We are three volunteers who share a passion for history and story-telling.
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Ginny Jordan
Ginny Jordan is a lifelong community member, has done extensive community education including many years with Planned Parenthood and served as tourism director for the town. She has been the heart and soul of the Wall of Faces, the veterans museum housed at the Gadsden Hotel. She has a deep understanding, love, and commitment for the people of Douglas.
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Ceci Durazo Lewis
Ceci completed her PhD in Mexican-American Studies in 2016 at the University of Arizona with a dissertation that became a traveling museum exhibit, Leaving a Legacy, focused on the agency of women of Mexican heritage in Douglas during the first half of the 20th century. She recently retired as chair of the English Department at Cochise College and as associate director of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network and is Professor Emeritus at Cochise College.
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Beth Henson (Emeritus)
Beth received a PhD in History from the University of Arizona in 2015 and is the author of Agrarian Revolt in the Sierra of Chihuahua (University of Arizona Press, 2019). Her research on the Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM, Mexican Liberal Party) and its activities in Douglas in 1906 and 1907 was presented at the Gadsden in 2018 and published in the Cochise County Historical Journal as “¡Tierra y Libertad! A Brief History of the Partido Liberal Mexicano in Douglas, Arizona” in Winter 2020. She moved to Bisbee in 1983.
Working with Youth - Youth Interns
The Douglas Oral History Project is deeply invested in connecting with youth. Through the generous support of Write to Change and the City of Douglas, we have been able to take on our first intern.
Francisco Emiliano Parra
We would like to introduce Francisco Emiliano Parra. Emiliano, as he is affectionately known to us, has deep roots in Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Sonora. He is a true transnational, with family in Agua Prieta and in Douglas, Emiliano calls both towns home. Currently a sophomore at Cochise College, he is a criminal justice major with aspirations of attending the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers Law College. Emiliano brings his love of history and his wide digital technology skills to the Douglas Oral History Project. Most recently, he aided in the post production of “On Ma’ Journey Now: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Artivism,” an oral history on Dr. Yvette McDaniel, that will have its opening screening at the South Carolina Humanities Festival on October 21st, 2023.
Our Partners:
This work has been made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors.
