History Up Close & Personal

Bisbee’s storied past is recorded, reflected, and retold in the Museum’s oral history collection. Share a smile at the memories of growing up, living, and working in Bisbee in its heyday as a thriving industrial city with a definite personality. If you are interested only in certain topics, such as mining, banking, holidays, ranching… you name it, use the keyword search.

Abbie Bigelow interviewed by Beverly Woods March 27th 1992

Content: Charles Henry Malcolm 0:09, Raid on First Ranch 1:25, Molly Davis 2:50, Nelly B. Davis 3:20, Juniper Flats 4:25, Tombstone Canyon 4:53, Juniper Flats 5:50, Dr. Hunt 6:32, Tombstone Canyon 7:00, Cattle Ranch 7:24, School 7:26, Tombstone Canyon 8:13, Southerners Coming to Bisbee 9:48, Transportation 11:25, Tombstone Canyon 11:56, Library 12:09, Louis Springs 15:10, Chinese Immigrants 15:25, Prejudice 16:45, Saulus Family 17:05, Food Shortages 18:50, Diet 20:10, Ranch Life 21:20……..duplicate?

Date Recorded: 27/03/1992

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Abbie Encinas interviewed by Art Kent-Feb 5, 1980

Content: Employment 0:48, Raising children 2:00, Population of Bisbee 2:19, Well water 2:40, Grocery 3:08, Roads 3:50, Population of Bisbee 4:10, Mexican immigration 4:30, Reservoir 5:02, Pastimes 6:35, Horses and Burros 7:05, Mining 7:50, Cattle ranching 9:10, School 9:50, Transportation 11:10, Business locations 12:10, Health 12:50, Utility services 14:01, Land ownership 15:10, Population of Bisbee 16:20, Pastimes 18:01, Mason meat market 19:01, Flooding 19:30, Business locations 20:01, Christmas 21:20, Clothing 21:45, Horse and Buggy 22:45, Death 25:00

Date Recorded: 05/02/1980

Interviewed By: Art Kent

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Adela Grant interviewed by Coleen Crowliet

Content: Family Tree 00:30, Bisbee Deportation 8:30, Childhood Memories 11:40, Housing 17:50, Clubs and Dances 22:10, Entertainment 29:00, The Great Depression 36:10, Garden and Cooking 38:30, Boiling Herbs and Natural Remedies 43:50, Cooking with a Wood Stove 47:55, Blacksmith 51:25, Pool Halls 55:40, Zacatecas Canyon 55:45, Childhood Memories 58:30

Interviewed By: Coleen Crowliet

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Adela Grant interviewed by Coleen Crowliet August 7th 1993 (Two of Two)

Content: Mexico 00:20, Church 7:55, Pancho Villa 15:50, Shootings 20:00, Family Tree 21:40, Raising Dahlias 22:40, Chickens 25:35, Typhoid 26:00, Laundry 28:25, Groceries 34:00, Marriage 36:40, Shopping 37:15, Family Tree 38:20, Church 40:00, Memories 44:30

Date Recorded: 07/08/1993

Interviewed By: Coleen Crowliet

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Agnes Downs interviewed by Beverly Woods July 24th 1994

Content: Family Tree 00:10, School 9:40, Street Car 11:15, Traffic Circle 13:00, Bakerville 14:18, Shopping 17:10, School 18:45, Stores 19:50, Market in Lowell 20:40, Chores 22:00, Ice Man 23:10, Electricity 25:11, First Washing Machine 26:45, Preserving/Canning 27:20, Cooking 28:15, Social Organizations 30:50, Streetcar 31:40, Swimming Pool 32:05, Dances 33:15, The Roaring 20s 34:50, Louis Springs 36:15, Circus Coming to Town 36:25, Flu Epidemic 37:40, Deportation 38:50, The Great Depression 39:35, Teaching in Fairbanks 42:50, Marriage 46:25, Christmas 50:25, 4th of July 52:50, Weather 58:00

Date Recorded: 24/07/1994

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Al Plumly interviewed by Coleen Crowliet 1981 tape appears 2nd of 3

Content: Philandering Wives 3:00, Red Light District 4:30, Naco's brothels 8:00, Prohibition 12:00, Music 17:00, Fights 24:00, Mining 28:00 Rats in Mine 33:45, Cave In 35:00, Worker's Compensation 41:05, Mucking process 47:50, Dynamite 55:50, Gold 1:01:45

Interviewed By: Coleen Crowliet

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Al Plumly interviewed by Coleen Crowliet March 10th 1981 (One of Two)

Content: Coming to Cochise County 00:30, Ranching 1:45, Working in the Mines 2:30, Getting a Job in the Mines 4:10, First Day on the Job 5:15, Bonus Work 7:00, Changing Drill Bits 9:20, Teamwork in the Mines 10:35, Blasting in the Mines 16:40, Injury/Accident 17:10, Sacramento Hill 19:15, Favorite Job in the Mines 22:30, Nicknames 23:45, Dry Drilling 26:10, Jokes 27:00, Housing in Bisbee 29:40, Entertainment 31:20, Foreign Club 32:30, Gambling 36:20, Cars 37:30, Dancing 39:05, Dating 40:35, Boarding Houses 41:30, Friendships 42:45, Unions 44:10, Bisbee Deportation 44:45, Phelps Dodge 45:50, Minerals 48:20, Discrimination 49:00, Quitting the Mines 51:30, Thoughts of Bisbee 52:30, Family Tree 54:10, Recreation 55:50, Boarding House Rules 56:15

Date Recorded: 10/03/1981

Interviewed By: Coleen Crowliet

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Alfred and Maryjo Tuell interviewed by Jim Cox

Content: Family Tree 00:40, Dentist Office 1:40, Hospital 6:40, Family Ranch 10:00, Courtship 12:15, Divide 13:10, Homes Near the Divide 17:15, Gypsies 18:55, Cattle 21:45, Winwood Addition 25:10, Dairy 26:00, Boy Scouts 28:15, Dances 30:10, Warren Drug 31:15, Water Supply 35:30

Interviewed By: Jim Cox

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Alfred Williams interviewed by Unknown

Content: Family Tree 0:40, Home Life 6:00, Marriage 6:50, Fine China 7:58, Artwork 8:30, Watercolors 15:02, LDS church 17:13, Mining 19:01, Grocery 20:08, Saloons 21:03, Odd Fellows lodge 24:00, Scottish Miners 27:42

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Alice Metz interviewed by Unknown

Content: Copper Queen ore 0:44, Fresh Elements discovered 0:53, Benson Smelting Company 2:06, Picnic 8:36, Cochise County Census 13:28, Flood 15:24, Fire 17:09, Indian depredations 20:13, Account of Thaddeus T Burn 23:22, Cochise 26:35, Various traders 29:19, Ft. Bowie 30:26, Geronimo 31:41, Sulpher Springs Agency robbery and murders 34:17, Rucker Mine 35:08, ore located by George Warren 41:47, Phelps Dodge Company 46:49

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Alice Metz interviewed by Unknown

Content: Reading of newspaper articles 0:10, Cave exploration 1:40, Mineral deposits 3:28, Alabaster Lake 4:39, The Grotto 5:41,Reading of newspaper article 8:45, Brophy merchant services 10:01, Various merchants 12:38, Various services around early Bisbee 14:05, Various mining shafts 15:40, George Warren and the discovery of ore 16:49, Indian Massacre by George Warren 21:01, George Warren mining claims 23:01, Copper Queen Library 26:44

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Alice Metz interviewer unknown

Content: Faro game 0:18, Ranching 2:30, U.S military service 3:35, W.H Savage 4:45, Mexican American War 5:50, Military service 6:15, Methodist church 8:48, Politicians 9:30, The Shakespeare, Copper ore yields 10:30,

Interviewed By: Unknown

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Alice Palmer additional interviewees unknown, interviewer unknown - date unknown

Content: Pranks 2:00, Fruit Trees 3:00, Lowell's Farmes Market 3:30, Vista Park homes 6:15, Tintown 12:45, Don Luis 13:15, Apache raids 15:30

Interviewed By: Unknown

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Alice Palmer interviewer unknown - Dec 3, 1970

Content: Tombstone Canyon gang 0:35, Mayer Ave 1:10, Grocery stores 1:55, Grocery solicitor 2:30, Theatres 3:00, Tombstone Canyon 3:40, Woolworth Building 4:55, Water wells 7:30, City water 7:50, Quality Hill 12:25, Boarding house 13:20

Date Recorded: 03/12/1970

Interviewed By: Unknown

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Alta Stitt interviewed by Art Kent 1997

Content: Family 0:49, Native Americans 2:38, Central School 7:15, Baker canyon 9:18, Children 11:48, uptown 13:10, Dance halls 13:57, Dam 17:28, Ranching 18:30, Flood 21:00, La yorona 22:00, Death 25:00, Native Americans 26:29, John Slaughter 27:51, African Americans 28:35, Hospital 32:36, Mexican Immigration 38:01

Interviewed By: Art Kent

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Amos Chenowith interviewed by Beverly Woods

Content: Cooking 0:15, Cattle drives 2:21, Cattle roundups 5:00, Cooking 7:51, Breaking horses 14:39, Cutting horse 19:05, Branding 21:29, Ranching 24:10, Different cattle brands 26:05, chuck wagon 27:40, The triangle 28:57, Cattle inspections 32:10, Highway 35:05, Chuck wagon 36:30, Milk cows 37:44, Cooking and preserving food 39:00, Nicksville 46:30, Pink Murray 47:40, Slaughterhouse 50:25

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Amos Chenowith interviewed by Beverly Woods

Content: Roping calf 0:23, Cow milking 2:41, Horses 6:15,Riding Horses 7:59, Butchering calf 18:12, Chuck wagons 19:40, Douglass cattle inspections 21:08, co-workers 22:50, cattle inspections 23:57, Cattle dogs 26:58, Farm foreclosure 35:45, Farm mortgage 45:01, Death by shootout 46:40, Roping competition 48:16, Fist fight 52:00, Rodeo 54:05

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Amos Chenowith interviewed by Beverly Woods and Jim Burnett-Jan 23, 1996

Content: Shootout 0:30, Prison break 2:10, Evading the law 5:03, Brazil 5:45, Marriage 6:20,Bananas 7:05, Death 7:48, Train 9:00, Ranching 9:25, Brazilian Immigration 12:15, Vegetable garden 14:17

Date Recorded: 23/01/1996

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Amos Chenowith interviewed by Beverly Woods-Feb 4, 1997

Content: Work and Trade 0:20, Cattle Ranching 3:00, Mining 4:28, Boarding Houses 8:05, Mining revisited 10:00, Cattle Ranching revisited 15:51, Mining part III 25:00, Gas Drilling 44:45, Landmarks 57:00

Date Recorded: 04/02/1997

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Angel Baldenegra interviewed by Robert Munson

Content: mining 1:00, Miner housing 4:05, Shattuck **BAD AUDIO QUALITY

Interviewed By: Robert Munson

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Anita Ribic

Content: University of Arizona 0:08, The Great Depression 0:40, Dorm supervisor 3:23, Coarse curriculum 5:20, Buffalo Soldiers 6:30, Segregated School conditions 6:53, Welfare fraud 11:08, Social worker 15:01, Office violence 19:36, Welfare state 21:53, End of state welfare programs 25:41, Traveling 26:50, Prejudice against Mexicans 34:01, Tuberculosis 36:23, Marriage 40:52, Family 56:45

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Anita Ribic interviewed by Beverly Woods - Feb 20, 1991

Content: Lineage 0:14, English immigration 0:35, Benson 5:30, Tombstone proprietorship 7:18, Brewery Gulch Shoe Shop 8:08, Tombstone Canyon 10:00, Apache raid 12:20, Water supply 15:40, Mining claims 17:25, Bisbee Deportation 20:35, Brewery Gulch 27:50, Flood 28:37, Organization 29:48, Rental property 44:00, Diet 53:40, Icebox 59:00, World War I Knitting 59:45, Grocery Solicitor 101:15

Date Recorded: 20/02/1991

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Anna Garcia interviewed by Beverly Woods-Jan 11, 1994

Content: Family history 0:11, World War II 3:03, Mining 3:59, Immigration 5:03, Racial inequalities 5:30, Native American attack 8:15, Naco, Arizona 13:00, Marriage 13:33, Donkey rides 15:20, Swimming 15:30, Kite hill 15:45, Greyhound bus 16:50, Sacred Heart Church 18:25, Walking 19:20, Childhood Home 21:20, Dams 22:30, Homemaking 22:30, Television 24:38, Telephone 25:27, Sewing 27:59, YMCA 32:20, Quilting 34:20, Clothing 37:30, Bazaar 41:14, Woolworth 41:30, Phelps Dodge Store 41:31, Newberry's 43:43, Embroidery 45:17, Great Depression 50:16, Darning 54:35

Date Recorded: 11/01/1994

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Anonymous interviewed by Rod Hutchinson

Content: Working for Copper Queen Hotel 00:01, Bisbee Layout 4:20, Different Jobs in the Mines 16:00, Prohibition 20:20, Johnson Addition 22:10, Transportation 25:20, Country Club 28:58, Ku Klux Klan 32:55, Work in the Shattuck Mines 44:20, Laundry Truck in California 46:10, Age of Miners 50:10, Mine Tour 51:45, Shafts in Johnson Addition 53:55

Interviewed By: Rod Hutchinson

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Arizona Library advisory board meeting

Content: Stipulations of the Arizona trustee handbook 0:18, Bylaws 1:25, Destruction of public property 4:10, Revising of statutes 5:45,Responsibilities of board members 10:12, Local ordinance vs. state law 11:05, Arizona lobbyist 12:25, Advisory board 15:01, bylaw interpretations 20:30, Records of board proceeding 24:01, Bisbee bylaws 30:01, County library bylaws 35:13, Trustee Appointment 36:50, Tax levies 37:53, End notes 44:00

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Arnold Jacoby interviewed by Boyd Nicholl June 15th 2002

Content: Birth 00:05, Working for the Mines 1:00, Different Jobs in the Mines 3:10, Rocks and Minerals 7:50, Different Jobs 9:00, Hours and Shifts in the Mines 11:00, Open Pit Mining 11:50, Socializing 13:10, Miner Nicknames 13:50, Strikes 14:49, Family and Children 16:00, Pit Memories 16:40, Turquoise 18:05, Advice from Other Miners 19:18, Mining Process 22:00, Phelps Dodge 22:30, Company Store 23:00, Unions 25:40

Date Recorded: 15/06/2002

Interviewed By: Boyd Nicholl

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Art Detloff interviewed by Dave Gorman

Content: Main street 0:28, Fire 0:59, Saloons 1:11, Banks 2:15, Brewery gulch 3:50, Copper Queen Hotel 5:20, Livery stable 5:40, Horse drawn carriage 6:00, Business locations 6:45, Baseball 7:05, Railroad 9:00, dance halls 11:20, Theaters 13:50, Miners 14:30, Copper Queen Strike 15:50, Tsar Mine 17:40, Phelps Dodge mines 18:30, C & A Merger 19:20, miners musical bands 20:15, P.D Store 21:55, Tuberculosis 25:30, cemetery relocation 26:05, Park 27:20, Boarding houses 27:36

Interviewed By: Dave Gorman

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Art Detloff interviewed by Dave Gorman-July 16,1992

Content: Parents 0:30, mining 1:30, Great Depression 1:55, Schooling 2:45, sanitation 5:40, Death 6:30, Mexican Revolution 9:52, Family tree 11:53, Auto fatality 13:15,mining 15:10, Bisbee population 16:00, Mexico 18:15, Parents 21:15, Shattuck mine 22:01, death 26:00, streetcar 27:31, Burro theft 29:00, Dude ranch 31:23, Tombstone, Arizona 34:14, Schooling 39:45, Great Depression 36:40, Bumming 37:10, Mining 39:15, Marriage 40:21, WWII 40:48, Mining strike 43:19, Blasting 48:45

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Art Detloff interviewier Unknown

Content: Mining 0:38, Glory hole 1:02, Mining Companies 1:31, Shattuck Denn 2:55, Miners band 3:50, Phelps Dodge Store fire 5:01, Phelps Dodge store 5:59, Hotels 6:39, Phelps Dodge store 7:21, cemetery relocation 9:50, Boarding houses 10:50

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Ben Kelly interviewed by Art, John and Roy Kelly

Content: Birthday celebrations 0:05, Family Lineage 0:30, Irish immigration 1:00, Irish discrimination 2:00, Tombstone Arizona 3:20, Stagecoach 3:50, Mining 4:30, Tombstone, Arizona 6:50, Catholic church 8:05, Rock drilling championship 9:30, The O.K corral 11:40, Miners consumption (tuberculosis) 14:15, Miners wages 15:08, Transfer wagon 16:05, Czar shaft 17:20, mining accident 18:15, Funeral 22:00, Family lineage 24:38, Mining 25:00, Politics 26:10, Bank robbery 27:30, Alcohol use 30:50, Livery stable 31:51, Marriage 35:10, Family lineage 36:30, Marriage 38:00, Transportation 45:30, Water transport 46:36

Interviewed By: Art Kelly

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