Oral History
Interviewee: Clarence [William Clarence] Denny (b. 11/22/1882 – d. 01/20/1976)
Interviewer: Matt Culley
Audio Number: 119A, 119B & 119C
Duration: 01:00:35 = Tape 119a, 01:01:49 = Tape 119b & 00:07:40 = Tape 119c
Date: April 19, 1969
Acquistion Number: ACC# 78.127
Topics Discussed: William Henry Denny (Father), Denny Family History, Traveling to and Settling in Arizona, Cattleman Business, Cattle Industry, Ranching in Walnut Creek, & Ranching at Fort Rock Ranch.
Oral History
Interviewee: Dick [Clarence Richmond] Denny (b. 08/14/1913 – d. 01/06/1993)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 887, 888, 889, 890, 894 & 895 [Six (6) Tapes]
Duration: 00:58:34 = Tape 887, 00:58:53 = Tape 888, 01:00:31 = Tape 889 , 01:59:27 = Tape 890, 01:02:12 = Tape 894 & 00:46:19 = Tape 895
Date: April 26, 1991; April 28, 1991; May 19, 1991 & November 3, 1991
Topics Discussed: Denny Family History, Ranching on Walnut Creek, Ranching at the Fort Rock Ranch in northern Yavapai and Mohave Counties & Ranching in Australia.
Oral History
Interviewee: Etta A. (Young) Middleton Denny (b. 09/07/1884 – d. 12/05/1971)
Interviewer: Matt Culley
Audio Number: 120
Duration: 00:16:32
Date: February 12, 1970
Acquistion Number: ACC# 78.127
Topics Discussed: Archie Middleton (Etta's First Husband), Brighton Commerical Company, Vulture Mine, Wickenburg, Cash n' Carry Store, Shumate's Ice Cream Parlor & Candy Store, Sam Hill Hardware, Jim Middleton, Tot Davis, Mary (Wright) Young, May Davis, "Poverty Flats" Mormon Creek and the Imus Family.
Oral History
Interviewee: Walter Bradford Diskin (b. 04/03/1923 – d. 11/17/2007)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1212
Duration: 00:15:49
Date: March 4, 1998
Topics Discussed: William "Pete" Diskin Family, 1897-1940; Mayer, Arizona; Humbolt, Arizona
Oral History
Interviewee: Henry Farmer Dobyns, Jr. (b. 07/03/1925 – d. 07/21/2009)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 949
Duration: 03:31:38
Date: March 12, 2003
Topics Discussed: Casa Grande, Arizona; anthropologists; Arizona National Guard 1930; agrarian reform in Peru
Oral History
Interviewee: Samuel "Sam" J. Dodson (b. 11/19/1915 – d. 03/16/2009)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1487
Duration: 01:01:53
Date: June 15, 2004
Topics Discussed: Prescott c. 1930s, interstate trucking, service stations, car dealerships
Oral History
Interviewee: Edna Grace Kelly Donelson (b. 05/08/1900 – d. 06/26/1998)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1060
Duration: 00:56:33
Date: July 17, 1995
Topics Discussed: Career as a practical nurse c. 1930-1960, Pioneers' Home, physicians in Prescott, Camp Verde 1921-1925
Oral History
Interviewee: Ruby Bell (Parsons) Dossin (b. 01/05/1902 – d. 03/22/1994)
Interviewer: Pioneer Productions Staff Member
Audio Number: 1156
Duration: 00:50:06
Date: May 26, 1989
Topics Discussed: Parsons Family History, Coming to Prescott, Ranching in Kirkland Valley area, St. Joseph Academy & Catholic School, Powers Family and Growing up in Prescott.
Oral History
Interviewee: Mary Margaret "Mamie" Duke (b. 08/06/1890 – d. 06/16/1988)
Interviewer: Sue Chamberlain [ SHM Librarian-Archivist]
Audio Number: 117
Duration: 01:06:58
Date: March 23, 1978
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2021.059
Topics Discussed: Duke Family History, Mary's father John Duke, Hotel St. Michaels - John Duke purchased and became owner in 1907, Mary's experiences working at the Hotel St. Michaels & Duke Family Ranch. [Sue Chamberlain interviewed Mary "Mamie" Duke at the Arizona Pioneer Home].
Oral History
Interviewee: Mary Margaret "Mamie" Duke (b. 08/06/1890 – d. 06/16/1988)
Interviewer: Virginia Rice
Audio Number: 934 & 1434
Duration: 00:26:15 (Poor Audio Quality) & 01:33:23
Date: November 11, 1973 & December 11, 1974
Topics Discussed: Margaret “Mamie” Duke’s life in Prescott, Duke Family History, Duke Ranch, Mamie’s Memories of Sharlot M. Hall, Hotel St. Michael’s History and Hotel Management.