Phoenix 40 (Organization)

Scope and Contents Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss the Arizona Senate (tax and environmental issues), Governor Mecham's anti-drug plan, and the Phoenix 40. Panelists include Laurie Roberts, Assistant City Editor, Arizona Republic; Jack Lavelle, Legislative Reporter, Phoenix Gazette; Jana Bommersbach, Associate Editor, New Times. There is a pledge drive for the first minute; the introduction sequence is then shown and the episode continues normally. The video cuts off before the episode is...

Abstract This collection includes curricula vitae, newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, membership surveys, memorandae, and other materials documenting the Phoenix 40. Among the subjects discussed are the group’s goals, history, Crime Task Force, Transportation Task Force, and positions on opening its membership list to the public. Biographical information on numerous members, including Samuel Mardian, Mason Walsh, Gary Driggs, A. J. Pfister, G. M. Sollenberger, and Don B. Tostenrud, is...

Scope and Content Note From the collection: This collection houses transcripts of oral histories conducted with a wide variety of Arizonans between 1958 and 2004. Interviewees include prominent Arizona residents like Eddie Basha, Paolo Soleri, George H. N. Luhrs Jr., Robert J. Donohoe, Harry Rosenzweig, and members of the Phoenix 40; early Arizona residents like Elma Cawthorne, Roberta Flake Clayton, Ruth Ward Crichlow, and Elizabeth Oldaker; Arizona politicians like Evan Mecham, Paul Fannin, Eldon Rudd, Samuel Goddard, Jack Williams,...

Scope and Content Note From the collection: This collection houses transcripts of oral histories conducted with a wide variety of Arizonans between 1958 and 2004. Interviewees include prominent Arizona residents like Eddie Basha, Paolo Soleri, George H. N. Luhrs Jr., Robert J. Donohoe, Harry Rosenzweig, and members of the Phoenix 40; early Arizona residents like Elma Cawthorne, Roberta Flake Clayton, Ruth Ward Crichlow, and Elizabeth Oldaker; Arizona politicians like Evan Mecham, Paul Fannin, Eldon Rudd, Samuel Goddard, Jack Williams,...