Oral History
Interviewee: Patricia "Pat" Irene (Watkins) Welch (b. 01/07/1923 – d. 12/27/2018)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 883
Duration: 00:44:57
Date: October 3, 1991
Topics Discussed: Family history 1843-1988, Daisie Watkins Busse, Prescott history 1930-40, Royal Air Force training base at Love Field WWII, pioneer educator Mata Dexter 1929, Arizona State University during the Vietnam era
Oral History
Interviewee: Sherman Rodgers Payne (b. 09/11/1924 – d. 06/03/2011)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1173
Duration: 00:39:37
Date: May 12, 1997
Topics Discussed: Payne Family, Granite Dells 1930s, Depression era, Motion Picture making, Fourth of July, discrimination
Oral History
Interviewee: Robert "Bob" W. Welch (b. 01/29/1921 – d. 11/02/1994)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 892
Duration: 00:38:56
Date: November 2, 1991
Topics Discussed: Welch family history 1920, Civilian Conservation Corps 1930s, Arizona Strip, World War II military career
Oral History
Interviewee: Sherman Rodgers Payne (b. 09/11/1924 – d. 06/03/2011)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 834
Duration: 00:23:52
Date: April 5, 1991
Topics Discussed: Prescott history 1930s, Granite Dells, TAPCO generating station on the Verde River, Arizona Public Service, Belle Rodgers
Oral History
Interviewee: Emmett D. Welin (b. 06/29/1898 – d. 09/09/1983)
Edith B. (Campbell) Welin (b. 11/11/1897 – d. 05/28/1979)
Interviewer: Ceil Rix - SHM Volunteer
Audio Number: 116
Duration: 01:01:08
Date: January 24, 1978
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2021.100
Topics Discussed: John Emil Welin; Pioneer Oil; Purity Oil; Farmer’s and Merchant’s Bank; Chino, California; Mr. Roland; Meyer Brewing Company; Crude oil production; Coalinga, California; Vista, California; Farming; Mountain Arts Guild formation; Western Bank; Mountain Arts Guild gallery locations; KYCA Radio; Father’s transit donation to Sharlot Hall Museum; VA Hospital; World Tour; “Heaven on Earth”.
Oral History
Interviewee: Clinton Calloway "Toughy" Peach (b. 05/27/1894 – d. 01/15/1984)
Interviewer:
Audio Number: 63
Duration: 00:58:08
Date: December 15, 1967
Topics Discussed: Peach family history, ranching and work history 1920s-1940s, Camp Verde, Long Valley
Oral History
Interviewee: Betty Lo (Aiken) Wells (b. 01/30/24 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1285-1286
Duration: 01:15:38
Date: February 18, 1999
Topics Discussed: Claud Aiken family history, cattle ranching in Chino Valley, M. A. Perkins, Jerome Junction, Swigee, Miner family
Oral History
Interviewee: Nettie Marie (Goddard) Peach (b. 11/03/1893 – d. 01/17/1986)
Interviewer:
Audio Number: 39b
Duration: 00:30:40
Date: March 21, 1973
Topics Discussed: Goddard family history, cowboys and ranching, shipping cattle to Flagstaff, Camp Verde
Oral History
Interviewee: Fred Francis Wells (b. 11/26/1919 – d. 01/15/2006)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1262
Duration: 01:00:29
Date: October 23, 1998
Topics Discussed: Yavapai County Schools; Groom Creek, Humboldt, Williamson Valley
Oral History
Interviewee: Robert "Bob" David Pearsall (b. 12/24/1925 – d. 03/31/2012)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1323
Duration: 01:01:00
Date: August 16, 2000
Topics Discussed: Pearsall family history, Miller Valley 1930s