Oral History
Interviewee: Ethel Lytle (b. 07/21/1918 - d. 06/28/2006)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1134
Duration: 00:13:27
Date: June 10, 1996
Topics Discussed: Meeting Bob Perkins at University of Arizona, 1930s; Meeting the Perkins Family & Marrying and her life with Bob Perkins.
NOTE: Due to technical issues with Ethel's interview on audio number 1052, Ethel was re-interviewed.
Westerners Presentation
Title: Mormon Colonization on the Salt River
Presenter: Merle Allen
Audio Number: 102B (Side 2)
Duration: 00:49:00
Date of Presentation: August 13, 1976
Oral History
Interviewee: Dixon Fagerberg, Jr. (b. 03/20/1909 – d. 12/17/2002)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 841-842
Duration: 01:03:16
Date: July 8, 1991
Topics Discussed: Prescott history 1920s, Hispanic community in Oak Creek, wholesale grocery business, Fagerberg family history, Frances Willard Munds, George Ruffner, author of Meeting the Four O' Clock Train, Willard families
Oral History
Interviewee: Victor Hoffman Lytle (b. 09/25/1911 – d. 12/24/1995) & Ethel Lytle (b. 07/21/1918 - d. 06/28/2006)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1050-1052
Duration: 02:47:51
Date: April 18, 1995
Topics Discussed: Ranching; Yuma Plank Road to El Centro, c. 1928; The Advent of Air Conditioning; Phoenix Union High School, c. 1920, Grand Canyon (Prescott) College; Charles Franklin Parker & Mayor of Prescott, 1973-1975; Ethel's Former Husband, Bob Perkins & Perkins Ranch & Family.
Oral History
Interviewee: Opal (Tenney) Goodman Allen (b. 03/29/1913 – d. 03/27/2008)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 919
Duration: 00:46:58
Date: November 13, 1991
Topics Discussed: Corrections to information regarding Merle's interview on January 17, 1991 - audio numbers 811-812. Corrections were in regards to Blacks in Latter Day Saints (LDS) Church, Merle's Life, Prescott Streetcar route, Prescott Businesses, Prescott History and the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Church
Oral History
Interviewee: Norman William "Bill" Fain II (b. 01/20/1938 – d. 08/27/2016)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1342-1343
Duration: 01:22:32
Date: November 24, 2000
Topics Discussed: Prescott Valley Development, Fain Signature Group, Prescott Country Club, Shamrock Water Company, Ned Warren and Lynx Lake Estates.
Oral History
Interviewee: Marjorie "Marge" (Falkard) Mackin (b. 03/14/1914 – d. 02/14/2010)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1520
Duration: 00:45:00
Date: April 19, 2006
Topics Discussed: Hassayampa Hotel, Lester “Les” Mackin – Husband, Prescott History, 1930s-1940s, Prescott Downs & Horseracing and Yavapai County Fairgrounds.
Oral History
Interviewee: Opal G. (Tenney) Goodman Allen (b. 03/29/1913 – d. 03/27/2008)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1270-1271 & 1272-1273
Duration: 01:59:17 & 01:25:54
Date: November 17, 1998 & November 19, 1998
Topics Discussed: Opal (Tenney) Goodman Allen Family, the Latter Day Saints Church History and Doctrine, Merle Allen, Everett Goodman and Myrtle May Wear
Oral History
Interviewee: Johnie Lee (Parsons) Fain (b. 05/15/1906 – d. 09/10/1999)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1157-1158
Duration: 01:11:07
Date: September 23, 1996
Topics Discussed: Yavapai County Cowbelles History; Junior Yavapai County Cattle Growers; and Establishment of the Sharlot Hall Museum Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden.
Interviewee: Alice Ellin Mackin (b. 03/31/1916 – d. 01/07/2007)
Interviewer: Zoe Blaine
Audio Number: 167
Duration: 00:35:14
Date: July 10, 1988
Acquisition Number: ACC#
Topics Discussed: Groom Creek stage stop; Mackin children (Evelyn, George, Emmett, Joe, Edward (died at 6 weeks) Lester Mary and Alice); Father’s death; Senator Mine; White Cloud Mine; Bennett family; Goldwater Lake; Mackin Acres; Peter, Joseph, Owen and James Mackin; Cripple Creek, Colorado; St. Joseph’s Academy; Grant Bennett; Eddie Andrews; Mrs. Otto Land; Mrs. Stanley Day; Schemmer family; Orthell Brothers; Ensminger’s Soda Fountain; Jack Whitney; Hassayampa Inn; Ferrell Archer, Earl Passmer & Howard Duvall; Night Cap; Green Frog Café; Floyd Motor Company; Bishop Liquor Distributors; Coffee Cup Café; Baptist Camp; Lennox Maternity Home; JC Penney; Bob Gilmore; Bruno Rizzuniko; Albuquerque.
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