Oral history of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kent, 1980 April 14, 2006 March
Abstract
Dr. Kent discusses his education and how he decided to come to Mesa in 1931 to practice medicine with Dr. Ralph Palmer. He mentions his musical background and how he and Mrs. Kent have supported the Mesa Fine Arts Association. Mrs. Kent describes Mesa when they arrived: a population of 3500, and one square mile bordered by University and Broadway, and Mesa Drive and Country Club Blvd. She describes the downtown area and mentions several businesses including First National Bank, the Rex Hotel, Strauss', Perry's, Milano's, and Wright's shopping center. Mrs. Kent also talks about the difficulties of having no cooling, no water heater, and trying to keep the house clean with so many dust storms.
Dates
- 1980 April 14
- Digitization: 2006 March
Creator
- Lauffer, Peg (Interviewer, Person)
Digital Repository
Oral history of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kent
Language of Materials
Materials in English, Spanish, and other languages.
Conditions Governing Access
Use of this oral history is granted for non-commercial and educational purposes only, with the credit line "Courtesy of the Mesa Southwest Museum." No resale use may be made of this material. All other rights reserved.
Extent
1 Items ; 1 hour, 3 minutes, 6 seconds
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Computer hardware: 3 Intel Celeron 1.8 GHz/224 MB RAM PCs manufactured by PowerSpec, each with a Firewire hard drive (2 manufactured by MicroNet, 1 by LaCie); M-Audio Delta Audiophile internal sound card; External Firewire hard drive; Analog to digital converter: Prism Sound Dream ADA-8XR, Prism Sound Dream AD-2; Analog playback equipment: Nakamichi Dragon, Nakamichi cassette deck 1; Operating system: Windows XP; Capture and editing software: Steinberg Wavelab 4.0; Formatting software: Sony Soundforge.
General
Transcript available
- Central business districts -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History
- Interviews
- Kent, Editha Smith (Interviewee)
- Kent, Melvin Lloyd (Interviewee)
- Medical care -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Physicians -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews
Source
- Mesa Historical Society (Organization)
- Heritage Colorado (Organization)
Creator
- Lauffer, Peg (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository