traveler" Glendale Community College Literary Magazine, 1978
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, 1978. Editor: Daniel G. Fink. Staff: Kathleen A. Briant; George Daugherty; Joan L. Klein; Kilian Earl Roever; Linda C. Romer; Michael M. Sebring; Mike Souders; Marguerite Heltames. Cover: Jacque Hayes. Advisors: Corad...

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 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 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 Pat Call, March 16, 2011
Call, Pat
Cochise County (Ariz.); Cochise County (Ariz.). Board of Supervisors; Cochise County (Ariz.). Dept. of Planning and Zoning; Sierra Vista (Ariz.); Fort Huachuca (Ariz.); Water rights--Arizona; Watershed management; San Pedro River Watershed (Mexico...
Pat Call is the District One Chairman of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors is the governing and policy-making body of the Cochise County. Mr. Call is a long-time resident of Sierra Vista, who returned to the city in...

Briefing on tragedy along the Arizona-Mexico border : undocumented immigrants face death in the desert : before the Arizona Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Tucson, August 23, 2002
United States Commission on Civil Rights.United States Commission on Civil Rights.United States Commission on Civil Rights. Arizona Advisory Committee
Illegal aliens -- Government policy -- United States; Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region; Border patrols -- Mexican-American Border Region
67 pages (PDF version).

Indian water, 1997 trends and directions in federal water policy: a summary of the conference proceedings: report to the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission
Olinger, Todd.
Indians of North America--West (U.S.); Water resources development--West (U.S.); Water-supply--West (U.S.); Water--Law and legislation--West (U.S.)
113 pages (PDF version). File size: 376.464 KB. Summarizes a conference held March 17, 1997 in Phoenix, Arizona by the Western Water policy Review Advisory Commission to address Tribal water issues. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, David...

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 James Haboush, January 27, 2011
Haboush, James
Mental Health-Arizona; Phoenix (Ariz.); Photography; Art
James C. Haboush is a an artist, a musician, and a writer who came to Phoenix from Los Angeles in 1986. Mr. Haboush has a mental illness and uses his interview to talk about the situation of the homeless and mentally ill in Phoenix, their...

Nelson Mitchell, Jr. Video Oral History Interview
Mitchell, Nelson, Jr.
Luke AFB; WWII; Navy; African American Armed Forces; Pearl Harbor; Phoenix, AZ
Video oral history interview with Nelson Mitchell, Jr. where he discusses his career in the US Navy during WWII.

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 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...

The Department of Justice's Operation Fast and Furious: fueling cartel violence
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Illegal arms transfers--Mexico; Organized crime--Mexico
60 pages (PDF version). Col. ill. Map. Includes references. "Prepared for Rep. Darrell E. Issa, Chairman, United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform & Senator Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member, United...

Oral History Interview with Janet Corcoran. May 06, 2010.
Corcoran, Janet
Sahuaro Ranch; Glendale, AZ
Oral History Interview with Janet Corcoran where she describes her life and experiences in Glendale, Arizona and at Sahuaro Ranch.

Five shoes waiting to drop on Arizona's future
Morrison Institute for Public Policy.
Hispanic Americans--Education; Education--Arizona--Finance; Arizona--Economic conditions; Arizona--Social conditions;
52 pages (PDF version). File size: 2032.151 KB. "October 2001"--Cover. Published by Morrison Institute for Public Policy, College of Public Programs, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University.

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