Through Our Parents' Eyes: History & Culture of Southern Arizona http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/ en Copyright 2009 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:46:32 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification November is Native American Heritage Month Visit Through Our Parents' Eyes Native American Community

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]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/11/november-is-native-american-he.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/11/november-is-native-american-he.html Featured Sites Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:46:32 -0700 New Website & New Digital Story A new website was recently added to the Through Our Parents' Eyes Architecture section: "The Blenman House: 1878 Victorian Territorial Architecture"

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The Blenman House was constructed in 1878 by Charles Rivers Drake. It is thought to be the only example of San Francisco-style Victorian architecture built in Territorial-style adobe mud. While Drake used 20 inch thick adobe bricks for the home's exterior, it is the interior's wood detailing and leaded-glass skylights that distinguish it from any other homes in Tucson. Drake lived in the home until the late 1890s when he sold the home to Charles Blenman and relocated to Southern California.

Within this website we feature some spectacular QuickTime Virtual Realitiy (QTVR) panoramas of the lobby and six rooms that today carry the names of Charles Blenman's children. The QTVR panoramas were masterfully created by Gary Mackender of the UA's VR Annex.

In addition, one of the Blenman House's current owners, Jeff DiGregorio recorded a digital story about this historic building's early history. Jeff has researched the house, included it's original designer/owner Charles Rivers Drake. The digital story "The Blenman House: A Victorian Adobe Mansion in Tucson, Arizona" can be downloaded and viewed in QuickTime and iTunes.

]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/09/new-website-new-digital-story.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/09/new-website-new-digital-story.html Area History New Content Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:15:04 -0700 Missions Initiative The Missions Initiative has a new website that is published in both English and Spanish. You may like watching many of the videos from the November 2008 TICRAT AZ | SON, International Workshop on the Conservation and Restoration of Earthen Architecture Arizona|Sonora. Specialists in the areas of traditional earthen building skills, preservation and conservation from the United States and Mexico presented sessions on adobe and adobe coatings, documentation, conservation, restoration and preservation. The videos are streaming so you won't need to download them (large file sizes) but you will need a highspeed Internet connection and fairly recent computer to display the video without it breaking up on the screen.

Missions Initiative Goals

Conceived at the start of the 21st century, the Missions Initiative guides the development of an international, multidisciplinary partnership for cultural resource management. The Missions Initiative involves hundreds of Spanish Colonial Mission sites in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Representatives from the United States National Park Service (NPS) and the Mexico Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) are collaborating to protect cultural resources and promote heritage tourism through the re-establishment of historic links among Spanish Colonial missions. The initiative has already begun to foster cooperation among independent research organizations, academic institutions, non-profit agencies, ecclesiastic authorities, and partners in federal, state, and local governments.

]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/09/missions-initiative.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/09/missions-initiative.html Area History Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:04:40 -0700 Images from the Royal Elizabeth The Royal Elizabeth B & B may be the only example of Adobe Victorian architecture in existence. It is an amazing experience to walk in the lobby and see the splendid wood work.

Gary Mackender, our QTVR wizard, was at the Royal Elizabeth B & B on S. Scott Street earlier this week and shares his first spliced image. Gary will be making 360 degree click and drag panoramas of the lobby and all six rooms. These QTVRs will complement the digital stories that Jeff DiGregorio is working on. Gary's image is pretty abstract looking at this point but will become a spectacular panorama.

This is one I shot with my iPhone.

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]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/06/images-from-the-royal-elizabet.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/06/images-from-the-royal-elizabet.html Digital Stories Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:45:04 -0700 Video of "National Heritage Areas" Event Now Available Just uploaded a link to streaming QT video of Vandessa Bechtol's talk at PCC's Jaunary 22, 2009, event "National Heritage Areas: Celebrating Heritage and Empowering Communities."

Vanessa Bechtol is the Programs Manager for the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance. The Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, represented by a broad range of private and public supporters, is seeking federal designation of the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. Her talk described Southern Arizona regional heritage education projects and what they mean to our local communities.

]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/05/video-of-national-heritage-are.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/05/video-of-national-heritage-are.html Our Region Wed, 13 May 2009 10:46:53 -0700 New Military Nose Art Coming Soon As I've written before, the Military Nose Art website attracts a lot of visitors and of all our websites, receives the most contributions. A couple years ago a Cpl in the Australian air force sent images of nose art photos that his father had shot in New Guinea during WW II. Aussie troops supported U.S. Army Air Corps bombers and those planes often featured nose art.

This past month the son of career Marine sent images from his late father's collections. Frank Cline enlisted in the Marines in 1942 and rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel before retiring. His service began in the Philippine Islands as a radio man and with the 22nd Bomb Group was stationed at Anquar, one of the Palau Islands. His collection includes excellent examples of WW II nose art, and photos of the Philippines, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

I hope to have it available to the public soon. Lt. Colonel Cline's son has been researching the aircraft featuring nose art. In the meantime, here are a few images from this collection.

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Maiden Montana

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Frank Cline: "Taken at Yonpo beside the barracks we stayed in.
Taken the day we evacuated the strip. North Korea, early 1951"

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Pima Community College Community Education Lecture Series' next event is Fresh Ink: Student Stories from Sunnyside and Desert View High Schools. The event will be held on Wednesday March 25, 2009 at 6:30pm at Sunnyside High School Auditorium, 1725 East Bilby Road, Tucson Arizona. The event is free and open to the public.

Fresh Ink is an after-school project devoted to developing the newest, "freshest" voices of Sunnyside and Desert View High Schools through the stories of its ninth-grade students. Join us for a multi-media presentation of student works and a celebration of these two high schools.

The participating students are part of a six-year college readiness program called GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs). Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Tucson GEAR UP Project is a collaboration among the University of Arizona, Pima Community College, Tucson Unified School District and Sunnyside Unified School District and numerous community and business partners. As part of The UA Office of Early Academic Outreach, the mission of The Tucson GEAR UP Project is to prepare ethnic minority, low-income, and first-generation students to enter and succeed in post secondary education.


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]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/03/your-next-discovering-southern.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/03/your-next-discovering-southern.html Announcements Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:36:08 -0700 Video about Ruby, Arizona Ruby1.jpg

Tallia Cahoon grew up in Ruby, Arizona, during the mining town's heyday. Tallia has been leading tours of Ruby for Pima Community College as part of its Day Tours program. Several years ago, PCC produced a 12 minute video and we have everyone's permission to digitize it for Through Our Parents' Eyes.

Join Tallia Cahoon on a tour of the ghost town of Ruby, Arizona. She shares tales and history of the mine, the school house, the jail and more. Presented in partnership with Pima Community College's Community Education Series. The video is available as QuickTime streaming video.

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PCC has announced its next Discovering Southern Arizona Community Education Lecture Series. It is Flavors of Southern Arizona: A PCC Study Tour Sampler

  • Tales from Ruby, Arizona - Tallia Cahoon, PCC Study Tour Leader
  • The Tales of Geronimo - Jack Lasseter, PCC Study Tour Leader
  • If Only the Walls Could Talk - Jeff DiGregorio, Royal Elizabeth Bed and Breakfast
  • Exploring Arizona Backroads and Trails - John Dell, PCC Study Tour Leader

The lecture will be held at PCC's Community Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave., on March 5, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. Like all of these events, it is free. download the Flavors of Southern Arizona Postcard.pdf announcement [PDF]

PCC's Community Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave


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John "Buck" Ryberg delighted the audience by performing "Cool Water" and "Man Walks Among Us" on November 7, 2008, at Ranching in Southern Arizona.

Videos of the presentations from Ranching in Southern Arizona:

Diana Hadley: "300 Years of Ranching in Southern Arizona." Diana Hadley is Head of the Office of Ethnohistorical Research/Documentary Relations of the Southwest at the Arizona State Museum and a local rancher.

Casey Dennis: "The Riggs Family and Its Involvement in Cattle Ranching in Southeastern Arizona." Casey Dennis is a rancher and a descendant of the Riggs family, a ranching family with more than 130 years of cattle ranching in southeastern Arizona.

Videos of the presentations from Echoes of the Desert Rail: Railroads in Southern Arizona on October 23, 2008:

Bill Kalt, a lifelong educator and author of Tucson Was a Railroad Town, presented "A History of the Railroad in Tucson."

Richard Dick, railroad historian and committee member of the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, presented "Echos of Southern Arizona Railroads: Railroad Development - 1880 to Present."
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]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/01/photo-exhibit.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/01/photo-exhibit.html Announcements Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:36:23 -0700 PCC Community Education Lecture Series PCCNatlHeritage150.jpg download the flyer [PDF]

Pima Community College Community Education Lecture Series' next event is National Heritage Areas: Celebrating Heritage and Empowering Communities. The event features Vanessa Bechtol, Programs Manager, Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance. Ms. Bechtol will speak about ranching traditions, mining booms and busts, desert farming and local foods, settlement and military history and the unique cultures of the Santa Cruz Valley.

When & Where: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, January 22nd at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 West River Road. The event is free and there is ample parking at TCCC.


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]]> http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/01/pcc-community-education-lectur.html http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/parentseyes/2009/01/pcc-community-education-lectur.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:07:26 -0700 Dust of the Desert: Plain Tales of the Desert and the Border DustJacketFront300h.jpg

Jack Weadock began working for the Arizona Daily Star in 1923. Over the years he worked as the sports editor, news reporter, city editor, managing editor, executive editor, and assistant publisher to William R. Mathews. Mathews wrote: "These various duties gave him unusually good oppor­tunity to talk with old-timers and learn about the pioneer days in Arizona of the 19th century." Weadock's weekly "Desert Notebook" column appeared on Mondays in the Star and it was from these columns that Dust of the Desert was published by D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc. in 1936. It was re-printed by Arizona Silouettes in 1963.

Through Our Parents' Eyes is able to provide a digital version of Dust of the Desert with the permission of Jack Weadock's daughter, Virginia Weadock Barleycorn.

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Here are the new tracks added to Through Our Parents' Eyes on iTunes U.

  • Buck Ryberg of the Desert Sons performing Cool Water and Man Walks Among Us
  • Bill Kalt and Richard Dick's histories of the railroad in Tucson
  • Diana Hadley's lecture on 300 years of ranching in Southern Arizona
  • Casey Dennis lecture about the Riggs family and its involvement in cattle Ranching in Southern Arizona

If you have iTunes installed on your computer, follow this link to open iTunes and go to the UA's Through Our Parents' Eyes iTunes U site. Once there, you can click on GET MOVIE to download individual videos or click on SUBSCRIBE to being a podcast subscription.

The LTC's media services unit will take these videos and encode them for QuickTime streaming making them available from links on webpages.

BTW, I you don't currently have iTunes on your computer I highly recommend that you download and install it. The only caveat is that you have a relatively recent computer and a highspeed Internet connection. Download Apple's free iTunes. Need help understanding any of this? Send an email.

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