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Nurses -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Dave and Helen Duckworth, 1986 November 6, 2006 March

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Identifier: MHM2005-027-008-1
Abstract Dave Duckworth begins by telling how he and Helen came to Mesa in 1943 so he could work as a pharmacist. He talks about living in the Evergreen district, owning a drugstore with his father, and how medicine has changed in 40 years. He describes what Mesa was like in the 1940's with wide streets, a thriving downtown district, and good schools. Mr. Duckworth talks about the semi-rural environment that allowed people to have horses in their yards in the middle of town. He mentions being a...
Dates: 1986 November 6; Digitization: 2006 March

Oral history of Eva Watson Johnson Quist, 1987 April 3, 2006 March

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Identifier: MHM2005-027-031-1
Abstract Johnson gives an account of her family's move to Arizona in 1925 to benefit her mother's health. Her family settled on 10 acres on Broadway Road, near the Mormon Temple, where they farmed and raised chickens. She talks about her father, Charles Watson, who was a talented actor and singer. She also tells the story of her mother, Irene Watson, starting Watson's Flowers, a longtime family-owned business in Mesa. Quist tells of training as a registered nurse, taking care of her mother before she...
Dates: 1987 April 3; Digitization: 2006 March