Denise Lundin, a member of our Board of Directors, made international news when she found original court transcripts from the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Now Denise will be on-hand to tell us all about her discovery of the famous documents and how you can take advantage of the Arizona Memory Project –free of charge– for learning and contributing to Arizona history.

When Denise was Clerk of the Superior Court for Cochise County in 2010, she — along with two other clerks — found a box of original court transcripts from the 1881 Coroner’s Inquest in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as they were cleaning out storage space at the Bisbee, Ariz., courthouse. The documents were restored and are now housed at the Arizona State Library, Phoenix Archives & Public Records, and online at the Arizona Memory Project web site archives — a treasure trove of articles, photos, and stories available to the public for free.

Denise was among the first to begin digitizing historical documents and adding them to Arizona Memory Project (AMP) collections, has a B.A. in History from the University of Arizona, and is a past member of the Arizona Historical Records Advisory Board. It’s an honor to have her at The Holland Center to share her experience and expertise.

In this event, you’ll learn:

• Fascinating facts about the gunfight at the O.K. Corral learned through the coroner’s transcript.
• How Denise discovered the original 1881 documents.
• The beginnings of the Arizona Memory Project.
• How to use the Arizona Memory Project resources for free.
• How to personally contribute to the Arizona Memory Project collections.

Denise Lundin is a retired, elected Clerk of the Superior Court for Cochise County (1994-2010), past member of the Arizona Historical Records Advisory Board, and has a B.A. in History from the University of Arizona. For over 30 years Denise worked in Prosecution and the Court System in Arizona. She’s given talks throughout the state on local court history. She was one of the first to digitize historical documents and add them as collections to the Arizona Memory Project. In 2010 she made international news for rediscovering the original 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Coroner’s Inquest documents.