Oral History
Interviewee: William "Bud" Daily Poulson (b. 12/15/1910 – d. 09/26/1999)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 978-979
Duration: 01:27:06
Date: June 18, 1993
Topics Discussed: Poulson Funeral Home, Hicks Produce, Hotel St. Michael 1929; John F. Mahony, J. B. McNally, Yankee Doodle plan crash
Oral History
Interviewee: Martin E. Wist Jr. (b. 12/18/1928 – d. 09/02/2013)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 966-967
Duration: 01:24:09
Date: February 25, 1993
Topics Discussed: Wist Family History, K-12 Ranch, Glen MarDoor Manufacturing Company, Hassayampa Country Club, Brooke Peterson, and Steiner & Wist (PBSW) Ramblers Softball.
Oral History
Interviewee: Alma J. Pouquette (b. 09/11/1912 – d. 03/21/2006)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1268
Duration: 00:43:45
Date: November 5, 1998
Topics Discussed: Pouquette family history, Fayrene Hume, Escalante Hotel, Fred Harvey, Ash Fork, Arizona history, White House Hotel
Oral History
Interviewee: Harold Johnston Wolfinger (b. 04/08/1914 – d. 10/14/2008)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1188
Duration: 00:47:01
Date: September 23, 1997
Topic Discussed: Prescott's legal community in 1947, Dave Palmer, Rex Arms Building, Prescott's snowstorm of 1967, the end of gambling and prostitution in Prescott
Westerners Presentation
Title: Las Vegas Ranch BBQ
Presenter:
Audio Number: 730
Duration: 00:58:27
Date of Presentation: May 26, 1989
Description:
NOTE: The audio for this presentation is of poor quality
Oral History
Interviewee: Gussie (Green) Wood (b. 05/10/1894 – d. 05/01/1996)
Interviewer: Julia Day [Instructor at Yavapai College]
Audio Number: 166
Duration: 01:01:16
Date: 1979
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2021.043
Topics Discussed: This interview was conducted for a Yavapai College class taught by Julie Day. In it, Gussie Wood discusses the early days in Bisbee, Arizona; Phoenix 1900-1912 and Prescott c.1912.
Sharlot Hall Museum Lecture
Title: Chinese In Arizona
Presenter: Professor Quintan Priest - University of Arizona
Audio Number: 739
Date: October 22, 1989
Duration: 00:28:44
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2022.002
Topics Discussed: Chinese Immigrants in Arizona, Brief Chinese History, Language, Customs, and Chinese Occupations
NOTE: This tape and lecture stops abruptly and mid sentence.
Oral History
Interviewee: Richard Croxdale Prince (b. 06/28/1921 – d. 04/13/2009)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 962
Duration: 00:51:53
Date: February 24, 1993
Topics Discussed: Family history, Stringfield Ranch, The Arizona Power Company (TAPCO)-Irving Plant, Apaches at Irving, Prescott weather in the 1930s
Oral History
Interviewee: Leslie "Les" Martin Wood (b. 05/03/1902 – d. 12/08/2000)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 994-996
Duration: 03:04:35
Date: November 23, 1993
Topics Discussed: Wood family history; cowboys; sheep and angora goat ranching; water witching or dowsing; smelter employee & range management, c. 1920s.
Oral History
Interviewee: Doris Marie (Jorgensen) Purviance (b. 10/25/1910 – d. 12/10/2004)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1107
Duration: 00:39:59
Date: December 20, 1995
Topics Discussed: Prescott Community Hospital Auxiliary 1950-1995, Chaplaincy at Community Hospital, Community Hospital move 1964, White Spar Road c. 1940