Oral History
Interviewee: Danny [John Daniel] Freeman (b. 10/07/1911 – d. 01/13/2003)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 865
Duration: 00:49:24
Date: July 30, 1991
Topics Discussed: Freeman Family History, Career with Soil Conservation Service, Freeman's Service in Vietnam with US State Department, Prescott Rodeo History and Prescott History, 1941-1980s.
Oral History
Interviewee: Eugene T. Bennett (b. 08/15/1916 – d. 03/29/2004)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1071-1072
Duration: 01:56:03
Date: September 14, 1995
Topics Discussed: Charles Henry Bennett Family, Orme Ranch c.1940, Sheep Trails Mayer c.1940, Triangle HC Ranch c.1935, Arizona Power Company
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Interviewee: Grant Bennett (b. 12/22/1887 – d. 09/24/1976)
Interviewer: Virginia Jenson Balentine
Audio Number: 187-188
Duration: 01:36:18
Date: May 26,1978
Topics Discussed: Groom Creek mining, Banning Creek, Prescott and Santa Fe Railroad, Palace Station, Prescott fire of 1900
Oral History
Interviewee: Joseph Thomas Frost (b. 07/12/1926 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1057-1058
Duration: 01:22:22
Date: May 13, 1995
Topics Discussed: Ash Fork c.1935, Arizona State Hospital 1948, juniper and grasslands habitat, Harvey Houses c.1930s, James Rankin family
Oral History
Interviewee: Josie "Edgel" Surrett Bennett (b. 10/02/1919 – d. 04/25/2008)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1075-1076
Duration: 01:15:05
Date: September 27, 1995
Topics Discussed: Surrett family 1895-1938, Mayer High School 1932-36, Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Mayer 1930s, Japanese internment camp Mayer 1940, homesteaders Mayer 1920-30s
Westerners Presentation
Title: The Life & Death of Tom Horn
Presenter: Ruth Fugate
Audio Number: 756B (Side 2)
Duration: 01:02:32
Date of Presentation: June 10, 1990
Oral History
Interviewee: Mabel Larremore Bennett (b. 08/14/1921 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1213
Duration: 00:21:21
Date: March 4, 1998
Topics Discussed: Larremore Family c. 1900-1930, Mayer, Arizona, James Floyd family, Humboldt, Dan Fain
Westerners Presentation
Title: Early Day Life of a Miner & Cowboy in Cochise County
Presenter: Ruth Fugate
Audio Number: 134B (Side 2)
Duration: 00:59:56
Date of Presentation: January 8, 1982
Oral History
Interviewee: James "Clude" Benson (b. 12/27/1911 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1223, 1224 & 1225
Duration: 02:56:17
Date: May 11, 13, 15 & 18, 1998
Topics Discussed: Mining practices around Prescott, 1930; Prospecting; Geology; Living off the land and wildlife; Dan Fain; the Arizona Roadrunners Prospecting Club and Orme Ranch.