SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM

1061 - Clara Ball, 23 Aug, 1995, Transcript: No and Digitized: Yes

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

1449 - Mabel (Peabody) Barber, 5 Feb, 2003, Transcript: No and Digitized: Yes

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

884-885 - Louise (Overstreet) Baribeau, 23 Sep, 1991, Transcript: Yes and Digitized: Yes

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

958 - Mae Bast, 16 Feb, 1993, Transcript: No and Digitized: Yes

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

1019-1020A - William Bate, 18 Jul, 1994, Transcript: Yes and Digitized: Yes

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

1433 - Lucy (Turley) Bates, 22 Nov, 1974, Transcript: Yes and Digitized: Yes

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

768-770 - Carolyn (Day) Beach, 1 Mar, 1991, Transcript: Yes and Digitized: Yes

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

211 - Don & Ralph Bell, 26 May, 1960, Transcript: No and Digitized: Yes

Oral History
Interviewee: Donald Bell (b. 09/29/1894 – d. 10/22/1976) & Ralph Bell (b.12/011893 – d. 04/17/1968)
Interviewer: Bell Family Members
Audio Number: 211 A & B (Side 1 & 2)
Duration: 00:30:43 & 00:30:59
Date: 1962 & 1963

Acc.# 98.025
Bio: Donald Francis Bell (b. 1894 – d. 1976) was born on September 29, 1894 in Brecksville, Ohio. He came to the Verde Valley with his family at the age of 2. His mother taught school in Clear Creek District and his father had a dairy form and kept bees. Donald attended school in Camp Verde and Prescott. He served overseas in World War I and was superintendent of the Yavapai County Hospital from 1939 until he retired in 1968. In retirement, he devoted much of his time to his life-long interests of regional history and archaeology.

Bio: Ralph Lewis Bell (b. 1893 – d.1968) was born in Brecksville, Ohio in 1893 to Lewis B. and Jennie E. Bell. He resided in the Verde Valley until 1920, graduated from Prescott High School in 1912 and from the University of Arizona. During WW I he served with the Armed Forces in France and with the Army of Occupation in Germany. He married Jean Wilson in Prescott in 1921. A carpenter by trade, he moved to Orange, CA in 1920. His brother was Donald F. Bell of Prescott.

Topics Discussed: Annie Grimes; Jordan Scott; Camp Verde, Arizona; World War II; General Patton and Occupation of Berlin, Germany. See letter in Fannie (Wingfield) Stephens’s Oral History Folder.

920-921 - Donald F. Bell, 18 Nov, 1974, Transcript: Yes and Digitized: Yes

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

1130-1131 - Jennie Maye (Rosenblatt) Bell, 6 Jun, 1996, Transcript: Yes and Digitized: Yes

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

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