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Alicia Quesada Interview

ContributorsMelcher, Mary S. (Interviewer) / Quesada, Alicia Otilia, 1923-2020 (Interviewee)
Created1998-05-07
Description

In this interview, Alicia Quesada discusses the Ocampo family's settlement in Wickenburg, Teodoro Ocampo's cattle ranch, her childhood memories, her family's involvement in the Wickenburg community, her professional life, her work to oppose the Gosnell land swap, and her interest in and efforts to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.

Dora Quesada Interview

ContributorsMelcher, Mary S. (Interviewer) / Quesada, Dora Ocampo, 1921-1998 (Interviewee)
Created1998-05-06 to 1998-05-07
Description

In this interview, Dora Quesada discusses her family's history in Arizona and work in cattle ranching, mining, and freighting; her education; learning English and her family's use of Spanish and English; religion; her career as a military nurse, civilian nurse, and public school teacher; racism in the medical and educational…

In this interview, Dora Quesada discusses her family's history in Arizona and work in cattle ranching, mining, and freighting; her education; learning English and her family's use of Spanish and English; religion; her career as a military nurse, civilian nurse, and public school teacher; racism in the medical and educational fields; her political activity and work to oppose the Gosnell land swap; and her interest in and work to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.
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Homepage

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
DescriptionThis document provides an overview of the pages included in the website.
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Introduction

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
Description
This document briefly discusses the history of grassroots efforts to "save the mountains" from urban development, including the establishment of the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council in 1971, and provides a biographical sketch of Dot Gilbert. It also includes a list of resources in the Arizona State University Library's manuscript…

This document briefly discusses the history of grassroots efforts to "save the mountains" from urban development, including the establishment of the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council in 1971, and provides a biographical sketch of Dot Gilbert. It also includes a list of resources in the Arizona State University Library's manuscript holdings documenting the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.
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1960-64

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
DescriptionThis page includes images and brief descriptions of newspaper clippings, letters, and petitions documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1960 and 1964.
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1965-69

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
DescriptionThis page includes images and brief descriptions of a newspaper clipping, letter, and Resolution 12376 documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1965 and 1969.
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1970-74

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
DescriptionThis page includes images and brief descriptions of presentations, articles, minutes, proposals, letters, maps, and other materials documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1970 and 1974.
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1975-79

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
DescriptionThis page includes images and brief descriptions of promotional materials, letters, reports, and recommendations documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1975 and 1979.
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1980-84

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
DescriptionThis page includes images and brief descriptions of a report, a ballot, and a promotional flyer documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1980 and 1984.
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1985-89

ContributorsArizona State University. Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections (Contributor)
Created2003-11
DescriptionThis page includes images and brief descriptions of charter amendments, ballots, newsletters, a bond issue proposition, and a newspaper clipping documenting Gilbert's work to preserve Phoenix's mountains between 1985 and 1989.