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.

Margaret Maleady interviewed by Carl Nelson

Content: Health Department 00:30, Returning to Bisbee 00:45, Immunization Clinics 1:30, Venereal Disease Clinics 3:30, Bisbee Health Department 5:00, Comments about Mrs. Maleady 14:15, Public Health Article 15:00, Public School Nurse 21:30

Interviewed By: Carl Nelson

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Margaret Malley interviewed by Beverly Woods

Content: Family Tree 00:17, School 9:00, Talkies 12:05, Library 13:10, Mine Inspector Duties 13:35, Flu Epidemic 15:10, Family Doctor 15:55, Deportation 17:55, Arizona Statehood 19:30, Market in Lowell 22:10, Ice Man 22:45, Garden 23:00, Canning/Preserving 23:25, Plumbing 25:15, Cooking 25:30, Christmas 27:05, Sewing 28:50, Phelps Dodge Store 30:00, Fruit Trees 31:10, Army Camp 32:00, Teaching 35:00, Family Tree 40:00, Mining Company in Don Louis 43:50, Ramsey Canyon 45:40, Louis Springs 47:00, Passenger Cars 47:55, Restaurants 49:50, 4th of July 50:10, Hill Races 52:30, Ice Cream 54:20

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Margaret Morris interviewed by Coleen Crowliet

Content: Postal Service 0:05, Postmistress 1:20, Postal office locations 1:30, City Hall is rebuilt 2:10, Postal service 2:40, The American Legion 3:50, Tuberculosis 5:00, Tuberculin skin test 6:00, Hotel Locations 8:05, Traveling through Arizona 9:08, Telephone Office 10:01, Old Buildings 11:20, Red Cross 12:20, Volunteer work 14:10

Interviewed By: Coleen Crowliet

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Margaret Morris interviewed by Crowliet 1982

Content: Coming to Tombstone 0:01, Family Tree 2:00, Ice Plants 4:30, Public Health 5:25, Marriage 6:50, Baby Clinic 9:30, Tombstone Population 10:40, Clinic 10:55, Ft. Huachuca 15:45, Cochise County Immunizations 17:50, Tombstone Water Supply 23:40, Fires 27:30, Mining Health Issues 35:00, World War II 40:00, Bus Stop 44:15, School Life 45:00 Christmas 51:30, Proprietorship 53:00

Interviewed By: Coleen Crowliet

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Maria "Cholita" Ayala interviewed by Anita Valenzuela-Dec 13, 1980

Content: Family 0:50, Coming to Bisbee 2:08, Fires 3:45, Marriage 4:45, Inflation 7:08, Childbirth 10:03, Sacred Heart Church 13:30, Dance halls 15:00, Water supply 18:01, Cooking and Food Preservation 19:05, Electricity 21:48, Everyday life 26:01, Marriage 26:51, Mexican Miners 30:25

Date Recorded: 13/12/1980

Interviewed By: Anita Valenzuela

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Maria Economy interviewed by Beverly Woods 1992 (One of Two)

Content: German Immigration 0:10, German Life 1:30, Family Business 5:00, World War I 8:00, Flu 11:00, Greek Immigration 19:50, Traveling to America 22:40, Marriage Law 23:45, Learning English 25:00, Cooking and Canning 29:00, Coming to Bisbee 40:00, Brewery Gulch 43:30, City Park 44:40, Housing 46:00, The Great Depression 56:30, Candy Store 58:00

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Maria Economy interviewed by Beverly Woods 1992 (Two of Two)

Content: Lyric Theater 0:11, Candy Store 0:30, Depression 6:50, Mending Clothes 8:00, Business Locations 9:50, Tran stop 11:00, Running the Business 11:45, Brooks Apt 17:00, Ethnic Neighborhoods 18:35, Red Light District 20:15, Zacatecas Canyon 22:00, Leaving Germany 24:20, Commodities 27:00, Nazi Germany Hatred 29:00, Illness 34:45, Card Games 37:20, Learning English 41:00, Automobile 44:15, Main St. Businesses 49:50, Quality Hill 56:30

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Marian Bradshaw interviewed by Arthur Kent-April 11, 1975

Content: Football 0:58, Marriage 1:19, School 3:06, High School 5:45, Childhood home 7:20, Street car 9:05, Street car routes 12:01, Country club street car routes 16:00, Boarding house 17:20, Marriage 21:19, Great Depression 22:10, Raising children 23:50, Postal service 25:00, Swimming Pool 25:45, Fortune teller 29:30

Date Recorded: 11/04/1975

Interviewed By: Art Kent

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Marian Corbett interviewed by Art Kent-Jan 17, 1979

Content: Commerce 2:00, Transportation (Automobile) 3:31,Douglass Family nanny 20:20, Douglass Family children 23:00, Landmarks 28:40, Mr. Douglass and Tuberculosis 32:30, Douglass Family home 25:01

Date Recorded: 17/01/1979

Interviewed By: Art Kent

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Marian Mckinney interviewed by Carl Nelson

Content: Sheriff election 0:37, Democratic convention 1:48, Republican nominee 2:53, Phelps Dodge Corporation 4:30, Basketball 5:25, Public Speaking 6:21, Mining 7:15, Strike 8:00, Entertainment 8:42, Schooling 10:28, State legislature 10:59, Plays 12:00, Dr. Bledsoe 13:45, Bisbee Residents 15:00, Parade? 7:23, Pharmacy 18:29, 50th Anniversary of Bisbee 20:12, Political rallies 23:91

Interviewed By: Carl Nelson

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Marie Hill interviewed by Clark

Content: Coming to Bisbee 00:15, Tombstone 1:00, Bisbee 1:40, Sewage and Water 2:30, Grocery Delivery 4:50, Horses 5:50, 4th of July 7:30, Brewery Gulch 9:35, Leaving Bisbee 15:15, Bisbee Council 20:50, **Tape Sound Stops From 22:15-26:40** Memories 26:40

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Marion Stodgehill interviewed by Beverly Woods August 22nd 1995

Content: Family Tree 00:18, Divorce 00:40, Family Tree 1:20, Boarding House on Quality Hill 3:40, Family Tree 6:40, Athletics 11:10, Delivering Groceries 15:55, Halloween 16:30, Employment 18:10, Family Tree 20:00, Birth 24:30, Coming Back to Bisbee 24:45, Bisbee Deportation 25:25, Spanish Flu 28:20, Arizona Statehood 29:05, Shopping 29:25, Phelps Dodge Market 31:20, Garden Club 34:10, School 35:50, Graduation at Lyric Theatre 38:10, Picnics in Ramsey Canyon 38:45, Watkins Store 42:10, School Busses 44:00

Date Recorded: 22/08/1995

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Martha Taylor interviewed by Alice Metz June 16, 1987

Content: Shattuck Den mining company 0:35, Childhood home 2:15, WWII casualty 2:50, Schooling 3:13, Shattuck Den mine 7:01, Irish Mag 12:48, Strikes 14:40,Shattuck Den 17:01,Mining 24:05, drilling 26:10, mine closure 29:34, Shattuck family 33:56, Home ownership 41:01, Mil fire 4:37

Date Recorded: 16/06/1987

Interviewed By: Alice Metz

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Mary Adams interviewed by Beverly Woods January 12th 1993

Content: Family Tree 00:10, Coming/Moving to Bisbee 1:55, Immigration from Scotland 5:20, Pharmacy 6:24, Kansas 7:38, Marriage 8:30, Schooling 9:20, Eliminating Streetcars 13:25, Shopping 14:05, Ice 15:30, Milk Man 15:50, Chores 17:45, Neighborhood 19:20, Games 21:20, Swimming Pool in Warren 23:40, Dances 24:45, Businesses 26:35, Phelps Dodge Store 29:40, Fire in Bisbee 30:10, Canning/Preserving 35:08, Women Working 35:20, Mother 36:25, Social Organizations 37:35, Driving 40:10, Trips/Vacations 40:35, Christmas 42:55, 4th of July 44:25, Ice Cream 47:50, Baking 48:15, High School Graduation 49:10, Employment 51:50

Date Recorded: 12/01/1993

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Mary Harper interviewed by Beverly Woods November 10th 1994 (One of Two)

Content: Family Tree 00:10, Sacramento Hill 7:25, Moving to Bisbee 9:50, Brewery Gulch 13:30, Delivery Services/Hired Help 15:00, Family Tree 24:00, Louis Curry 26:20, Castle Rock 27:50, Oysters 28:45, Castle Rock 29:45, **Tape Sound Stops from 31:09-31:25** Diet 31:25, Entertaining Guests 33:07, Church 39:45, Bisbee Fire 45:30, Bisbee Roads 46:10, Streetcar 46:30, 4th of July and Birthdays 49:15, Traveling by Train 49:30, Loma Linda 53:30, University of Arizona/College 58:08, Shopping 1:01:20

Date Recorded: 10/11/1994

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Mary Harper interviewed by Beverly Woods November 10th 1994 (Two of Two)

Content: Shopping 00:02, Bisbee Deportation 00:45, Businesses in Bisbee 9:00, Banned Books 10:50, Bisbee Library 13:55, Dances 18:40, Greenway House 21:40

Date Recorded: 10/11/1994

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Mary Hayes interviewed by Art Kent-June 27, 1979

Content: Marriage 0:49, Irish and Swedish immigrants 1:00, Death 1:35, John Heath 2:39, Dairy 3:00, Construction 3:49, Scottish immigration 5:05, Marriage 6:05, Boarding house 7:15, Motorcycle 9:30, Marriage 9:40, Timber man shift boss 14:30, Pythian sisters 15:00, Hat shop 17:20, Warren Laundry 19:25, Jimmie Douglas 23:20, The Bisbee Massacre 24:10, Phelps Dodge Store 25:15, Baptist church 26:05, Maze Building 28:47, Pythian Castle 29:55, Philadelphia Hotel 30:55

Date Recorded: 27/06/1979

Interviewed By: Art Kent

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Mary Jay interviewed by Austin Jay- 1978

Content: Mining 0:50, Marriage 1:05, Jiggerville 1:10, Early Bisbee 2:05, Flooding 2:30, Mexican Revolution 3:25, Chinese merchants 3:45, Prohibition 4:50, WWI 5:38, Bisbee deportation of Wooblies 6:29, Spanish Flu Epidemic 6:45, Red light district 7:10, Street car 8:03, Marionette show 9:05, Mexican culture 10:05, Gardening 11:25, Well digging 12:30, John C Greenway 14:25, Main Street 16:08, Gambling 18:45, Chinese Immigration 19:00, Politics 21:00, Harry S. Truman 22:00, Navajo Indians 22:30

Interviewed By: Austin Jay

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Mary Miner-May 7, 1976

Content: Scottish Immigration 0:45, Nursing School 1:09, Nursing 3:50, Christmas party 5:01, Dinner party 5:50, Nursing wages 6:50, Dr. Miner 8:20, Building the Hospital 9:30, Troubled youth 11:40, Marriage 13:01, Presbyterian church 15:41, YWCA 16:05, Social life in Bisbee 16:45, Tyrone mining camp

Date Recorded: 07/05/1976

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Mary Rolle interviewer Unknown

Content: Lineage 0:45, French immigration 1:10, Family tree 1:25, Brewery Gulch Cemetery 3:00, City Park 4:20, Undertaker 6:15, Opera house 7:00, Laundry service 9:45, City Park celebrations 17:00, Phelps Dodge Band 18:35, Horace Mann teachers 23:00, Muheim family 25:15, Water supply 27:15

Interviewed By: Unknown

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Mary Winn interviewed by Rod Hutchinson October 4th 1980 (One of Two)

Content: Birth 00:05, Upper Lowell 00:10, Coming/Moving to Bisbee 00:58, Ranch 4:50, Growing up in Bisbee 5:40, Jobs in the Mines 6:18, Pension 8:00, Financial Struggles 9:05, Accident 10:15, Siblings and Family 11:10, Coming to Bisbee 13:05, Upper Lowell and Jiggerville 15:10, Farmers Market 17:08, Kennedy House 20:20, Catholic Church and School 23:00, Ku Klux Klan 26:30, Colonel Green 28:15, Courthouse Fire 30:05, Courthouse Coming to Bisbee 30:25, Entertainment 31:00, Graduation from High School 31:40, Grammar School 36:48, Movies and Entertainment 38:30, Brewery Gulch 43:00, Prohibition 47:15, Flu Epidemic 51:20, Boarding House Plumbing 51:55, Marriage 55:45, Strike 57:45, Riding the Train 1:06:00, Other Transportation 1:07:30, St. Patrick’s Cathedral 1:08:30

Date Recorded: 04/10/1980

Interviewed By: Rod Hutchinson

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Mary Winn interviewed by Rod Hutchinson October 4th 1980 (Two of Two)

Content: Rough Town 00:15, Blacks in Bisbee 00:33, Different Nationality Groups in Bisbee 00:55, Working in the Mines 5:40, Mexican Revolution 7:25, Favorite Things to Do 8:00, Dances 9:10, Movie Theatres 9:30, Shopping 10:20, Different Stores 13:20, Floods 15:37, Fire in Johnson Addition 16:00, Bisbee Ore 18:10, Naco, Arizona 22:30, Boarding House 22:42, Work in California 23:40

Date Recorded: 04/10/1980

Interviewed By: Rod Hutchinson

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Mattie Myers interviewed by Roberta Vaughn (One of Two)

Content: Family Tree 00:40, Food Coming from California 12:10, Homesteading 13:40, Homesteading in Willcox 16:10, Coming/Moving to Bisbee 17:50, Working in the Mines 17:50, Coming/Moving to Cochise County 22:30, Childcare 28:45, Mining 29:25, Lunches for Work 31:00, Laundry 33:30, Naco 35:40, Birth 37:20, Housing 39:25, Entertainment 42:00, CNA Mining Company 50:40, Housing 58:35, Bisbee Deportation 59:38

Interviewed By: Roberta Vaughn

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Mattie Myers interviewed by Roberta Vaughn (Two of Two)

Content: Floods 00:05, Cooking 2:00, Sewing 6:05, Pay Day 8:30, Dances 9:45, Church 12:50, Vacationing to Texas 13:50, Work Shifts 16:00, Schooling 17:30, Ku Klux Klan 18:10, The Great Depression 18:45, Family Tree 22:00, Childhood Dreams 24:25, Trouble as a Child 25:10, Courtship 27:45, Homesteading in Willcox 37:30, Outside News 47:10, Weather 48:18, Food Preservation and Ice Boxes 49:15, Shopping 51:00, First Impressions of Bisbee 52:15

Interviewed By: Roberta Vaughn

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Mila Jolley interviewed by Unknown

Content: Church register 0:04, Marriage 0:14, Baptism 0:39

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Mila Jolley interviewed by Unknown

Content: St. Johns Episcopal Church 0:03, Bishops of St. Johns Episcopal Church 0:48, Bishops of Arizona 2:39, Copper Queen Mining Company and the construction of St. Johns Episcopal Church 4:13, Costs of St. Johns Episcopal Church 5:40, Parish register 6:31, Bishops of St. Johns Episcopal Church 9:01, Parish register 9:35, Mission of St. Johns Episcopal Church 11:22, Reverends of early Bisbee 14:20, Dr. Frederick Arnold Sweet 16:25, Reverends of early Bisbee 18:03, Smallpox 20:40, Reverends of early Bisbee 21:20, Bishops of St. Johns Episcopal Church 23:10, Parish fund 26:43

Interviewed By: Not Set

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Milan Sabo Interviewer Unknown

Content: Birth in Yugoslavia 00:30, Coming to the United States and Bisbee 1:25, Vienna Bakery 2:30, Friends 4:30, Strike in 1908 4:40, Bisbee Bakery 6:28, Working Underground 8:40, Vienna Bakery 9:52, Cost of Bread 10:10, California Bakery 11:50, Building a House 21:08, Bakeries 21:20, Mexican Revolution 26:10, Serbian Bread 27:45, Floods and Fire 28:40, Bisbee Deportation 32:45, Marriage and Family 39:40, Future of Bisbee 47:10, Fort Huachuca and Army 50:15

Interviewed By: Unknown

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Mr. Morin interviewed by Carl Nelson

Content: Canadian immigration 0:45, Schooling 1:18, Employment 1:29, Timber 2:34, United States Calvary 3:34, Military service 5:10, Volcanic explosion 7:20, Military service 8:10, Mexican raids into Columbus, New Mexico 9:35, Texas Rangers 10:29, Ranching 10:45, Mining 12:11, Muleskinner 13:13, Dairy 14:02, Marriage 15:13

Interviewed By: Carl Nelson

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Myrtle Attaway interviewed by Beverly Woods July 20th 1992

Content: Family Tree 00:10, Coming/Moving to Bisbee 00:25, Train 3:30, Home Growing Up 5:20, Marriage 5:55, Building the Bypass 8:28, Home Growing Up 9:50, Fair Store 12:15, Market in Lowell 15:08, Ice Box 15:50, Running Water 20:00, Gas Stove 20:30, Canning and Peaches 22:50, Desserts 25:50, Bakery 27:40, Streetcars 28:10, Curfew 29:40, School 31:20, Swimming Pool 32:40, Coaster Races 38:25, Employment after High School 40:45, Businesses in Brewery Gulch 44:45, Employment 47:15, The Great Depression 47:45, Food Distribution 50:40, Family Tree 51:20

Date Recorded: 20/07/1992

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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Naomi Munroe interviewed by Beverly Woods February 12th 1990

Content: Family Tree 00:11, Homesteading 00:20, Wheat Flour 1:15, Ranches 2:00, Shopping 3:40, Water for Farming 4:15, Family Tree 5:30, Homesteading 6:50, Diet 8:50, Pancho Villa 9:55, Fruit and Jelly 10:40, School 11:40, Farm Animals 12:30, Monsoon 13:00, Adobe House 15:30, Cellar 15:50, Food Storage/Diet 17:15, Moving to Bisbee 18:05, Schooling 21:50, Tombstone Canyon 24:10, Shopping 24:40, Mine Accidents 26:02, Caring for Family Members 26:40, Bisbee Deportation 29:30, Spanish Influenza 34:50, WWI 37:10, Statehood 39:15, 4th of July 39:35, The Draft 40:05, Home on Tombstone Canyon 41:10, Flood Down Brewery Gulch 41:50, Sacramento Pit 44:02, Leaving Bisbee 44:53, Marriage 46:40, Children 47:45, The Great Depression in California 48:10, San Pedro Valley 49:25, Ramsey Canyon 50:40, Nick’s Place 52:15, Pancho Villa 55:19, Wildlife 57:00

Date Recorded: 12/02/1990

Interviewed By: Beverly Woods

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