Westerners Presentation
Title: The Smoki People, Inc. History
Presenter: Gail Gardner
Audio Number: 145A (Side 1)
Duration: 00:21:17
Date of Presentation: August 6, 1982
Oral History
Interviewee: Keith Bochat (b. 02/22/1940 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1299
Duration: 01:01:24
Date: October 12, 1999
Topics Discussed: Bochat family history, Prescott and Verde Valley history, Miller Valley School, Bristow family, Ralston family, Middle Verde, Arizona
Oral History
Interviewee: Ray Gardner (b. 07/28/1922 – d. 02/14/2015)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1404
Duration: 01:00:50
Date: May 9, 2002
Topics Discussed: Camp Friendly Pines, cowboy music, Mayer schools, Reata Pass
Oral History
Interviewee: Kathryn "Kittie" Margaret Hiltenbrandt Bonnell (b. 07/15/1881 – d. 05/22/1978)
Interviewer: Sharon Sibley
Audio Number: 1381-1382
Duration: 01:03:26
Date: May 26,1967
Topics Discussed: Hiltenbrandt and Bonnell families, Humboldt, Arizona; Dewey, Arizona
Westerners Presentation
Title: Early Buildings in Prescott with comments by Gail Gardner
Presenter: Jim Garrison
Audio Number: 104A (Side 1)
Duration: 00:46:58
Date of Presentation: October 3, 1975
Westerners Presentation
Title: The Santa Fe Trade Before 1846: How the Mexicans Saw It
Presenter: Albert William "Bill" Bork, Ph.D.
Audio Number: 175B (Side 2)
Duration: 01:01:30
Date of Presentation: July 10, 1987
Oral History
Interviewee: Yone (Haining) Gendreau (b. 04/28/1932 – d. 07/16/2004)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1300
Duration: 00:40:49
Date: October 13, 1999
Topics Discussed: Samuel Boblett, Owen Haining, Clayton Boblett, Haining sawmills, Jake and Joe Carmichael
Oral History
Interviewee: Albert William "Bill" Bork (b. 08/12/1906 – d. 03/30/2006)
Interviewer: Genny Ingram
Audio Number: 1403
Duration: 00:52:16
Date: April 30, 2002
Topics Discussed: Bork discusses his mother, Bessie Ethel (Hatz) Bork and her Hatz-Shanberger Family History; Growing up in Prescott; Prescott’s Library & Monday Club.
Oral History
Interviewee: Edward Burton Genung (b. 06/03/1878 – d. 04/01/1967)
Interviewer: Unknown
Audio Number: 56
Duration: 00:48:00
Date: September 9, 1966
Topics Discussed: Birth and family, cattle business, Harquahalla, Walnut Grove, Peeples Valley, Hayes, Prescott
Oral History
Interviewee: Albert William "Bill" Bork (b. 08/12/1906 – d. 03/30/2006)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 986-987 & 988-989
Duration: 02:01:07 & 01:28:03
Date: September 16, 1993 & September 23, 1993
Topics Discussed: Bork, Hatz & Shanberger Family Histories; Prescott Snowstorm, January 6, 1915; Circuses in Prescott; First Congregational Church; Old Ball Park; Captain John Kinney; Klu Klux Klan in Prescott; Chinese; Pre-1916 Yavapai County Courthouse – Statehood Celebration; Bork’s Grandfather built Governor’s Mansion and managed Pioneer Hotel, 1882; 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic; Newspaper Office Locations; Yavapai Club; Smoki History, 1921-1990s; A.H. Favour “Old Bill Williams” book; Foreign Language teaching policies in U.S., 1940s; Naming of Paar Drive; Chris Totten; Boy Scouts and Sharlot Hall.


