This is an academic site. Though it is geared toward a public audience, we are not a crowd-sourced site. We adhere to academic and industry standards of research, rigor, and copyright. Our mission is to capture and preserve the history of South Phoenix, and likewise make this history accessible to the public – both in academia and beyond.
We welcome your interest and hope you will find our content useful. Please consider the following when referencing, using, and citing our materials:
- All content on this website unless otherwise noted, is created, maintained, and owned by faculty and students affiliated with the South Phoenix Oral History Project. We are housed at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona.
- All written content is created by students, faculty, and researchers. It is not generated by AI tools.
- All multimedia (including but not limited to images, videos and sound clips) is owned by South Phoenix Oral History Project and/or South Mountain Community College, unless otherwise noted. Please see captions and descriptions below each image or multimedia file for copyright and ownership information.
- We encourage you to use our materials for educational purposes, as long as you appropriately cite our work.
- Reuse for publication, financial gain, or other distribution must be approved by the South Phoenix Oral History Project. Please contact us directly for permissions statements.
In summation: Any information you learn on this site should be credited to the students and/or faculty to conducted the interviews, wrote the content, or otherwise processed the information. Please see the author information in the metadata tables or bylines and cite accurately. Please do not reuse materials without citing us, and please confirm our permission before reproducing for financial gain.
If you would like access to full interview files, you are welcome to contact us to request a digital file.
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