This collection houses transcripts of oral histories conducted with 29 Arizona women. Among the subjects covered are migration to Arizona, childhood recollections, family life, employment outside the home, religion, military service, marriage, childrearing, and politics. Also included is supplemental biographical information provided by interviewees.
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
This collection consists of 91 photographs documenting the Bowers and McAndrews families, including John Dewitt Bowers, Helen (Thomas) Bowers, Jewell (Hammontree) Patterson, and Ruby (Bowers) McAndrews. Many of these images document Ruby McAndrews' life and career, including her work at the Indian Tuberculosis Sanitarium, pageants and plays, and Native American crafts. Among the locations depicted are Phoenix, Prescott, and Poland, Arizona.
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
This collection includes political and voter polls, brand recognition studies, consumer awareness and satisfaction studies, focus group recordings, surveys of target populations, and newspaper coverage of poll results documenting numerous aspects of life in Arizona from the 1970s to the 1990s. Many of the studies were the first completed for the industry or subject area in question. This collection is arranged in four series and alphabetically and chronologically within unless stated otherwise.
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
The Bowers Family Collection is comprised of family documents, oral history transcripts, and notes about the creation of the oral histories by Teresa A. Strong.
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
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