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Nov 13, 2006

Westerners Presentation
Title:  Charles Lummis & Southwest Archeology
Presenter:  Dudley Gordon
Audio Number:  76B (Side 2) - 77
Duration:  00:56:19
Date of Presentation:  April 4, 1967

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Feb 01, 2017

Oral History
Interviewee:  Lenora Ellen Eckert Bronson (b. 04/29/1913 – d. 09/21/2003)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  1118
Duration: 00:54:48
Date:  March 12, 1996
Topics Discussed:  Clarence Eckert family, Otto Augusta Lange family, Walnut Grove School c. 1935, Washington School 1920-1925, P Bar Ranch 1920-1930

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Feb 28, 2006

Westerners Presentation
Title:  Sharlot M. Hall & Charles Lummis
Presenter:  Dudley Gordon
Audio Number:  14
Duration:  01:02:46
Date of Presentation:  April 5, 1967

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Mar 26, 2006

Westerners Presentation
Title:  Prescott 1864-1867
Presenter:  Eddie Brooks
Audio Number:  131B (Side 2)
Duration:  01:00:45
Date of Presentation:  May 1, 1980

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Jun 02, 2014

Oral History
Interviewee: George A. and Rink Goswick (b. 06/08/1919 – d. 04/09/1997)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  833
Duration: 00:52:03
Date:  April 8, 1991
Topics Discussed:  Family history, five generations of ranching, lion hunting, Cherry Creek, sheriff's posse

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Jan 30, 2017

Oral History
Interviewee:  Francies Valentine "Bud" Brown (b. 04/14/1903 - d. 02/06/2001)
Interviewer:  Claudette Simpson
Audio Number: 715
Duration: 01:34:35
Date:  June 1987
Acquistion Number: ACC# 2021.050
Topics Discussed:  Bud Brown's Personal History, Brown Family History, Living Life as a Cowboy, Flagstaff Mules, Teaching Career in Pheonix area, Bud Brown's Barn & Hayrides in Phoenix area, Friendly Pines Camp, Becoming a Wagon Master & Bicentennial Covered Wagon, Will Reese, Jack & Bebe (Brown) May.

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May 29, 2014

In the early 1930s a group of cowboys working as mule wranglers and tourist guides at the Grand Canyon National Park performed traditional cowboy songs, poems, and fiddle music for tourists.  They led tourists groups on mules down the Bright Angel Trail to the Colorado River and back in one day and in the evenings entertained guests at the El Tovar Hotel and later at the Bright Angel Lodge. 

Concert Recording

Performer: Grand Canyon Cowboy Band
Producer: Warren Miller, Sharlot Hall Museum
Recorder:  James Griffith, Southwest Folklore Center
Audio Number:  160
Duration:  01:28:20
Date:   August 31, 1985
Content:  Reunion concert of the last four surviving band members, Marvin Bennett, John Bradley, Sam Fenner and L.H. “Slim” Kite, singing their cowboy songs and poetry.

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Oct 28, 2006

Westerners Presentation
Title:  Covered Wagon Train in Reverse: The Bicentennial Wagon 
Presenter:  Bud Brown
Audio Number:  110B  (Side 2)
Duration:  01:00:11
Date of Presentation:  February 4, 1977

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May 27, 2014

National Broadcast Company's (NBC) "in progress" radio news program regarding the rescue efforts of WWII Army airmen Maurice Cruickshank, Charles Goldblum and Roy Embank who each parachuted out of their malfunctioning airplane bomber, while flying over the Grand Canyon during a night time training flight on June 29, 1944.  These three men ended up in the Grand Canyon, which prompted a search and rescue operation.

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Jan 28, 2017

Oral History
Interviewee:  Garth Arthur "Brownie" Brown (b. 07/20/1910 – d. 10/18/2008)
Interviewer:  Mona McCroskey
Audio Number:  1324-1325
Duration:  01:20:33
Date:  June 28, 2000
Topics Discussed:  OX Ranch, Congress, Arizona;  Wickenburg c. 1940s, Porter locomotive, Congress Mine, Hillside Mine c. 1930s, Prohibition

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