Robert E. Gosnell Collection (1908-1994), ca. 1920's-ca. 1990's.

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Robert E. Gosnell Collection (1908-1994), ca. 1920's-ca. 1990's.

This collection is arranged into four series. Series I: Personal; Series II: Business; Series III: News Clippings; Series IV: Photos. Files are arranged chronologically within series. Of interest in Series I is memorabilia from Jack Williams' gubernatorial campaign. Series II documents Phoenix radio deals throughout the 1960s, the Green Gables Restaurant enterprise, and a litigious land exchange with John Hayden. Series III consists of news clippings, many of which relate to sports especially tennis and other points of interest for Gosnell. Series IV includes Gosnell's photo collection. Many of these are unidentified and undated. Included in oversized materials is the Cineviewer, a handheld 8mm movie projector which Gosnell invented and patented.

6 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6919409

Arizona State University Libraries

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Hayden, John O.

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Gosnell, Robert E., 1908-1994.

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Robert E. Gosnell was born August 4, 1908 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. In 1919 his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Gosnell attended the Monroe Elementary School and Phoenix Union High School. He was a classmate of Barry Goldwater, Jack Williams and other influential Arizonans. Throughout the 1920s, he held a wide range of jobs including construction worker for the Montgomery Stadium and the Horse Mesa and Coolidge Dams. He joined the Phoenix National Bank in 1928. In 1930, he met and married Do...

Green Gables Restaurant (Phoenix, Ariz.)

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Gosnell, Dan G.,

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Williams, Jack, 1909-

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John R. (Jack) Williams, Arizona governor, Phoenix mayor and radio commentator, was born October 29, 1909 at Los Angeles, California. He relocated with his family to Phoenix, where he attended Phoenix Union High School and Phoenix Junior College. He was hired at radio station KOY in 1929 and became a popular radio commentator. Williams became vice president of the Phoenix Housing Authority in 1944, president of the Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1946 and a member ...

KXIV (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.)

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Southern Broadcasting Company.

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KOY (Radio station : Phoenix, Ariz.)

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Arizona Historical Foundation

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This collection is comprised of oral histories from a variety or unrelated sources, the majority resulting from three projects. These oral histories are not part of an existing manuscript collection and are arranged to allow for further additions. The Arizona Way project, created in 1977 as part of a project that examined the traditional values of Arizona, focused on the Anglo, Hispanic and Native American cultures through oral histories. It was funded by a grant from the Arizona Humanities Coun...

Phoenix Union High School (Phoenix, Ariz.)

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Sherwood Investment Company.

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Pointe Hilton Resort (Phoenix, Ariz.)

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