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Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Laura Alexander, 1981 December 17, 2006 August 5
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Identifier: PPLDoh-iv-1
Abstract
Interview with Laura Alexander from the Pikes Peak Library District Oral History Project.
Dates:
1981 December 17; Digitization: 2006 August 5
Oral History Interview with Laura Shipman, 1975, 2006 September 18
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Identifier: WHS-C030
Abstract
Oral History discussion by Laura Shipman on early Westminster social and commercial activities. Persons of note mentioned in the interview: Marion Moffitt, Francis Coleman, Albert Soloman, Margaret O'Gorman, Walter S. Rudolph, E. M. Williams, Clara Conners Metz, and Francis Day. -- Streets-- Agriculture -- Daily Farms -- Alfalfa Fields -- Orchards -- Schools -- -- Early Families -- Strawson -- Moffitt -- Soloman -- Rudolph Family -- Home -- Williams Family -- Farm -- Libraries --...
Dates:
1975; Digitization: 2006 September 18
Oral history interview with Lenna Isley, 1986 January 16, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-016-1
Abstract
Isley tells the story of meeting her future husband, Guy Isley, at school and falling in love at first sight. They married and relocated to Arizona from Illinois for his health. She recalls that they moved just after the flu epidemic of 1918. She talks about the first house where they lived, the ranch that Mr. Isley bought with his brother, and how the area has grown. She discusses some church activities and her family, including the business that her son, Guy Roe, started. Isley describes...
Dates:
1986 January 16; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Lillian Millett, 1981 October 28, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-219
Abstract
Millett moved to Mesa from Los Angeles in 1916. She describes the trip that took her family seven days in a Model T. Ford. She describes the big changes from Los Angeles including having no refrigeration or electricity, and being completely dependent on mesquite wood. She also describes using wet burlap to keep things cool. Millet married Williams Howard Millett, a native of Mesa, and they had six children. Howard was in the first group that went to World War I from Arizona. The Milletts...
Dates:
1981 October 28; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Lin Werner, 1977 May 18, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-217
Abstract
Werner, an important civic leader in Mesa, was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1901. He came to Mesa in 1925 when the J.C. Penney Company transferred him. Werner talks about his career with Penney's in Mesa and in Burbank, California. He discusses his civic activities in Mesa where he was elected mayor in 1936. He also served on the Chamber of Commerce Board and in Rotary Club. Werner gives detail about the development in Mesa including building parks and recreation venues, improving...
Dates:
1977 May 18; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history interview with Lorenzo Dow Rhoton, 1986 April 14, 2006 March
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Identifier: MHM2005-027-032-1
Abstract
Rhoton begins by describing his childhood in Shumway, Arizona, where his parents settled in 1888. He discusses his 51-year career as a teacher in Arizona, 24 of which were in Mesa. He talks about the schools in Mesa, the unification of several small school districts in the area, and names several teachers and principals. He mentions attending the dedication of the Mormon Temple in 1927. Rhoton talks about courting his wife and marrying her in Holbrook, Arizona, in 1917. He also describes the...
Dates:
1986 April 14; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral History Interview with Losasso, Jean and George; Peters, Magaret;, 1975 May 28, 2006 September 18
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Identifier: WHS-155
Abstract
Interview with George & Jean Losasso Grandchildren of the Bowles Family and Margaret Peters, niece of Bowles . Speaks of Volunteer Fire Department;Community; streets, water maintenence, & other City jobs; Town Marshall.
Dates:
1975 May 28; Digitization: 2006 September 18
Oral History Interview with Marcos Diaz, 2006 January 26, 2006 November 16
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Identifier: UTEP462
Abstract
Mexican Revolution, including being a prisoner of Pascual Orozco; coming to the United States as part of the División del Norte; work experiences at Fort Bliss, ASARCO, in California and South Texas; Lone Star Welfare Association.
Dates:
2006 January 26; Digitization: 2006 November 16
Oral History Interview with Margarita Terrazas, 1964 October 24, 2006 November 14
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Identifier: UTEP16
Abstract
Information on the Terrazas family of Chihuahua, especially the career of her father, the publisher of EL Correo de Chuhuahua; personalities of the Mexican Revolution, including Villa, Madero and Huerta.
Dates:
1964 October 24; Digitization: 2006 November 14
Oral history interview with Marjorie Entz, 1980 March 17, 2006 March
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Identifier: MSM97-150
Abstract
Entz, born in Illinois, came to Mesa, Arizona, at the age of four to recover from pneumonia. She describes life in Mesa including the transition from horse and buggy to car. She recalls early downtown businesses and describes recreation including dances at the Mezona. She talks about her career as a teacher and the history of Mesa schools.
Dates:
1980 March 17; Digitization: 2006 March
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