TITLE: Yuma County Library Oral History Collection
DATE RANGE: 1940-2011
CALL NUMBER: Y-OH1
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 24 linear feet (48 boxes)
PROVENANCE: Created by or for the Arizona Historical Society, Rio Colorado Division, Yuma, Arizona.
COPYRIGHT: Yuma County Library District owns the copyright to this collection.
RESTRICTIONS: This collection is unrestricted.
CREDIT LINE: Yuma County Library District Oral History Collection, Y-OH1
PROCESSED BY: Linda Whitaker, February 2014
HISTORICAL NOTE:
The nearly 400 oral histories aggregated in this collection come from multiple sources spanning over 50 years. These include early radio interviews as well public lectures on historical topics, early pioneers and WWII veterans who were stationed in Yuma as well as conversions from reel to reel tapes to audio cassette. A number of the individuals conducting the interviews were themselves among Yuma’s first families and pioneers such as Mary Loroña, Rosemarie Sanguinetti Gwynn, and Pat Callahan.
The Century House Museum Oral History Project has been in operation since 1964.
By 1983, as many as 80 taped interviews were recorded but few had been transcribed. Workshops were held to train volunteers to conduct interviews and transcribe tapes. This was and is a labor-intensive process ranging from 60 to 80 or more hours to complete a 60-minute tape. The excellent quality of the transcriptions is due to this attention to detail. Most transcripts include helpful summaries on the first page in the Scope and Content notes.
In 1986, oral histories received a boost when Gov. Bruce Babbitt created a directory of Arizona residents who were 85 years old or older. That same year, the AHS-Rio Colorado Division, Yuma City/County Library and the Council on Aging obtained a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council to produce oral histories of Yuma County residents age 85 or older who had lived in Yuma County for ten or more years. The result is a colorful and rich documentation of experiences, observations, and commentary from all walks of life. These testimonies, many with titles, provide valuable insights into the diverse social fabric of the Yuma we know today.
Additional biographical information may also be found in the AHS-Rio Colorado Biography Collection. Note that there is a separate Yuma Proving Ground Oral History Project.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
These stories document 19th and 20th century military, commercial, cultural and irrigation-agricultural history of the Lower Colorado River; Western migration, early pioneers and family histories; Yuma politics and personalities; natural disasters; the impact of WWII along Arizona’s western border; and the long standing geographic and economic ties with California and Mexico.
Arranged alphabetically by surname, if known, or by topic and chronologically within. Most folders include originals as well as copies of tapes and transcriptions except where noted. A small number of cassette tapes were sampled for sound quality and condition and were found to be playable and audible.
CONTAINER LIST:
| Box | Folder | Title | Dates | |
| 1 | 1 |
Adair, Ruby Livingston (tape, transcript, news clippings, biographical sketch) |
1983 | |
| 2 |
Adams, Katie Jordon “Doctors, Lawyers, Merchants, Chiefs” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 3 |
Alexander, Joe Robinson Jr. (tape, transcript) |
1986 | ||
| 4 |
Allen, Carol Hales “Glamis Sand Hills School House to Dune Buggies” (transcripts) 1 of 2Hales |
1983 | ||
| 5 |
Allen, Carol Hales “Glamis Sand Hills School House to Dune Buggies” (tapes I, II, III, IV, V) 2 of 2 |
1983 | ||
| 6 |
Allen, Dora Greer (Mrs. Harry Allen) (transcript, no tape) |
1964 | ||
| 7 |
Alspach, Tom and Nita (2 tapes, Not Transcribed) |
2009 | ||
| 8 |
Andress, Walter & Jacque (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 9 |
Angle, James T. (tape, not transcribed) |
2011 | ||
| 10 |
Angulo, Roy Salazar (tape, tanscript) |
1986 | ||
| 2 | 1 |
Antone, Wallace “Quechan History and Culture” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1993 | |
| 2 |
Arnold, Ken (2 tapes, no transcript) |
1996 | ||
| 3 |
Avila, Flavia (tape, transcript; translated from Spanish) |
n.d. | ||
| 4 |
Baker, Ida Belle McCain “This I Remember” (2 tapes, transcript; also includes “Early Schools”by Harvey Johnson and “History of the Methodist Church” by Vera Keene recorded at the Pioneer Party) |
1974 | ||
| 5 |
Baker, Joseph W. “Yuma History Past and Present” (tape, transcript; see also transcript of D.D. Harris) |
1964 | ||
| 6 |
Baker, Joseph W. “Mining History of the West:” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
1971 | ||
| 7 |
Baker, Joseph W. “Lost Mines: (lecture; 2 tapes, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 8 |
Baker, Lupe Duron, Terry (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2007 | ||
| 3 | 1 |
Balsz, Dora Armenta Crawford, Lucy A. (sister) (tape, transcript; includes genealogy chart) |
1972 | |
| 2 |
Balsz, William “E.F. Sanguinetti” (tape, transcript; news clipping) |
1977 | ||
| 3 |
Balsz, William Dingess, Estelle Gwynn, Rosemarie “Identifying Pictures of Old Timers” (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 4 |
Beard, Rebecca Catherine Reilly (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 5 |
Beckett, Ralph Ogle, Lloyd and Nina “The Monkey Farm” (U.S. Climatization Garden, Bard Valley; tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 6 |
Bell, Raymond (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 7 |
Bevins, Whitey (tape, no transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 8 |
Birdick, Doc (lecture; tape, no transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 9 |
Bishop, Louis (no tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 10 |
Black, Hugh (tape, not transcribed) |
2005 | ||
| 4 | 1 |
Black, Jean Doan Davis, Eleanor Winsor “Memories of Roxaboxen” (tape, transcript) |
1991 | |
| 2 |
Boskovich, George (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 3 |
Brandt, Zona (Mrs. Ralph F.) (tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1992 | ||
| 4 |
Brower, William (Gene) “The Federal Aviation Administration” (2 tapes, draft transcript) |
2002 | ||
| 5 |
Brown, Mrs. Eddie Lee (tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1987 | ||
| 6 |
Brown, Edna Zavala Redondo, Delfina “Zavala Family” and “The 1916 Flood” (tape, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 7 |
Brown, Edna Zavala Guisti, Amy Zavala (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 8 |
Buck, Val “The Ferry; Ehrenberg” (3 tapes, no transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 5 | 1 |
Buckelew, Adeline G. Danoux, Noreen G. “Goodwin Family” (tape, transcript) |
1984 | |
| 2 |
Buckelew, Everett and Adline Bretag, Nancy Callan, Pat Dingess, Estelle “Identifying Houses in Yuma” (tape, transcript) |
1986 | ||
| 3 |
Burke, Henry Rudolfo (Rudy) (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2007 | ||
| 4 |
Butler, May Adams (Mrs. William F. Butler III) (tape, transcript, unidentified photos) |
1975 | ||
| 5 |
Byrd, Ersel (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 6 |
Cain, Gladys (2 tapes, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 7 |
Callahan, Pat Robinson, Gwen Elliott, Marion “Early Yuma” (the book, autograph party, Bicentennial activities; public meeting; 2 tapes; transcript) |
1975-1976 | ||
| 8 |
Callahan, Pat Meyers, Marian “Identifying Structures in Yuma” (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 6 | 1 |
Calloway, Mary Ana (Sister Rose) (tape, transcript) |
1990 | |
| 2 |
Cano, Candelario “Somerton Memories” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1997 | ||
| 3 |
Cansler, Mary Helen Haynes “The Little Town of Gadsden” (2 tapes, 2 interviews, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 4 |
Carlisle, Gladys Bell (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 5 |
Carroll, Sybil (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 6 |
Carter, Fannie Taylor “Somerton-Bard Area” (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 7 |
Chapell, Walter A. (Pat) (2 tapes, transcript) |
2002 | ||
| 8 |
Chavez, Edward (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2010 | ||
| 7 | 1 |
Chavez, Jesus (“Blackie”) (tape, transcript) |
1994 | |
| 2 |
Chavez, Manuel Chavez, Joaquin (as told to Aeora Chavez; tape, no transcript) |
1979 | ||
| 3 |
Christensen, Lowell "WWII Yuma Army Airfield” (tape, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 4 |
Clapp, Vaughn Williams, David (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2010 | ||
| 5 |
Coffeen, LaVena (2 tapes; transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 6 |
Coffey, Bertha (transcript, no tape) |
1997 | ||
| 7 |
Colby, Ethyl (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 8 |
Coleman, Ray “Memories of the Plank Road” (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 9 |
Colman, Henry F. (“Harry”) and Rose (tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1976 | ||
| 8 | 1 |
Connor, Herbert Polhamus, Charles Townsend, Mary “Identifying Slides of Early Yuma” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1969 | |
| 2 |
Cooper, Frank Norman (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 3 |
Cooper, Frank Norman “Produce Industry and Changes in Main Street” (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 4 |
Cooper, Julia Besco “Julia- a Twentieth Century Pioneer” (transcript; includes correspondence) 1 of 3 |
1996 | ||
| 5 |
Cooper, Julia Besco “Julia- a Twentieth Century Pioneer” (transcript) 2 of 3 |
1996 | ||
| 6 |
Cooper, Julia Besco “Julia- a Twentieth Century Pioneer” (transcript) 3 of 3 |
1996 | ||
| 7 |
Cooper, Nate “Arizona Charlie” (Abram Hanson Meadows) (narrative to accompany film strip; tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1996 | ||
| 8 |
Contreras, Edward (tape, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 9 | 1 |
Cotton, Victor “Weather History” (radio broadcast; tape, transcript) |
1976 | |
| 2 |
Cravens, Leslie Cyrus (2 tapes, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 3 |
Crow, Harold Eldridge (“Celery”) (tape, transcript) |
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| 4 |
Curtis, Jack (2 tapes, no transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 5 |
Dallabetta, Anthony Dominick (Tony) (tape, transcript) |
1986 | ||
| 6 |
Dallabetta, Anthony Dominick (Tony) “Family of Takeshi Harrada” (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 7 |
Dalton, John “History Class Project: Interviews with Residents of Somerton, Yuma and Gadsden” Baker, Claude; Buse, Isabel; Frauenfelder, Al; Hill, Marion; Hill, Rose; Johnson, Frank; Johnson, Ruth; Manifold, Pearl (recorded in conjunction with Carlisle School PTA’s Old Timers Day; tape, transcript) 1 of 6 |
1967 | ||
| 8 |
Dalton, John “History Class Project: Interviews with Residents of Somerton, Yuma and Gadsden” Barkley, Floyd; Barkley, Les; Johnson, Frank; Johnson, Ruth; Hill, Marion; Hill, Rose (recorded in conjunction with Carlisle School PTA’s Old Timers Day; tape, transcript) 2 of 6 |
1967 | ||
| 10 | 1 |
Dalton, John “History Class Project: Interviews with Residents of Somerton, Yuma and Gadsden” Callahan, Mrs.; Stevenson, Mrs.; Winsor, Mrs. (recorded in conjunction with Carlisle School PTA’s Old Timers Day; 2 tapes, transcript) 3 of 6 |
1967 | |
| 2 |
Dalton, John “History Class Project: Interviews with Residents of Somerton, Yuma and Gadsden” Carter, Mrs.; Humphrey, Mrs.; Lang, Mrs.; Wester, Mrs. (recorded in conjunction with Carlisle School PTA’s Old Timers Day; tape, transcript) 4 of 6 |
1967 | ||
| 3 |
Dalton, John “History Class Project: Interviews with Residents of Somerton, Yuma and Gadsden” Carter, Mrs., Humphrey, Mrs., Lang, Mrs., Wester, Mrs. (recorded in conjunction with Carlisle School PTA’s Old Timers Day; 2 tapes, transcript) 5 of 6 |
1967 | ||
| 4 |
Dalton, John “History Class Project: Interviews with Residents of Somerton, Yuma and Gadsden” Babcock, Gene & Velma; Baker, Claude; Buse, Isabel; Callahan, Helen; Carlisle, OL; Carter, Fannie; Frauenfelder, Al; Hill, Marion & Rose; Humphrey, Faye; Johnson, Frank & Ruth; Lang, Mrs. William; Knotts, Dr. CC; Lote, Caroline, Manifold, Pearl; Stevenson, May; Vierra, Agnes; Wester, Emma Jane; Winsor, Clarissa (recorded in conjunction with Carlisle School PTA’s Old Timers Day; tape, transcript) |
1978 | ||
| 5 |
Dana-Green Family (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2009 | ||
| 6 |
Daniel, Claudia Sambrano (tape, transcript) |
1982 | ||
| 7 |
Daniel, Claudia Sambrano (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 11 | 1 |
Davidson, Mike “Thinking Back” (conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 2 tapes, 2 interviews, transcripts) |
1986 | |
| 2 |
De Corse, Henry F. “Yuma in the Old Days” (tape, transcript) |
1977 | ||
| 3 |
Deeds, Susan Vanderwood, Paul Naylor, Tom (moderator) “Pancho Villa Debate” (3 tapes, transcript) |
1983 | ||
| 4 |
Delgado, Frank (transcript, no tape) |
1972 | ||
| 5 |
De Lintt, Alfredo “E.F. Sanguinetti” (transcript, no tape) |
1972 | ||
| 6 |
Denman, Bob “WWII Yuma Army Airfield: (2 tapes, no transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 7 |
Denning, Vera “Castle Dome” (3 tapes, not transcribed) |
2004 | ||
| 8 |
Dessert, Libby Peach Ames, Alice Peach “Peach Family Bugg, Helen Thacker “Bugg Family” (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 12 | 1 |
Dingess, Estelle Pancrazi “The Redondo Story” (tape, transcript) |
1972 | |
| 2 |
Dingess, Estelle Pancrazi (3 tapes, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 3 |
Dingess, Estelle Pancrazi (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 4 |
Dordal, Al (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 5 |
Doten, Albert (tape, transcript) |
2009 | ||
| 6 |
Doten, William (3 tapes, draft transcript) |
2000 | ||
| 7 |
Duarte, Gertrude Figueroa (tape, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 13 | 1 |
Duarte, Leo H. (tape, transcript) |
1994 | |
| 2 |
Dunagan, Virgil WWII Pilot Knob” (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 3 |
Dunbar, C.C. (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 4 |
Eddings, Patsie (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 5 |
Eger, Emil (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 6 |
Eger. Frank (tape, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 7 |
Elledge, LaVern (tape, not transcribed) |
2003 | ||
| 8 |
Elliott, Harold Leaumont (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 14 | 1 |
Emerson, Lee “Quechan Language Programs” (broadcast on KVOY; tape, no transcript) |
1970 | |
| 2 |
Emerson, Lee Miller, Myrtle Hill, Norine “The Red Man’s History Book” (radio broadcast; 2 tapes, transcript) |
1971 | ||
| 3 |
Emerson, Lee “Quechan Historian” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1974 | ||
| 4 |
Emerson, Lee “Quechan Customs” (2 tapes, transcript; includes list of Quechan words and meanings) |
1977 | ||
| 5 |
Endsley, Mittie (tape, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 6 |
Erwin, Kathryn Hendrickson (tape, not transcribed) |
2003 | ||
| 7 |
Euhus, Milton (4 tapes, not transcribed) |
2010 | ||
| 15 | 1 |
Ewing, Dalpha Buckelew Ewing, James (2 tapes, transcript) |
1986 | |
| 2 |
Fenley, Jack “4th Avenue Bridge” (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
1999 | ||
| 3 |
Ferro, Jack “WWII Yuma Post Office” (transcript, no tape) |
1995 | ||
| 4 |
Figueroa, Dolores Redondo (“Nana”) (radio broadcast; 1 reel-to-reel tape, 1 cassette, transcript) |
1957 | ||
| 5 |
Figueroa, Dolores Broussard, AO; Farmer, Senator Hugo; Johnson, OC; Larkin, Judge; McIntire, Donald; Riley, Walter; Vierra, Agnes “Sanguinetti Days” (radio broadcast; tape, transcript) |
1958 | ||
| 6 |
Fisk, Roy (2 tapes, no transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 7 |
Fleming, Nils (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 8 |
“Flood of 1916” (narration to accompany slide narration; transcript, no tape) |
n.d. | ||
| 9 |
Folkins, Corrina Reeves, Frances Reynolds, Constance “WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)” (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 16 | 1 |
Forrest, Nina Smith “History of Betty’s Kitchen & the North Gila Valle” (tape, transcript) |
1987 | |
| 2 |
Fournier, René and Lois “WWII Yuma, Arizona” (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 3 |
Franklin, Bess (Mrs. Austin) Fraunfelder, Henry and Betty Hardy, Bob Singleton, Penny “Interesting Yesterdays” (Somerton, Gadsden, and Yuma Valleys) (tape, transcript) |
1970 | ||
| 4 |
Franklin, Gracie and Dennis (tape, not transcribed) |
2011 | ||
| 5 |
Frith, Jean (tape, no transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 6 |
Gaboury, John “Yuma, My Little Heaven on Earth” (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 7 |
Gantt, Harry “Early Theatres in Yuma” (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 8 |
Gaudet, George (tape, transcript) |
2007 | ||
| 9 |
Gauthier, Ava (Mrs. Felix) Case, Marian (Mrs. Chuck) Psolka, Lily (Mrs. Tony) Sullivan, Margaret (Mrs. Bernie) “WWII Army Airfield Reunion-Wives” (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 17 | 1 |
Goodale, George, S. (no tape, no transcript; release form only) |
2012 | |
| 2 |
Goodbody, Katherine (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 3 |
Gonzales, Victor (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2004 | ||
| 4 |
Gordoa, Adeline V. and Abraham M. (4 tapes, transcript) |
2000 | ||
| 5 |
Gordon, Jim and David Roach, Janet Gordon (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 6 |
Gordon, Laura “Memories from 1928 in Yuma” (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 7 |
Gottsponer, Betsy “Gus and Rose Livingston” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 8 |
Greer, Elizabeth Ann Grose (“Anna”) (transcript, no tape) |
1960 | ||
| 9 |
Griffin, Horace (2 tapes, transcript) |
1998 | ||
| 18 | 1 |
Gross, Alex Huling, Cecil “Sunshine Barbershop” (2 tapes, transcript, news clipping) |
1990 | |
| 2 |
Guiles, Betty and Rusty (tape, transcript) |
1997 | ||
| 3 |
Guthrie, Laura V. Hughes Hughes, Bertha Faye (2 tapes, transcript, notes) |
1987 | ||
| 4 |
Guthrie, Laura “Life at the Post Office in Gadsden” (2 interviews, 3 tapes, transcripts) |
1992 | ||
| 5 |
Gwynn, Howard R. (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 6 |
Gwynn, Rosemarie Loroña, Mary “Childhood Memories: (3 tapes, transcript, news clipping) |
1987 | ||
| 7 |
Gwynn, Rosemarie “E.F. Sanguinetti, My Father and His Associates” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 19 | 1 |
Hahn, Sylvia Williams (tape, transcript) |
1988 | |
| 2 |
Halprin, Dr. Abraham “Quechan Language” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
1976 | ||
| 3 |
Hammons, Jake “Produce Industry” (2 tapes, transcript) |
2000 | ||
| 4 |
Hancock, Donnette (tape, transcript) |
2007 | ||
| 5 |
Hanna, Millard F. (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 6 |
Hanrath, Alton “WWII, Second Calvary” (tape, not transcribed) |
2008 | ||
| 7 | Harada, Takeshi (on Japanese Internment and Serving in WWII; transcript, no tape) | 1991 | ||
| 8 |
Harden, Edith (tape, transcript) |
1996 | ||
| 9 |
Hardy, Bob “History of Radio and Television in Yuma” (transcript)1 of 2 |
1998 | ||
| 20 | 1 |
Hardy, Bob “History of Radio and Television in Yuma” (4 tapes) 2 of 2 |
1998 | |
| 2 |
Hardy, Bob “Yuma Radio Stations” (2 tapes, transcript) |
2003 | ||
| 3 |
Harris, Cy (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 4 |
Haughtelin, Deane (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 5 |
Haynes, John Addison (“Jack”) (2 tapes, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 6 |
Henderson, Barbara Brandon (tape, not transcribed) |
2003 | ||
| 7 |
Hernandez, Goldie (tape, not transcribed) |
2010 | ||
| 8 |
Herrera, John (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 21 | 1 |
Hicks, Babs (3 tapes, transcript) |
2007 | |
| 2 |
Higgins, George (2 interviews, 2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2009 | ||
| 3 |
Higuera, Mrs. Ygnacio (Lola) Figueroa, Mrs. Paul (tape in Spanish, transcript in English) |
1969 | ||
| 4 |
Hinton, Virginia Lee Austin (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 5 |
“Historical Importance of Yuma” (speaker unidentified, lecture; tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 6 |
“History of Yuma Area 1810-1850” (speaker unidentified, lecture; tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 7 |
Hitchcock, Ricardo (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 8 |
Hodges, Edna (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 22 | 1 |
Hodges, Isaac (Buster) (VHS, no transcript) 1 of 2 |
2003 | |
| 2 |
Hodges, Isaac (Buster) (VHS, no transcript) 2 of 2 |
2003 | ||
| 3 |
Hooker, Jack D. “Law Enforcement” (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 4 |
Hosford, Robert (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 5 |
Hossler, David (tape, not transcribed) |
2011 | ||
| 6 |
Huling, Cecil “Memories of Yuma after 1912” (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 23 | 1 |
Irwin, Dr. Ralph (tape, not transcribed) |
2002 | |
| 2 |
Jefferson, James E. (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 3 |
Jefferson, Pearl Mergerson (Mrs. James Jefferson) (tape, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 4 |
Jeffrey, Elsie Johnson Watkins, Margaret “The Johnson Sisters: (tape, transcript |
1987 | ||
| 5 |
Jeffrey, John Mason “Yuma Territorial Prison – Reformatory or Prison? (lecture; 2 tapes, transcript) |
1967 | ||
| 6 |
Johnson, A.W. (“Bill”) “Homesteading” (transcript, no tape) |
1971 | ||
| 7 |
Johnson, Eleanor Dickson (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 8 |
Johnson, Frank Schultz, Glennie (tape, transcript)
|
1970 | ||
| 24 | 1 |
Johnson, Harvey “History of Yuma Schools Prior to Arizona Statehood” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
1974 | |
| 2 |
Johnson, Harvey “Riverfront Tour” (narrative; 3 tapes, transcript) |
Circa 1981 | ||
| 3 |
Jones, Leonard and Marilyn (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 4 |
Kelly, Mark “Religion of the Quechan American Natives” (2 tapes, transcript; includes “Discourse: paper by George Bryant |
1982 | ||
| 5 |
Keene, Vera Clymer “Methodist Church in Yuma-Early History” (tape, transcript; includes “Crusade in the Desert” |
1974 | ||
| 6 |
Keene, Vera Clymer (tape, transcript) |
1984 | ||
| 7 |
Keene, Vera Clymer (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 25 | 1 |
Kendall, Charles “Transportation in Southwest Arizona” (broadcast; tape, transcript) |
1976 | |
| 2 |
Kent, Amos (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 3 |
Kennedy, Cora Taylor Carter, Fanny Taylor Kennedy, Rufus (tape, transcript) |
1986 | ||
| 4 |
Killman, Laura Worthington (Mrs. Floyd Lee Killman) (2 tapes, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 5 |
Kinser, Marcia Sullivan (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 6 |
Knight, Harry “Memories of Southern Arizona from 1880” (3 tapes, transcript) |
1969 | ||
| 7 |
Knotts, Roy Raymond Jr. (“Bill”) (3 tapes, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 26 | 1 |
Kok, Rudy Letz, Howard “WWII Imperial Dam Area” (tape, transcript; includes “History of 555th Engineer Heavy Pontoon Battalion”) |
1992 | |
| 2 |
Kostakos, Clara (tape, no transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 3 |
Krewall, Eva Jo (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 4 |
Krewall, Edward (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2000 | ||
| 5 |
Krewall, Eva Jo (tape, not transcribed) |
2000 | ||
| 6 |
Lawler, E.G. (tape, transcript) |
1986 | ||
| 7 |
Lee, Lillie (transcript, no tape) |
1997 | ||
| 8 |
Lee, Raymond (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 9 |
Lee, Vernon “Gypsum Mine-1985” (tape, not transcribed) |
1992 | ||
| 27 | 1 |
Lemke, L.A. (2 tapes, transcript) |
2008 | |
| 2 |
Levy, Harry Flood “Recollections of Yuma” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1985 | ||
| 3 |
Levy, Harry Flood (tape, not transcribed) |
2001 | ||
| 4 |
Levy, Mike “Arrival and Departure of Two Plank Roads: (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 5 |
Lewis, Sylvia (tape, not transcribed) |
2011 | ||
| 6 |
Lilly, Frances (tape, not transcribed) |
2002 | ||
| 7 |
Lochaby, Charrison W. (2 tapes, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 8 |
Lopas, Tom (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2004 | ||
| 9 |
Lopez, Manuel Leivas, Margaret Leivas, Augustine Leivas, Gilbert “A Visit to Cibola, Arizona” (2 tapes, transcript; includes photos) |
1988 | ||
| 28 | 1 |
Lorang, Louis (tape, transcript) |
1987 | |
| 2 |
Loroña, Herminia Solomon (tape, transcript) |
circa 1987 | ||
| 3 |
Loroña, Mary “Memories of Nana” (tape, transcript, notes) 1 of 2 |
1988 | ||
| 4 |
Loroña, Mary “Dolores Redondo Figueroa - Nana” (tape, transcript) 2 of 2 |
1988 | ||
| 5 |
Loroña, Mary “Dia de San Juan” (tape, not transcribed) |
n.d. | ||
| 6 |
Lott, George “Flooding in Early Yuma” (radio broadcast; tape, transcript) |
1983 | ||
| 7 |
Lott, George “Yuma Memories after 1912” (2 tapes, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 8 |
Lott, Gladys (tape, not transcribed) |
1997 | ||
| 29 | 1 |
Lowell, Christensen “WWII Yuma Army Airfield” (transcript; no tape) |
1994 | |
| 2 |
Lutes, Robert H. Jr. (“Bobby”) (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 3 |
Lyle, Dr. William H. (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 4 |
Mann, Bill (tape, not transcribed) |
2006 | ||
| 5 |
Marcus, Mrs. Abe (Eloisa) (3 tapes, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 6 |
Martin, Roland “WWII Pilot Knob” (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 7 |
Martinez, Henry (tape, not transcribed) |
2008 | ||
| 8 |
Martinez, John Lopez, Flavia (tape, not transcribed) |
2001 | ||
| 9 |
Matus, Leatrice (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 10 |
Mayer, Marian (tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1977 | ||
| 30 | 1 |
Mayer, Marian “Her Youth in Picacho, California” (tape, transcript) |
1977 | |
| 2 |
Mayer, Marian “River Trip on the Steamboat Mohave” (tape, transcript) |
1977 | ||
| 3 |
Mayer, Marian (tape, transcript) |
1977 | ||
| 4 |
Mayer, Marian “The Last Holdup of the Picacho Stage” (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 5 |
Mayer, Marian (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 6 |
Mayer, Marian “History Marian Sambrano Mayer’s Family” (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 7 |
Mayer, Marian “Hodges Family” (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 8 |
Mayer, Marian (tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 9 |
McCarty, Father Kieran “The Unexpected in Spanish-American History” (lecture; 2 tapes, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 31 | 1 |
McCauley, C.W. (tape, transcript) |
1992 | |
| 2 |
McCutcheon, Robert “Frank Wheeler, Arizona Ranger” (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 3 |
McCreary, Amelia Maytorena “Avila Family Story” (tape, transcript) |
1971 | ||
| 4 |
McElhaney, Sam C. (2 tapes, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 5 |
McElrath, Ernest and Ann (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 6 |
McKay, Gary (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2006 | ||
| 7 |
McVey, Marshall F. Hilmer, Harold (2 tapes, transcript) |
1982 | ||
| 8 |
Mendoza, Bill Frith, Jean (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2001 | ||
| 32 | 1 |
Mendoza, Bill Kretzar, J. Burdick, Doc (tape, not transcribed) |
2002 | |
| 2 |
Mercer, Preston “Untold Stories of the Territorial Prison” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 3 |
Meyers, Victor; Collins, Lloyd; Sullivan, Bernie; Doon, Harry; Hanson, Bob; Swagerty, Clemitt; Green, Harry; Hill, Al; Minnis, Gilmore; Psolka, Tony “WWII Yuma Army Airfield Reunion-Officers” (2 tapes, transcript, news clipping) |
1989 | ||
| 4 |
Miller, Michael Hall, George; Reid, Megan; Upton, Linda; Werley, Bob “On Location in Yuma” (panel discussion; tape, transcript) 1 of 3 |
1995 | ||
| 5 |
Miller, Michael Houston, John; Reid, Megan; Upton, Linda “On Location in Yuma: Road to Morocco, The Sad Sack” (panel discussion; tape, transcript) 2 of 3 |
1995 | ||
| 6 |
Miller, Michael Catching, Bill; Reid, Megan; Upton, Linda “On Location in Yuma” (panel discussion; tape, transcript) 3 of 3 |
1995 | ||
| 7 |
Miller, Michael Hall, George; Reid, Megan; Upton, Linda “On Location in Yuma: The Son of the Sheik” (panel discussion; tape, no transcript) |
1996 | ||
| 8 |
Minnis, Viola; French, Pat; Behrens, Gladys; Quinby, Shirley; Burnside, Rose; Burnside, John “WWII Yuma Army Airfield-Officer Wives: (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 9 |
Modesti, Phinoclade (tape, transcript) |
1968 | ||
| 33 | 1 |
Molina, Conrad “The José M. Molina Story” (transcript, no tape) |
1972 | |
| 2 |
Molina, Leonard (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 3 |
Morrison, Bob (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 4 |
Murrieta, Sofia Ortez, Francisca (tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1992 | ||
| 5 |
Neahr, Frank Gutierrez, Bessie Neahr (tape, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 6 |
Nichols, William R. (“Ray”) “Memories of Yuma 1905-1911” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 7 |
Nickerson, Jon L. “Dome Valley” (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 8 |
Nimmoy, Bob “Picacho Days” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 9 |
Noble, Edward D. “Bard Experimental Station” |
1991 | ||
| 34 | 1 |
Nord, Albert and Irene (tape, transcript, notes) |
1992 | |
| 2 |
O’Brien, Emma Stoffela Rodriguez, Carmen Mejia Huling Cecil; Maldonado, Edward (tape, transcript) |
1986 | ||
| 3 |
Ochsner, Josephine “WWII Army Nurse” (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 4 |
Odle, Susan Bradford, Lizzie; Kelly, Nanette; Godfrey, Arthur; Knotts, Dr. RR; Westover, William H; Ortez, Francisca (Chica Green) “Interviews with Several Old Timers” (public meeting; 2 tapes, transcript, news clippings) |
1964 | ||
| 5 |
Ogle, Lloyd and Nina Beckett, Ralph “The Monkey Farm” (transcript, no tape) |
1992 | ||
| 6 |
Olesen, Johannes “WWII Prisoner of War” (translated by his son Hans Olesen; 2 tapes, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 7 |
Orendorff, Jean Chandler, Etta (3 tapes, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 8 |
Ortiz, Pablo Ramirez (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 9 |
Osborn, Jones (2 tapes; no transcript) |
1996 | ||
| 35 | 1 |
Patterson Sisters (3 tapes; transcript missing) |
1999 | |
| 2 |
Payan, Ramon (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2009 | ||
| 3 |
Payne, Mary Refugio Rizo (tape, transcript) |
1977 | ||
| 4 |
Payne, Mary Refugio Rizo Marcus, Eloisa Doten Chapman, Elva Westfall “Growing Up in Yuma” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1977 | ||
| 5 |
Payne, Mary Refugio Rizo (2 tapes, transcript, biographical sketch) |
1982 | ||
| 6 |
Pender, William A. (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 7 |
Penny, Bill R. (2 tapes, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 36 | 1 |
Pettigrew, Eula and Harold (tape, transcript) |
1992 | |
| 2 |
Pfeiffer, Frank W. (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 3 |
Phillips, Guy Johnson, Arla and Dave (tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1987 | ||
| 4 |
Phillips, Marinta (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 5 |
Phipps, John (tape, no transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 6 |
Pierson, Jay “Yuma During WWII” (presented at the Arizona History Convention, Flagstaff; tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 7 |
Pittard, Sharon Ziegler “Molina Block” (tape, not transcribed) |
2002 | ||
| 8 |
Podolsky, Trixi (tape, not transcribed) |
2007 | ||
| 9 |
Polhamus, Isaac IV “Yuma Radio” (2 tapes, transcript) |
2000 | ||
| 37 | 1 |
Polhamus, Isaac IV (grandson of Isaac Polhamus II, Yuma steamboat captain) (VHS cassette, no transcript) |
2003 | |
| 2 | Polhamus, Jim II (grandson of Isaac Polhamus II, Yuma steamboat captain) | 2003 | ||
| 3 | Polhamus, John M. (grandson of Isaac Polhamus II, Yuma steamboat captain) | 2003 | ||
| 4 |
Powell, Carmen (2 tapes, not transcribed; includes photocopies of hunting and fishing images) |
2010 | ||
| 5 |
Prince, Frank (2 tapes, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 38 | 1 |
Quinby, Carter “WWII Yuma Army Airfield” (tape, transcript, news clipping) |
1993 | |
| 2 |
Quiroz, Jennie (tape, not transcribed) |
n.d. | ||
| 3 |
Rainwater, Versi (4 tapes, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 4 |
Ralston, Dale and Ludmelia “Remembrances as an Engineer” (2 tapes, transcript) |
1976 | ||
| 5 |
Rhynning, Captain Thomas “Indian Fighting” (radio broadcast; tape, transcript) |
1940 | ||
| 6 |
Rigney, Francis “WWII in Yuma” (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 7 |
Roberson, Willie Irene (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2009 | ||
| 8 |
Robinson, George Leindecker, Frank (tape, transcript) |
1967 | ||
| 39 | 1 |
Robinson, Robbie “Produce” (tape, not transcribed) |
2000 | |
| 2 |
Roll, Jack “History of Roll, Arizona: (tape, no transcript) |
1996 | ||
| 3 |
Romo, Jesus (tape translated from Spanish; transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 4 |
Ruiz, Jenero (“Chicken”) (3 tapes, transcript) |
1997 | ||
| 5 |
Rushin, Tom D. (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 6 |
Sandholdt, Pauline (3 tapes, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 7 |
Sandstrom, Arthur C. (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 8 |
Savilla, Agnes “The Indian Way of Life” (lecture) and Figueroa, Bob “A Brief Report to the Members of the Pioneer Society” (tape, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 9 |
Scharpenberg, Charlene Cheatham (tape, not transcribed) |
2007 | ||
| 10 |
Schott, Alma (3 tapes, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 40 | 1 |
Schuman, Perry (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2010 | |
| 2 |
Schutz, Glennie Smith, Pauline (daughter) (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 3 |
Schweiger, Mary Weeks (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 4 |
Schweiger, Mary Weeks, Charles Weeks, Elaine (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
1990 | ||
| 5 |
Secrest, Ruth Chappel (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 6 |
Seney, Bob “Traveling Through Yuma During the Depression” (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 7 |
Sharpensteen, Claude (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2007 | ||
| 8 |
Sherrick, Chester O. (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 41 | 1 |
Shook, Eleanor Downey (Mrs. William Shook) (tape, transcript) |
1992 | |
| 2 |
Sibley, Louise Fleming (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2005 | ||
| 3 |
Sims, Mary Louise Allman (tape, transcript, memorabilia/photos of her father, Perry Allman) |
1994 | ||
| 4 | Smith, Jean (2 tapes, transcript; includes photocopies of images and correspondence of her parents John O. and Regina Smith) |
1988 | ||
| 5 |
Smith, Kent “Yuma Air Force Base in the 1950s” (tape, transcript) |
2000 | ||
| 6 |
Smith, Lillie J. (tape, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 7 |
Smith, M.L. Forrest, Nina; Orta, Mike; Black, Rosalie; Harrison, Billy (2 tapes; no transcript) |
1983 | ||
| 8 |
Smith, Pauline “Yuma in the 1930s” (tape, transcript) |
1991 | ||
| 42 | 1 |
Smith, Virginia (tape, transcript) |
1997 | |
| 2 |
Smith, William Hawes (lecture at Fine Arts Dinner; tape, transcript; includes a catalog of the Gallegos Collection, University of Arizona |
1967 | ||
| 3 |
Snow, Dan (2 tapes, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 4 |
Snyder, George “Identification of Old Tools and Equipment” (tape, transcript; includes photos) |
1984 | ||
| 5 |
Solomon, Charles (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 6 |
Sorensen, Stella “Billy Fourr” (tape, no transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 7 |
Sparks, Annie (Mrs. Robert) (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 8 |
Staberg, James Fausnaugh, Ray “WWII Pilot Knob Training Camp” (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 43 | 1 |
Stevens, Pearl M. (tape, not transcribed) |
2004 | |
| 2 |
Stine, Katherine (tape, transcript |
1993 | ||
| 3 |
Swagerty, Effie Meyers, Anne “WW II Yuma Army Airfield” (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 4 |
Tanner, Clara and John (tape, no transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 5 |
Thacker, William H. (Bill) Stahl, Ann (sister) (tape, transcript) |
1993 | ||
| 6 |
Townsend, Harry Jr. (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 7 |
Trafzer, Cliff Wilkey, Mary Lou “Arizona-The Day Before Many Yesterdays” (radio broadcast; tape, transcript) |
1976 | ||
| 8 |
Trigg, Don Bell, Raymond “Trigg Construction Company” (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 44 | 1 |
Truitt, Randal (tape, no transcript) |
1995 | |
| 2 |
Thatcher, Elaine Soliz, Geronimo “Folklore” (lecture; 2 tapes, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 3 |
Thayer, Bob (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
2010 | ||
| 4 |
Thomas, Charles William Jr. (tape, transcript) |
1985 | ||
| 5 |
Uribe, Antonia Imperial (3 tapes in Spanish; transcript in English and Spanish) |
1973 | ||
| 6 |
Urtuzuastegui, Charles (2 tapes, transcript) |
1997 | ||
| 7 |
Vance, Vivian “Red Brick School” (2 tapes, no transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 45 | 1 |
Vandervelde, Mike (tape, not transcribed) |
2009 | |
| 2 | Van Hooser, Willie T. and Eunice (King) | 1988 | ||
| 3 |
Vargas, Mario N. (tape, transcript) |
1994 | ||
| 4 |
Veretto, Jake Ramirez, Robert (tape, not transcribed) |
2007 | ||
| 5 |
Vorbeck, Raymona Priest Gordon-Roach, Janet “Growing Up in Yuma” (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 6 |
Walker, S.L. (tape, transcript) |
2002 | ||
| 7 |
Wallace, Hugh Daniel (2 tapes, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 8 |
White, Howard (2 tapes, not transcribed; interview incomplete) |
1997 | ||
| 46 | 1 |
Whitman, Bill (tape, transcript) |
1977 | |
| 2 |
Williams, O. Ray (4 tapes, transcript) |
2000 | ||
| 3 |
Webb, Norma (tape, transcript) |
1992 | ||
| 4 |
Werley, Robert H. (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 5 |
Wheeler, Ellen (2 tapes, not transcribed) |
n.d. | ||
| 6 |
Williams, William H. (Bill) (tape, transcript) |
1996 | ||
| 7 |
Williams, William H. (Bill) (tape, transcript) |
1997 | ||
| 8 |
Winsor, Clarissa Brown (2 tapes, transcript, news clippings) |
1969 | ||
| 47 | 1 |
Winsor, Mulford III (tape, no transcript) |
1997 | |
| 2 |
Wilson, Mary (tape, not transcribed) |
2009 | ||
| 3 |
Wilson, May (tape, transcribed) |
1993 | ||
| 4 |
Wilson, T.F. (Bud) (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 5 |
Wisenar, Jean “Produce Industry in the Yuma Area” (tape, transcript) |
1989 | ||
| 6 |
Wolfe, Ken (tape, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 7 |
Wolfe, Lillian Adair, Ruby Livingston (tape, transcript) |
1972 | ||
| 8 |
Woodward, Dr. Arthur “The Great Western – Sarah Bowman” (lecture; tape, transcript) |
n.d. | ||
| 9 |
Woodard, Frances and Pete “Schools” (3 tapes, transcript) |
1987 | ||
| 48 | 1 |
Worthen, Charlie (2 tapes, transcript) |
1995 | |
| 2 |
Worthen, Lois (Mrs. Charles Worthen) (2 tapes, transcript) |
1995 | ||
| 3 |
Wright, Ed (tape, not transcribed) |
2002 | ||
| 4 |
Yarwood, Clark and Imogene “Life in Yuma, Somerton, Gadsden Area 1920s to Present” (tape, transcript) |
1988 | ||
| 5 |
Yarwood, Harold (tape, transcript) |
1990 | ||
| 6 | “Yuma Historical and Cultural Sites” (possible radio broadcast; narrator unknown; tape, transcript) | 1989 | ||
| 7 | “Yuma Union High School All Classes Reunion” (interviews by Leland Polhamus; VHS cassette) | 2003 | ||
