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.
Louis Curry interviewed by Carl Nelson
Content: Halley’s Comet 00:25, Colors of Halley’s Comet 4:00, Curry House 7:50, Bisbee Divide 9:30
Interviewed By: Carl Nelson
ListenLouis Curry interviewed by Carl Nelson-Dec 15,1970
Content: Floods 1:28, Buildings 5:35, Phelps dodge store 6:40, Postmaster 7:41, Chihuahua Hill 8:49, Mule merchants 9:43, Carnival 10:49, Orphean Theater 11:59, Traveling minstrel show 14:36, 4th of July 15:53
Date Recorded: 15/12/1970
Interviewed By: Carl Nelson
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Fresh Meat 00:05, Horses and Whitehead Ranch 00:30, Restaurant and Beef 22:00, Whitehead Ranch 24:10, Branding 26:30, John Slaughter 29:35, Automobiles 36:00, Rattlesnake Encounters 38:10, Douglas 44:00, Horse Retirement 49:10, Learning to Saddle a Horse 49:45, Structure 51:00, Camping Trip 53:30
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Rounding Up Cattle 00:02, Tom Riggs 12:30, Ranch Memories 17:00, Hayfield 31:20, Whitehead Ranch 33:00, Flooding 48:40, Bucking Horses and Roping 53:40
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Traveling 00:15, Cadillac 3:30, Troops Along the Borders 4:20, Hereford Run-In 5:45, Studebaker 14:15, Heat in Cars 16:00, V8 Ford with Mechanical Breaks 17:50, Honeymoon 18:00, Traveling to Glob 23:50, Traveling to Douglas 26:55, Transition to Buick and Other Cars 28:30, Train Station Memories 37:10, Water Coming Down Tombstone Canyon During Rains 40:20, Automobiles in Bisbee 41:50
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Building of Warren Townsite 00:01, Copper Queen Community Hospital 9:50, Testing Automobiles 10:30, Rail Road 26:10, Warren Ballpark 29:10, Mexican Revolution 30:45, Riding in Cars and Car Accidents 38:40, Payment in Gold and Silver 55:00, Robbery of the Car Barn 57:00
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: CNA Employment 00:08, Riding a Bicycle 1:40, Train Memories 5:30, Building of a New Town site 7:30, Bisbee Neighborhood Layout 9:20, Family Tree 11:30, Tombstone Canyon 12:30, Wagons 14:00, Floods 16:15, Copper Queen Smelters 18:50, Streetcar 19:50, Brewery Gulch 23:20, Entertainment 25:10, Star Theatre 25:50, Parades 28:10, Hose Cart and Hose Team 31:25, Celebrations with the Military 45:10, Soap Box Derby 52:39
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Great Pioneer Builders 00:05, Dr. Douglas and Employment 2:50, Globe Mines 12:40, Employment 17:30, Acid Plant in Douglas 20:00, Power Plant is Built 28:20, Charlie Mills 35:19, Dos Cabezas 37:00, Traveling to Nogales 41:15, Traveling to Douglas 47:20, Taking Charlie Mills to Phoenix 48:05, Other Memories with Charlie Mills 54:20
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: John Slaughter Ranch 00:01, Adobe Rupus Ranch 7:00, Skeleton Canyon 7:50, Geronimo and Apache Indians 16:40, Mexican Revolution 20:13, Prohibition 22:20, Skeleton Canyon 26:00, Railroad 29:15
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Mexican Leadership and Social Structure 00:05, History of Mexican Revolution 00:25, Mexican Revolution through Louis Curry’s Perspective 14:00, Bisbee Rifle Club 46:30
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Prairie Dog Town 00:20, Whitehead Ranch 2:50, Horses 10:00, Raising Cattle 12:20, Cowboys 24:30, Ranch Stories 31:40, John Slaughter 53:50
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown
Content: Truck Wheels 00:01, Track Crews 2:40, Train Ways 4:20, Naco Trains 5:40, Don Luis 6:40, Circus Day 9:55, Passenger Train Trip 14:20, Southern Pacific Railroad Lines 19:35, Winter of 1915 23:
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown May 20th 1990
Content: Dinosaurs 00:10, Memories of 1908 4:30, Memories of 1910 6:45, Warren House/Fire 10:00, Grammar School 17:40, Interest in Prehistoric Animals 18:15, Discovery of Macedon in Cochise County 18:45, Meteor 31:35, Halley’s Comet 35:45, Cattle Ranch 44:20, Mexican Cowboys and 4th of July 47:30, Farming 57:20, Whitehead Ranch 58:45, Traveling by Horse 1:01:45
Date Recorded: 20/05/1990
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Curry Interviewer Unknown September 9th 1990
Content: Bisbee Mine Accidents 00:10, Oliver Mine 3:00, Working Underground 11:55, Bisbee Deportation 19:50, Memories of the Mines 20:00, Apache Powder Company 36:00, Orchard 38:00, Coming/Moving to Bisbee 42:40
Date Recorded: 09/09/1990
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenLouis Douglas interviewed by Ross Rice
Content: Military academy 1:50, Various mining camps 2:58, Merger of Phelps Dodge and Calumet 4:59, Dr. Douglas 7:21, Various buildings in Bisbee 9:01, Graduating from Amherst College 11:31, House of Representatives 13:08, Mucking 16:55, Dr.James Douglass and the founding of Douglass, Arizona 17:59, Various mining positions 20:31, Mexican miners 21:20, United Verde exploration 22:19, Murder at the Irish Mag 24:20, Irish Mag claim 25:31
Interviewed By: Ross Rice
ListenLouisa Renner interviewed by Beverly Woods May 7th 1992 (One of Two)
Content: Family Tree 00:09, Coming to Bisbee 14:30, Homes 16:50, Louis Springs 17:20, Homestead 18:35, Farming 24:30, Childhood 24:55, Fairbanks 27:00, Bear Canyon 30:00, WWI 34:40, Chores 37:30, Diet 40:30, Home in Bear Canyon 42:25, Dances 46:00, Sierra Vista 47:10, Sunnyside 49:45, Schooling 51:35, Ramsey Canyon 53:10, Courtship 56:05, The Great Depression 1:00:00
Date Recorded: 07/05/1992
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenLouisa Renner interviewed by Beverly Woods May 7th 1992 (Two of Two)
Content: Being Fired 00:02, Working for Phelps Dodge 1:30, Homes in Bisbee 1:50, Deportation 5:00, Working Underground 5:20, Volunteering at the Hospital 8:00, Teaching in Parker Canyon School 10:20, Transportation 12:15, Guns 14:45
Date Recorded: 07/05/1992
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenLucien Miner
Content: Nursing 0:58, Nursing in Chicago 3:50, Nursing for the Phelps Dodge corporation 4:39, Mexican Immigration 7:19, WWII volunteer 9:39, Women's group 12:18, Death 15:00, Recording ends 16:44
Interviewed By: Not Set
ListenM Quisenberry Interviewer Unknown (One of Two)
Content: Homes Growing Up 00:20, Family Tree 1:40, First Memories 2:20, Accidents as a Child 5:30, Halley’s Comet 13:40, Coming/Moving to Bisbee 18:45, Working in the Mines 20:10, Schooling 21:15, Dances 23:20, Pancho Villa 29:00, Relaxing of Standards 32:00, Marriage 33:10, Wedding and Courtship 34:25, Leaving Bisbee 35:30, Children 37:15, Schooling 39:40, Scrapbooking 40:30, Quilting 48:45, Building a New House 56:00
Interviewed By: Not Set
ListenM Quisenberry Interviewer Unknown (Two of Two)
Content: Building a New House 00:01, Favorite Meals and Foods 15:50, Things That Are No Longer In Bisbee 16:49, Entertainment 18:25, Christmas 20:30, Sheriff Pruit 28:00, Weather 33:00, Family 34:30, Dogs 41:50, Typical Day as a Miners Wife 44:10, Artists 53:10, Planting Field 59:30
Interviewed By: Unknown
ListenMabel Brown interviewed by Beverly Woods (One of Two)
Content: Introduction 0:01, Biography 0:10, Topeka Kansas 0:52, Rebecca Adams 1:10, Working for Railroad in Topeka Kansas 1:24, Douglas Arizona 1:43, Railroad Avenue 2:02, Railroad Repair 3:10, Childhood Memories 4:00, Death 5:25, Passenger Depot 5:50, G Avenue 6:40, Drugstore 7:10, Church Block 7:20, Topeka Kansas 8:00, A Avenue School 8:25, Grammar School 8:45, George Bruno 9:10, Grandy Service Station 9:45, Death 10:05, Living Conditions 10:45, Raising Animals 11:35, Summer Rituals 12:05, Mormon Church 12:37, Stores in Elfrida 13:14, Wildlife 13:37, Rabbit Drives 13:50, Clubs 14:25, University of Arizona 14:33, Schools 15:15, Douglas High 15:40, School Functions 16:00, Tombstone School 16:40, Courthouse 17:05, Mr. and Mrs. Tillford 17:20, Elfrida High School Graduation 18:25, Living in Douglas 19:15, Railroad Avenue 20:15, Neighbors 20:30, Train tracks 21:43, Grocery Shopping 21:56, Feed and Coal Store 22:35, Transportation 23:50, Library 25:18, Apartments 25:35, Homestead 28:05, Visiting Topeka 32:00, Farming 32:45, Stores in Elfrida 33:18, New Post Offices 33:40, Mrs. Murphy 38:08, McNeal 38:50, Elfrida 41:25, White Water School 42:25, Soldiers Hole 43:00, Clubs 45:15, Governor Hunt 46:45, Onion Miller 47:10, Huddy Hall 47:55, Graduation 48:20, Tom Brown 52:00, Phelps Dodge 54:20, Steve’s Grocery in Lowell 55:20, Farmers Market 55:45, Struggles 56:00, Birth 57:30, Fort Huachuca 58:45, Tom Brown 1:00:00, Death 1:01:55
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMabel Brown interviewed by Beverly Woods (Two of Two)
Content: The Depression 0:05, Lowell 0:55, Businesses 1:40, Sickness 2:13, Wages 3:00, Red Cross 3:30, Wood Camp 4:10, Oak Canyon 4:50, Transit Camp 6:10, After the Depression 8:55, Phelps Dodge Corporation 9:05, Railroad 9:50, Wages and Work 10:20, Schools 11:45, Fire at the Gadsden 13:05, Eating Out 14:50, Traveling to Kansas 15:55
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMae Puzzi interviewed by Beverly Woods - Feb 1, 1994
Content: Lineage 0:10, Mexican immigration 0:20, Courtship 6:50, Burro transportation 8:30, Border culture 12:40, Textile 15:45, Needlework 16:20, Home life 18:50, Stores 26:15, Church life 28:00, The Great Depression 34:00, Chickens 37:10, Gardening 37:35, Catholic faith 39:05, Card games 40:30, Charity 41:35, Values 43:50
Date Recorded: 01/02/1994
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMae Puzzi interviewed by Beverly Woods - Jun 27, 1994 (part 1)
Content: Lineage 0:10, Mexican immigration 0:20, Courtship 5:35, Spring water 10:45, Lighting 11:50, Food storage 12:45, Border culture 13:40, Home life 19:35, Textiles 24:25, Sacred Heart Church 25:50, St. Patrick's Church 18:10, Racial inequalities 30:35, Needlework 35:20, Mexican celebrations 27:20, Mixed marriages 39:55, Diet 41:00, Adoption 43:45, Father's employment 45:50, School life 47:30, Marriage 53:00, Employment 55:45
Date Recorded: 27/06/1994
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMae Puzzi-Parra interviewed by Beverly Woods, Jun 27, 1994 (part 2)
Content: Employment (continued) 0:10, Library 2:30, Floods 4:40, Dams 5:00, The Great Depression 6:10, Racial inequality 6:30, School life 10:10, Streetcar 11:35, Movie Theater 12:15, Victrola 13:55
Date Recorded: 27/06/1994
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMalley interviewed by John Kuehn 1980 interviewed by Lamb, Ladd
Content: THIS ENTRY WAS IMPROPERLY LABELED AND SUBJECTS INTERVIEWED ARE UNKNOWN Comming to Bisbee 0:28, Small pox 2:52, Native Americans 3:28, Cattle ranching 5:15, Greenbush Draw 8:47, Dairy delivery 13:13, Schooling 16:40, Marriage of Parents 17:00, Grandparents 19:43, Railroad 21:06, 1889 robbery 29:14, Shootout 34:00, Breeding and Raising cattle 38:19
Interviewed By: Not Set
ListenMamie Bugen interviewed by Beverly Woods-May 21, 1991
Content: Serbian Immigration 0:15, Parents 0:30, Serbian Immigration 3:10, Bisbee homes 4:04, English Immigrants 6:35, Cheese making 8:05, Canning 9:03, Serbian jail 9:55, Bisbee deportation 12:15, Serbian discrimination 13:58, Schooling 15:39, Serbian Heritage 18:50, Transportation 22:30, Serbian church 24:58, Christmas 27:22, Marriage 29:50,Chiuhua hill 30:50,Various businesses 32:30, Serbian Immigration 39:28, Street car closure 40:47, Various employment 42:06, The Great Depression 46:19
Date Recorded: 21/05/1991
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMamie Franklin (tape 2) interviewed by Beverly Woods-July 28, 1999
Content: Paradise, Arizona 2:17, Mail Service 4:30,Bowie Clinic 7:35, Douglas, Arizona 11:30, Bisbee, Arizona 11:45, Y2K 13:01, Smoking Tobacco 13:38, International travel 17:01
Date Recorded: 28/07/1999
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMamie Franklin interviewed by Beverly Woods-July 28, 1999
Content: Food Preservation 0:30,Irregation 1:00, Orchestra/Dance Halls 2:50, Marriage 3:56, Livestock/Horses 4:39, Celebrations,7:05,Bunkhouses 11:50, Ranching 13:28, Chinese Immigrants 14:59, Chinese Merchants 15:12, The Great Depression 17:20, Drought 17:45, Cattle Ranching 18:30, Gas station 22:10, Place names;Stiens, San Simon, Bowie and Tucson 23:25, Railroad 25:00, High School building 26:29, Cattle drive 28:15, Sickness 33:32, Lightning strike/Fire 37:10, Mormons and Barry Goldwater 42:10, Death 49:28, Automobile 52:05, Box Car "Immigrant car" 57:00, World War II 58:44, Pearl Harbor 58:45,Death by Electrocution 1:00:10
Date Recorded: 28/07/1999
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
ListenMargaret Glenn interviewed by Beverly Woods June 11th 1996
Content: JBAR Ranch 00:10, Family Tree 00:30, Farm Life 3:10, Family Tree 4:20, Milk Route 5:25, Farm 7:00, House Fire 7:55, Junior College 9:30, Family Tree 11:00, Globe Arizona 15:10, Growing up in Arizona 16:00, Indian Reservation 20:19, Rucker Canyon Community 21:20, Isolation 22:55, Radio 23:20, Rucker Dances 24:20, Social Get Togethers 25:40, Cooking 29:40, Hunting 30:10, Dust Storms 31:39, Cattle 34:50, Lunches for Hunters 35:10, Branding and Vaccinations 37:35, Hunting 43:50, Marriage 46:30, Shipping Cattle 48:20, Daily Conveniences 50:10, Wetbacks 51:50, Camping 54:40, Life on the Ranch 1:02:50
Date Recorded: 11/06/1996
Interviewed By: Beverly Woods
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