Oral History
Interviewee:  Grace (Geissensetter) Foudy (b. 09/13/1916 – d. 01/15/2004)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  1119
Duration: 00:27:43
Date:  March 21, 1996
Topics Discussed:   Pine Crest Historical District, Richard Nixon family c.1930, St. Joseph Academy 1930-1935, Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo and Parade c. 1930s

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

Westerners Presentation
Title:  Expulsion of the Jesuits
Presenter:  Father Francis Fox
Audio Number:  87B
Duration:  Unknown
Date of Presentation:  January 1, 1970

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

Westerners Presentation
Title:  Father Kino Comes to Arizona
Presenter:  Father Francis Fox
Audio Number:  81
Duration:  01:10:44
Date of Presentation:  November 5, 1971

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

Westerners Presentation
Title:  Tragedy of 1767 in North Western New Spain & the Expulsion of Jesuits
Presenter:   Father Francis Fox
Audio Number:  19
Duration:  01:02:33
Date of Presentation:  January 9, 1970

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

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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.  

Oral History
Interviewee:  Gifford Franks (b. 04/01/1902 - d. 01/03/1998)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 767
Duration: 00:20:44
Date:  October 16 & 19, 1990
Topics Discussed:  Franks Family History in Minnesota, Washington and Colorado and Coming to Prescott, Arizona.

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