Oral History
Interviewee: Alice E. Mackin (b. 03/31/1916 – d. 01/07/2007)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1274
Duration: 00:56:05
Date: December 9, 1998
Topics Discussed: Nite Cap Bar, Miller Valley 1940s, Prescott "Tunnels", Bruno's Bar, Downtown Prescott 1923
Oral History
Interviewee: Johnie Lee (Parsons) Fain (b. 05/15/1906 – d. 09/10/1999)
Interviewer: Pioneer Productions Staff Member
Audio Number: 1146
Duration: 01:29:04
Date: 1989
Topics Discussed: Pioneering Days in Arizona - Arizona Cattle Growers Radio Appearance; Father Kino; Early Arizona History; Pete Kitchens; Chino Valley and Lonesome Valley; Gold Discovery on Lynx Creek; Walker Party; Sam Miller & Burnt Ranch; Indian Wars; Granville “Dan” Fain; HA Brand; Montezuma Well Ranch; Yaeger Canyon; Westerner’s Club speech; Barlow Massick; Open Range Ends; Diamond F Ranch; Marion Perkins and Sons; Diamond S Ranch and the Hashknife Outfit & OK Cattle Companies.
Oral History
Interviewee: Alice E. Mackin (b. 03/31/1916 – d. 01/07/2007)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1003-1004
Duration: 01:22:18
Date: February 1, 1995
Topics Discussed: Mackin family, Bar H Ranch, O.A. Lange family, Groom Creek stage stop and saloon circa 1900, Bennett place at Goldwater Lake, P Bar Ranch, Loba Lodge
Oral History
Interviewee: Richard "Dick" M. L. Allen, Sr. (b. 06/08/1911 - d. 05/22/2004)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Numbers: 1170-1171 & 1173B
Duration: 01:28:44
Date: February 26, 1997 & March 26, 1997
Topics Discussed: Chino Valley and the Latter-Days Saints (LDS) Church in Chino Valley; Allen’s Nu-Way Market; Allen’s Dairy, c. 1926; 1939 carrier pigeons and World War II (WWII) canneries.
Radio Broadcast
Program Name: Echos of the Past & Cowboy Camp Meeting
Producer: Yavapai Cowbelles
Narrator: Johnie Lee (Parson) Fain & Dr. Talbert
Audio Number: 1294
Duration: 00:30:59
Date: 1930s (?) - Reproduced 1999
Topics Discussed: History of Perkins Family, Bob Perkins, Wranglers, Cattle driving from New Mexico & Texas to Arizona and Cowboy Camp Meeting.
Oral History
Interviewee: Joe [Thomas Joseph] Mackin (b. 06/04/1912 – d. 02/08/2001)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 866-867
Duration: 01:14:51
Date: July 24, 1991
Topics Discussed: Mackin Family History; Veterinarian - Dr. Osborne; Working at Different Prescott Bakeries; Truck Driver for Paving White Spar Road - a WPA project; Prescott Fire Department, 1946-1973; Prescott Antique Auto Club, Wife - Margaret “Peggy” (Johnson) Mackin & children, and Sharlot Hall Museum Life Member.
Oral History
Interviewee: Mary Lou (Arredondo) Alvarado (b. 08/19/1935 – d. 02/08/2017)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Numbers: 1481-1482
Duration: 02:04:57
Date: March 30, 2004
Topics Discussed: The Alvarado and Arredondo families, 1940s & 1950s Prescott History, Mexican-Americans in Prescott and the Prescott "Tunnels".
Oral History
Interviewee: Johnie Lee (Parsons) Fain (b. 05/15/1906 – d. 09/10/1999)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1137-1139
Duration: 02:45:11
Date: June 20, 1996 & June 24, 1996
Topics Discussed: John Lee Parsons Family, c. 1906-1925; Granville Fain Family, Miller Family and Valley, c. 1917; Yavapai County Cowbelles, Ranch Life, 1928-1970, Dr. John C. Taylor, c. 1935; Sharlot Hall; Rafter Eleven Ranch, 1905-1995; Barlow-Massick Castle; “Dan” Granville Fain & Prescott Valley History.
Oral History
Interviewee: William Patrick Mahoney Jr. (b. 11/27/1916 – d. 04/27/2000)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1066
Duration: 00:47:21
Date: September 6, 1995
Topics Discussed: Fitzgerald Farm, 1882-1995; Mahoney Farm, 1915-1995; Margaret (Donohue) Fitzgerald, Alice (Fitzgerald) Mahoney and Hiroshima, Japan and the Atomic Bomb.
Roger Anderson Audio Collection
Radio Program: Pioneer Days of the West
Interviewer/Narrator: Roger Anderson
Audio Number: 925
Duration: 00:30:33
Date: May 26, 1960
The interviews in this collection were part of the "Pioneer Days of the West" weekly radio series conducted and narrated by radio host and personality Roger Anderson. This series includes many Yavapai County and Prescott residents' family histories, pioneering days and Arizona stories. This series of interviews include: Aretha Gleason, Manuel Victor, Anna Gilleland, Gail Gardner, Cowboy Burnett, Clarence Denny, Bert Lee, and May Young.