KYCA Radio Broadcast
Program Name: Yavapai Associates Weekly Musical Travelogue
Host: Grace M. Sparkes
Producer: Grace M. Sparkes
Speaker: Sharlot M. Hall
Audio Number: 1598
Duration: 00:05:40
Date: February 7, 1941
Topics Discussed: KYCA radio broadcast presents The Yavapai Assoicates Weekly Musical Travelogue arranged and conducted by Grace Sparkes. Includes information regarding Yavapai County; Prescott; Fort Whipple Hospital and general Arizona history. The recording abruptly changes to Sharlot Hall speaking about early Arizona history, the war with Mexico and General Carlton and then abruptly stops. The music of Home on the Range is used at the beginning of the broadcast.
Oral History
Interviewee: William "Will" J. Sparkes (b. 09/23/1935)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1442
Duration: 00:49:13
Date: November 12, 2002
Topics Discussed: William Sparkes personal history, his aunt Grace Sparkes, memories of Prescott 1940s
Westerners Presentation
Title: The Taxless Toot: Building the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway
Presenter: Robert L. Spude
Audio Number: 99A (Side 1)
Duration: 00:34:01
Date of Presentation: March 7, 1975
Westerners Presentation
Title: Joseph Walker: A Frontier Hero
Presenter: Robert Stagnell, M.D.
Audio Number: 175A (Side 1)
Duration: 00:35:10
Date of Presentation: June 5, 1987
Oral History
Interviewee: Margaret Christine (Chiantaretto) Staranick (b. 11/19/1917 - d. 06/27/2005)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 882
Duration: 00:23:24
Date: October 14, 1991
Topics Discussed: Chiantaretto family history; ML Ranch in Dewey, Arizona; St. Joseph's Academy, family dairy business
Oral History
Interviewee: William G. Statler (b.11/06/1924 – d. 06/18/1981)
Interviewer: Pioneer Productions Staff Member
Audio Number: 1152
Duration: 01:00:31
Date: 1989
Acquisition Number: ACC#2021.044
Topics Discussed: Gold Mining in Arizona, Statler’s Personal History and becoming a Miner, Mines & Mining Industry and Operations.
Oral History
Interviewee: Sam Steiger (b. 03/10/1929 – d. 09/26/2012)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1390-1391
Duration: 01:07:26
Date: December 12, 2001
Topics Discussed: Sam Steiger personal and family history, Steiger's political career, ranching in Arizona
Oral History
Interviewee: William H. "Mac" McCauley (b. 11/21/1918 – d. 01/15/2011)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1237
Duration: 01:00:08
Date: June 23, 1998
Topics Discussed: Prescott school history, square dancing
Westerners Presentation
Title: Fort Whipple as a Tuberculosis (TB) Hospital
Presenter: Frederick K. Steiner
Audio Number: 22
Duration: 01:03:55
Date of Presentation: April 4, 1969
Oral History
Interviewee: Mazie (De Armond) McCombs (b. 12/23/1907 – d. 03/20/2003)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1216
Duration: 00:50:05
Date: April 7, 1998
Topics Discussed: De Armond family, Skull Valley 1913-1935, Skull Valley Community Church