Westerners Presentation
Title: Mormon Settlement on the Little Colorado River, Lehi, Snowflake & Pima
Presenter: Judge Jesse Udall
Audio Number: 2A (Side 1)
Duration: 01:00:23
Date of Presentation: May 26, 1975
Oral History
Interviewee: William "Bill" G. Neely (b. 06/24/1933 – d. 04/15/2020)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1472
Duration: 01:01:23
Date: September 20, 1997
Topics Discussed: Prescott National Forest, Forest Service fire crew, Prescott public schools
Oral History
Interviewee: Gail F. Neil (b. 10/11/1910 – d. 03/16/2001)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 1226
Duration: 00:55:51
Date: May 5, 1998
Topics Discussed: Prescott school history, Neil's Economy Store, Prescott 1920s-1990s
Sharlot Hall Museum Lecture
Title: National History Site Preservation Act of 1966
Presenter: Dennis McCarty - Director of the State Parks Board
Audio Number: 87A
Date: Unknown Date
Duration: 00:32:29
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2022.002
Topics Discussed: Introduction by Dr. Charles Franklin Parker. McCarty discusses the Preservation Act of 1966 and Historical Preservation Program for the State of Arizona, which include National & Arizona State Historical Preservation History.
Oral History
Interviewee: Katherine Jane Nicolay (b. 07/25/1921 – d. 01/27/2002)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1078-1079
Duration: 00:57:20, 00:57:19
Date: September 25, 1995
Topics Discussed: Perry Gernand family 1920-1960, development of Ridgewood Heights 1930, class distinction in Prescott 1930s, County Hospital 1940s, Don Bell (County Hospital Administrator), the Depression
Oral History
Interviewee: Bill Vallely (b. 03/01/1926 – d.06/10/2004)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 975A
Duration: 00:27:50
Date: June 1, 1993
Topics Discussed: Family history, depression years in Prescott, American Legion sports
Sharlot Hall Museum Lecture
Title: Humor and Politics Western Style
Presenter: Don & Alleen Nilsen - Arizona State University English Professors
Audio Number: 759
Date: September 17, 1989
Duration: 00:57:38
Acquisition Number: ACC# 2022.002
Topics Discussed: Western style humor and politics, Dick Wick Hall and Exaggerated humor.
Oral History
Interviewee: Joan Carol (Hall) Vallely (b. 01/15/1929 – d. 05/07/2007)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 975B
Duration: 00:14:44
Date: June 1, 1993
Topics Discussed: Personal history and Mercy Hospital fire
Oral History
Interviewee: Ed Nixon (b. 05/03/1930 – d. 02/27/2019)
Interviewer: Sylvia Neely
Audio Number: 949
Duration: 00:42:45
Date: February 18, 2007
Topics Discussed: Nixon family history; Ed Nixon, brother of United States President Richard Nixon; Pine Crest Historic District; Nixon house at 937 Apache Drive in Prescott
Oral History
Interviewee: Wayne F. Van Gorder (b. 01/04/1924 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer: Mona McCroskey
Audio Number: 1244
Duration: 00:57:46
Date: September 2, 1998
Topics Discussed: Wayne Van Gorder personal history, Tex Ritter, Allen's NuWay Market, KYCA Radio Station, Pearl Harbor Day