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| | 1 | Author: | University of Arizona. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Senior Follies, numbers 1-11,
1920-1930 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1930 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of programs, correspondence, scores,
photographs and other memorabilia relating to The University of Arizona
Senior Follies productions. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Clark, James Cameron, 1882- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | James Cameron Clark correspondence
1920-1948 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1948 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence and reports relating to equipment, operation and quarters of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering,
College of Engineering, University of Arizona. Includes correspondence regarding a trip to Boulder Dam, 1936,
with a group of electrical engineering students. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 6 | Author: | Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Forrest Shreve speeches
1920-1933 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1933 | | | | Abstract: | Forrest Shreve, 1878-1950, was a botanist, desert plant ecologist; on the staff of the Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie
Institution, Tucson, Arizona, from 1908 to 1929, director from 1929 to 1938. Collection includes transcripts of five speeches,
including author's corrections, relating to Shreve's work at the laboratory. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Botany -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Desert ecology -- Arizona. | Desert plants -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Head of the House of Coombe
1920-1922 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1922 | | | | Abstract: | Original holographic manuscript, unbound and undated. Written in both pen and pencil, it contains her edits. The last page of the
manuscript is different from that of the published book, being condensed into one concluding paragraph. The novel is about social
complexities in the life of a girl growing up in London, just before the outbreak of World War I. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | Author: | Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Balloon: a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts
circa 1920 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1920 | | | | Abstract: | Carbon typescript of Balloon, a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts. The first page contains the holographic inscription: "Early version of Balloon,
my own typing. For the Thomas Wood Stevens Collection, a tribute to a valued friendship, Padraic Colum." The play is set at the Dadaelus Hotel
in Nagalapolis, changed to Megalapolis in the published version, and is a satire of industrial society. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Ransier, Anna | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Anna Ransier Glass Plate Collection,
circa 1920-1940 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1920-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs, circa 1920-1940. This collection is comprised of photographs taken during the extensive travels of Anna Ransier, a Baptist missionary, and her husband Hubert during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The hand-colored glass plate lantern slides were then shown to various school, club and church groups during travel lectures that Anna gave. Of special interest are photographs of various National Parks in both the United States and Canada, the Hopi Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona, Mexico and Mexico City, and “mountaineer” life in the Appalachians of Tennessee. Also included in this collection are handwritten travel notes. A glass plate projector and miscellaneous projection equipment in a black leather accordion briefcase are located in Special Collections. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | African Americans - South - Pictorial works | Hopi Indians – Arizona – Pictorial works | Missionaries | National parks and reserves – Pictorial works | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 16 | Author: | Maye, Billee | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Billee Maye Vaudeville collection,
1920-1998 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The Billee Maye Vaudeville collection consists of
documentation, photographs, correspondence, and publications related to the career of
Billee Maye primarily during 1920 to 1940. Billee Maye was a singer and dancer who
performed during the Vaudeville era. The majority of her career was spent with colleague
Harry Roye, performing the "Roye and Maye" act for twenty years on the B.F.-Orpheum
circuit. The collection consists of documentation, photographs, correspondence, and
publications related to the career of Billee Maye primarily during 1920 to
1940. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Theaters -- United States | Vaudeville -- United States -- 20th century | Vaudeville | Entertainer -- Dancers | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 18 | Author: | Griffith, James S.
Griffith, Loma | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | James "Jim" Griffith papers,
1920-2019 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-2019 | | | | Abstract: | James S. "Big Jim" Griffith (1935-2021)
was a notable anthropologist, folklorist, and banjo player whose work focused on folklore
and folk art within Arizona, the southwest, borderlands, and Mexico. He was also a
co-founder of the Tucson Meet Yourself Festival. This collection includes Griffith's
research files, photographs, field notebooks, and other documents related to folklore,
saints, places, and other projects. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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