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Joseph Smith started working as a motorman on the Phoenix Street Railway in October of 1926 and retired in 1956. In this interview, Smith and Fleming discuss the Phoenix Street Railway's development, the types of cars employed, the track used, individual routes, maintenance issues, and working conditions for Railway employees. Smith also reflects on Phoenix's development, including "millionaire's row," the growth of residential neighborhoods, canals, and businesses.
Sam Hodges went to work with the Phoenix Street Railway in 1913. He left the Railway to serve in the Army during World War I and returned to Phoenix in 1922. He continued working with the Railway until 1948, when he ran one of the last cars down Washington Street in the "Last Run" ceremony. In this interview, Hodges and Fleming discuss specific lines, the construction and operation of cars used on the Railway, working conditions for Railway employees, and accidents on the Railway. Hodges also discusses a trip he took to visit his sister in California, the challenges American military personnel face when returning from deployment, and his time working on an Arizona ostrich farm.
Bill Scott began working for the Phoenix Street Railway in 1924. In this interview, Scott and Fleming discuss the types of cars used on the Railway and details of their construction and operation, individual lines, accidents, working conditions for Railway employees, various of Scott's colleagues, and Fleming's efforts to preserve historic streetcars.
This report was prepared as part of the Phoenix Holocaust Association's efforts to build a successful Holocaust education curriculum. It surveys Holocaust education programs in other states in order to identify the key elements of successful programming, including the role of Holocaust commissions, resource centers, and funding.
Diversity Works @ ASU is a series of reports "intended to provide an annual snapshot of ASU's commitment to inclusion as a guiding value."
Richard Pearce-Moses compiled this description of photographic collections held in Arizona State University's Department of Archives and Manuscripts (later Archives and Special Collections) in 1991. Each collection description includes a title, creation dates, a biographical note describing the creator, an administrative history, a summary of the format(s) present, an overview of the subjects represented, a statement of responsibility, a list of any related materials, and an identifier. Materials in the Greater Arizona Collection, University Archives, the Chicano/a Research Collection, and the Visual Literacy Collection as of 1991 are included.