Oral History
Interviewee: Clara Ball (b. 07/23/1910 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1061
Duration: 00:27:11
Date: July 23, 1995
Topics Discussed: Mercy Community Hospital's merger with Yavapai Community Regional Medical Center, Medical History Project, Dr. Florence Yount, Grace Sparkes, Jefferson School
Oral History
Interviewee: Mabel Peabody Barber (b.05/07/1910 – d. 11/22/2005)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1449
Duration: 01:01:25
Date: February 5, 2003
Topics Discussed: Yavapai County History, Peabody Family, Verde Valley, Chino Valley, Schnebley Hill, typhoid fever
Oral History
Interviewee: Louise (Overstreet) Baribeau (b. 04/02/1927 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 884-885
Duration: 01:28:16
Date: September 23, 1991
Topics Discussed: World War II in Prescott and Overstreet Family History
Oral History
Interviewee: Mae B. Bast (b. 05/21/1913 – d. 09/12/1996)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 958
Duration: 00:58:53
Date: February 16, 1993
Topics Discussed: Prescott Mother's Club 1940, Waldo Bast, Fort Whipple c. 1929, Prescottonians 1930-1945, Kate Cory, Tex Ritter, Smoki member
Oral History
Interviewee: William "Bill" G. Bate (b. 07/12/1909 – d. 07/30/1996)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1019, 1020 & 1020A
Duration: 01:59:14 and 01:01:50
Date: July 18, & September 15, 1994
Topics Discussed: Thomas Henry Bate Family History, New Years in Prescott c. 1910, Rosenblatt Family, Marks House, Prescott Iron Works, Mund's House, Sharlot M. Hall, Grace Sparkes, Boy Scouts J. S. Acker, Elks Building, Bate Photo Studio, Orchard Ranch, Andres Family and Henry Brinkmeyer Family, Jacob Marx, Burt Tilton, Prescott's Chinatown, Sam Steiger, and the Santa Fe Farm at Del Rio
Oral History
Interviewee: Lucy (Turley) Bates (b. 06/30/1888 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Virginia Rice
Audio Number: 1433
Duration: 01:26:46
Date: November 22, 1974
Topics Discussed: Early Chino Valley, Dry Farm Experiment Station, Mormon migration from Utah, Snowflake, University of Arizona Demonstration Train, Jerome Junction, First well dug in Chino Valey and its water problems, Cooking for Chino Valley School children
Oral History
Interviewee: Carolyn (Day) Beach (b. 12/18/1902 – d. 10/23/1997)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 768, 769 & 770
Duration: 01:00:30, 01:01:54 & 00:10:07
Date: March 1, 1991
Topics Discussed: Family history, The Medical Practice of Dr. Day, Civil War with General Crook in Yavapai County, Carolyn's Childhood, The Day Ranch, 110 Acre Homestead, 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, and Mercy Hospital
Oral History
Interviewee: Donald Bell (b. 09/29/1894 – d. 10/xx/1976) & Ralph Bell (b. xx/xx/xxxx – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Bell Family Members
Audio Number: 211 A & B (Side 1 & 2)
Duration: 00:30:43 & 00:30:59
Date: 1962 & 1963
Topics Discussed: Annie Grimes; Jordan Scott; Camp Verde, Arizona; World War II; General Patton and Occupation of Berlin, Germany
Oral History
Interviewee: Donald F. Bell (b. 09/29/1894 – d. 10/xx/1976)
Interviewer: Virginia Rice
Audio Number: 920 & 921
Duration: 01:37:57 & 00:33:35
Date: November 18, 1974
Topics Discussed: Lewis Byers Bell, Jaeger Canyon, Jack Medd, Woods Ditch, Shield Ranch, Boss Head, Beekeeping, Yavapai County Hospital, Wingfield Store and Golfing in Prescott c. 1911
Oral History
Interviewee: Jennie Maye (Rosenblatt) Bell (b. 08/06/1923 – d. 09/26/2003)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1130 & 1131
Duration: 01:01:52 & 00:50:54
Date: June 6, 1996
Topics Discussed: Rosenblatt Family c. 1925-1940, Lincoln School c. 1930-1935, sheet metal shop, Providence tent city, American Ranch, World War II