Westerners Presentation
Title: Voices of Arizona Pioneers
Presenter: Abe & Mildred Chanin
Audio Number: 128B (Side 2)
Duration: 00:56:06
Date of Presentation: January 1, 1970
Oral History
Interviewee: Louis Edward Hesla (b. 06/10/1914 – d. 01/17/2009)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 815-817
Duration: 00:54:54, 00:58:41: 00:14:24
Date: March 24, 1991
Topics Discussed: O. A. Hesla Jewelry Company, Flu Epidemic 1918, Prescott history 1890-1940s
Sharlot Hall Museum Lecture
Title: Pioneer Jews in Arizona & the Goldwaters
Presenter: Professor Abe Chanin
Audio Number: 743
Date: January 28, 1990
Duration: 00:43:36
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2022.002
Topics Discussed: Jewish people who came and settled in Arizona and the Goldwater Family
Oral History
Interviewee: Shirley (Smith) Hess (b. 12/31/1924 – d. 09/03/2006)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1256
Duration: 01:02:17
Date: September 16, 1998
Topics Discussed: Occupational Therapy and the Whipple Veterans Administration (VA) Center
Oral History
Interviewee: Linda (Stern) Chase (b. 04/04/1935 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1306
Duration: 01:00:16
Date: February 2, 2000
Topics Discussed: Jerome and Prescott history, Miller Valley School
Oral History
Interviewee: Taylor T. Hicks Jr. (b. 12/15/1937 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1601
Duration: 01:02:30
Date: March 6, 2013
Topics Discussed: Hicks family history, Washington School, Charles Franklin Parker, childhood memories, Smoki ceremonies, University of Arizona, University of Southern California Dental School, Air Force, dental practice, Prescott High School, Half Century Club
Oral History
Interviewee: William James "Bill" Cheek (b. 04/08/1925 – d. 10/17/2007)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1013-1014
Duration: 01:35:14
Date: May 17, 1994
Topics Discussed: Civilian Conservation Corp camps c. 1930s, Perkinsville bridge, Dowell Brothers Construction Company, building of the Superior-Miami Highway, APS Power Line survey c. 1950, Childs/Irving Hydroelectric Power Plants
Westerners Presentation
Title: The Walker Party
Presenter: Taylor Hicks, Sr.
Audio Number: 124B (Side 2)
Duration: 00:56:47
Date of Presentation: April 6, 1979
Oral History
Interviewee: Verg Neva (Reykdal) Chemas (b. 08/24/1919 – d. 12/06/1997)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 850
Duration: 01:20:07
Date: July 10, 1991
Topics Discussed: Prescott history 1920-1960s, Skyline Motel, Prescott Gun & Repair Shop, Humboldt History 1930s, Chemas and Reykdal family history
Oral History
Presenter: Taylor Hicks, Sr. (b. 06/15/1909 – d. 06/26/1988)
Introduction: Fred Mey
Audio Number: 721
Duration: 00:19:38
Date: November 7, 1985
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2021.054
Topics Discussed: Recorded while traveling in Goldburn, New South Wales, Australia and in New Zealand in the summer of 1985. Taylor Hicks, Sr. sings "Sierry Peaks" song by Gail Gardner.