Arizona Memory Project

Oral History with Harvey Dietrich, April 7, 2011
Dietrich, Harvey
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 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 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 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 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 David and Nancy MacCollum, May 16, 2011
MacCollum, David V., 1923- ; MacCollum, Nancy
David and Nancy MacCollum talk about growing up in Oregon before moving to Arizona in 1963. Mr. and Mrs. MacCollum talk about moving to Arizona and the changes that have occurred in the last 50 years around Sierra Vista, Arizona. Mr. MacCollum...

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 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...

Oral History with Doug Thaement, February 11, 2011
Thaement, Doug
Horseshoeing; Museum of the Horse; Horseshoeing--History; Patagonia (Ariz.)--Biography; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Adobe buildings--Arizona
Doug Thamert is a longtime resident of Patagonia and owner of the local pool hall. For years, Mr. Thamert worked for Anne Stradling, as a blacksmith, in the Museum of the Horse in Patagonia. In this interview, he talks about the circumstances...

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...

Oral History with Connie Bailey, May 20, 2011
Bailey, Connie
Buckeye (Ariz.); General Federation of Women's Clubs;
Connie Bailey is the former president of the Buckeye Women’s Club and Executive Director of the Buckeye Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Bailey talks of her personal history. In her interview she discusses the history of Buckeye, Arizona and the Buckeye...

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 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 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 ...

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