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Ben J. McKinney Oral Interview / 1963 February 9

1963
AZ 361
Collection Guide
Page 1 of Transcription of Oral Interview Conducted with Ben J. McKinney, 1963

Ben J. McKinney, born in 1883, was a pioneer cattleman who owned and operated the Ventana Ranch on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation from 1919 to the early 1930s.

This collection contains a carbon transcript of a tape recording of McKinney being interviewed by Bernard L. Fontana at the home of Dorothy McNamee in Tucson, AZ on February 9, 1963. In the interview McKinney covers events, personalities, pioneer life and family enterprises.

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Ranching/Cattle
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Collection Area:
Arizona & Southwest

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.