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	Title:	Ledger and tally book 1883 ead
	Date(s):	1883
	Abstract:	Bound ledger used for several different purposes; the last third of the book is blank. The first 29 pages contain financial entries for the grocery business of J.A. Lyons and Company in 1883. Incoming payments are registered, as are outgoing payments for store rent, office supplies, and the clerk's salary. Prices and quantities for groceries bought and sold are given.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Cattle brands -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. \| Cattle trade -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. \| Earmarks -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. \| Mercantile system -- United States -- History -- 19th century. \| Sheep industry -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources.
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2	Author:	Romero, José, active 1822-1826.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Letter of Jose Romero, 1824 ead
	Date(s):	1824
	Abstract:	Jose Romero was a Lieutenant Colonel, Sonora, Mexico; leader of 1823-1826 expeditions to establish an inland route between Sonora, Mex. and California. Collection contains a letter (photocopy) to Mariana de Urrea, Commandante General de Sonora, from Romero in San Gabriel, Calif., recounting his experiences in attempting unsuccessfully to return to Sonora in the winter of 1823-1824 through the Palm Springs area, and describing the mail route between Tucson and San Gabriel which was conducted by Jose Cocomaricopa, the bearer of this letter, via the Colorado River route.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Postal service -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources.
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3	Author:	Gray, Susan E., 1952-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Southwestern Women's History and Western History Archives 2003-2009 ead
	Date(s):	2003-2009
	Abstract:	The Southwestern Women's History and Western History Archives contains manuscript copies of papers written by Dr. Susan Gray's history students on such topics as individual women's lives, women's issues and experiences while migrating westward, the relocation of Native American women, and women of color.
	Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
	Subjects:	Overland journeys to the Pacific. \| Women -- Southwest, New -- History.
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4	Author:	Powers, Willow Roberts, 1943-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Willow Powers collection 1998-2001 ead
	Date(s):	1998-2001
	Abstract:	The Willow Powers collection contains research files and oral history interviews which Powers used to write Navajo Trading: The End of an Era (2001, 2002).
	Repository:	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
	Subjects:	Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah \| Trading posts--Southwest, New--History.
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5	Author:	Rosenbaum, Louis.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Papers of Louis Rosenbaum, 1877 ead
	Date(s):	1877
	Abstract:	Louis Rosenbaum was a merchant from New Mexico. This collection consists of letters and power of attorney, from Las Cruces, N.M., Sept. 6, 1877.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Freight and freightage -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. \| Merchants -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources.
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6	Author:	Gaede, Marnie	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Camera, Spade and Pen records, 1974-1981 ead
	Date(s):	1974-1981
	Abstract:	Records, 1974-1980, relating to Camera, Spade, and Pen. Contains chiefly correspondence between the editor, Marnie Gaede, and the contributing authors of the book, Camera, Spade, and Pen, published by The University of Arizona Press in 1980. Also included are drafts of chapters by each author. The supplemental files in the second series relate to the production of the book, and include author releases, the final map of major archaeological sites in the Southwest, an introductory letter to the authors, and biographical perspective information about the book's contributors.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities \| Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History
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7	Author:	United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	United States Army, Quartermaster Corps. invoices 1849 ead
	Date(s):	1849
	Abstract:	Contains two holograph duplicate invoices for building materials and tools sent for the construction of "the Fort on the River Gila." The invoices were signed and dated by Bvt. Lt. Col. S. McRee, Quartermaster, U.S. Army, St. Louis, Mo. on May 12 and June 7, 1849. The invoice dated June 7 consists of one leaf; that of May 12, consists of three pages. The lists include weights and quantities for diverse items such as quarry picks, wheel segments, paint brushes, cooking stoves, door locks, glue and glue pots, grind stones, linseed oil, plows, window glass, plugs of feathers, and white lead. Items were sent to an unnamed "Acting Quartermaster," and items not received were so noted.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Fortification -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New -- Sources
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8	Author:	Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Lawrence Clark Powell papers, 1890-2001 (bulk, 1971-1991) ead
	Date(s):	1890-2001 (bulk, 1971-1991)
	Abstract:	Collection consists primarily of files maintained by Lawrence Clark Powell during his residency in Tucson and his tenure at the University of Arizona. Includes correspondence, research files, transcripts of talks, and manuscripts of a variety of books and articles. Much of the collection documents his activities at the University of Arizona, as well as writings he completed during the 1970s and 1980s. Selected correspondents include Edward Abbey, Ansel Adams, Bruce Babbitt, and Paul Horgan. Most of the collection is maintained in the original order in which the files were kept by Powell.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	American literature -- Southwest, New -- History and criticism \| Authors, American -- 20th century \| Librarians -- United States -- 20th century
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9	Author:	Lummis, Charles Fletcher,1859-1928	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Papers of Charles Fletcher Lummis 1860-1956 (bulk 1890-1920) ead
	Date(s):	1860-1956
	Abstract:	Includes journals, correspondence, writings, notebooks, and photographs, chiefly 1890-1920, of Charles Fletcher Lummis, 1859-1928, writer and librarian, relating to his family and career with the Southwest Society and Los Angeles Public Library. Correspondents include his wives Eve and Dorothea; members of the Lummis family; and friends Adolph Bandelier, Amado Chavez, Edgar Hewett, Denis Riordan, E.R. Ripley, and others.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Southwest Society (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History \| Southwest Museum - History \| Los Angeles Public Library - History \| Sequoya League. Los Angeles Council - History \| Apache Indians - Wars, 1883-1886 \| Arizona - Pictorial Works \| New Mexico - Pictorial Works
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10	Author:	Cortés y de Olarte, José María, -1811.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Memorias sobre las provincias del norte de Nueva España 1799 ead
	Date(s):	1799
	Abstract:	Bound manuscript volume contains two different works on northern New Spain. Also contains a complete copy of the diary kept by the Franciscans Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez. It recounts their expedition into Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in 1776-1777.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Explorers -- New Spain. \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
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11	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Mines and Mining Companies In Arizona and the Southwest Collection, 1855-1934 ead
	Date(s):	1855-1934
	Abstract:	The bulk of the collection consist of prospectuses, reports, and correspondence, relating to Arizona mines and mining activity from 1855 - 1934. Also contains clippings, maps, some financial records, ledgers. Some of the printed materials contain photographs of the mines and environments.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mines and mineral resources -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Prospectus writing
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12	Author:	Whiffen, Marcus, 1916-2002	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Marcus Whiffen Collection 1930s-1990s ead
	Date(s):	1930s-1990s
	Abstract:	This collection consists primarily of manuscript materials relating to the career of architectural historian, journalist, and educator Marcus Whiffen and is arranged in six series.
	Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Design and the Arts Special Collections
	Subjects:	Architecture -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th Century \| Architecture -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History -- 20th Century \| Architecture -- Great Britain \| Architecture -- United States \| Architecture -- Historiography
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13	Author:	Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Derrotero de los Padres Fray Francisco Atanacio Domínguez, and Fr. Silvestre Vélez, de Escalante, en sus exploraciónes, desde las missiones de Zuñy del Nuevo Mexico, hasta las ymmediaciones de Monte Rey de California 1776-1777 ead
	Date(s):	1776-1777
	Abstract:	Vélez de Escalante, better known as Escalante, was a Spanish Franciscan missionary sent to New Mexico in 1774; he was the recorder of this 1776 expedition. Domínguez, a Mexican Franciscan priest, was his ecclesiastical superior and leader of the expedition. Collection includes eighteenth-century copy of the diary kept by Vélez de Escalante on his expedition with Dominguez through the four corners area of the American Southwest, July 29, 1776 to Jan. 2, 1777.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Explorers -- New Spain. \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Pueblo Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
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14	Author:	Salt River Valley Experiment Station (Ariz.)	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Annual Reports of the Experiment Station 1916-1924 ead
	Date(s):	1916-1924
	Abstract:	Typescript (original and carbon) with photographs.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Agricultural experiment stations -- Arizona. \| Agriculture -- Arizona -- History. \| Agriculture -- Southwest, New -- History. \| Horticulture -- Arizona -- History. \| Irrigation -- Arizona -- History.
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15	Author:	Franciscans. Province of St. John the Baptist	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Records of the Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans, 1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) ead
	Date(s):	1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965)
	Abstract:	The collection includes correspondence, financial records, official documents, reports, maps, articles, publications, photographs, postcards, and notes. The bulk of the collection is correspondence and records relating to the establishment and operation of missions and schools, primarily at St. Michaels. These document activity between Franciscan friars, the Navajo population, Catholic organizations, the U. S. Government, and the Land Commissioner of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company. Included are materials on Navajo land allotments, education, language, social conditions, government and church relations, tourism, and origins of the Navajo Tribal Council.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Missions -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources \| Navajo Indians -- Education \| Navajo Indians -- Government policy \| Navajo Indians -- Missions \| Navajo Indians -- Land tenure \| Navajo language \| Navajo Indians -- Photographs
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16	Author:	Ezell, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1913-1988	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Paul Howard Ezell papers, 1939-1987 ead
	Date(s):	1939-1987
	Abstract:	Arranged in six series: Biographical Information. Diaries and Record Books, 1939-1964. General Correspondence, 1958-1975. Writings and Reviews, 1950- 1987. Project Files, 1951-1982. Pima Land Claim Case Files, 1683-1974. arrangement varies by series. The bulk of the collection consists of the Pima Land Claim Case Files, 1683-1974. This includes correspondence with the law firm of Cox and Cox, and Henry F. Dobyns; also transcripts of the court hearings. Background information, in support of claims by the Pima-Maricopa, includes photocopies of primary source material from the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. The rest of the collection includes various materials relating to Ezell's work and professional interests: diaries, record books, correspondence with colleagues, published and unpublished reports and articles, reviews, drawings, charts, maps of southern Arizona, microfilms, audiotapes, black-and-white photographs, negatives, and color slides.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Pima Indians -- Claims \| Maricopa Indians -- Claims \| Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Arizona \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- Chronology \| Ethnohistory -- Arizona
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17	Author:	Ward, Albert E. Fontana, Bernard L.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Albert Ward papers, 1953-2009 ead
	Date(s):	1953-2009
	Abstract:	This collection consists of research materials relating to Albert E. Ward's archeological work in New Mexico. A majority of the collection references "Site 48," a ruin that Ward excavated in New Mexico. Site 48's authenticity was later called into question, leading to several legal battles in which Ward participated, claiming that the site was authentic and his evidence was proof of a Spanish-Indian residential fort. Materials include correspondence, maps, reports, notes, and research files.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Archaeology \| Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History \| Excavations (Archaeology) -- Southwest, New \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities \| Historic sites -- New Mexico
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18	Author:	Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1952-1970 ead
	Date(s):	1952-1970
	Abstract:	Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970, was an author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism, critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works. This collection includes typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of published manuscripts for The Desert Year, 1952, Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation, 1955, The Great Chain of Life, 1957, Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays, 1958, The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, 1961, Herbal, 1965, and the introduction for The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1970. Typescripts of unpublished travel diaries, 1965-1967, concern trips to France, Greece, and Baja California. Also present are printers copies for Great Chain of Life, Forgotten Peninsula, and Grand Canyon; and notes and miscellaneous material related to Herbal.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Animal behavior. \| Botany, Medical. \| Desert animals -- Arizona. \| Desert biology. \| Desert plants -- Arizona. \| Evolution (Biology) \| Manuscripts, American. \| Natural history -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) \| Natural history -- Southwest, New. \| Plants -- Folklore.
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19	Author:	Spain. Archivo General de Indias, Seville.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Documents relating to Southwest history 1736-1795 (bulk 1736-1740) ead
	Date(s):	1736-1795
	Abstract:	Documents highlight the discovery of Silver at Arizonac in 1736 in the jurisdiction of Don Juan Bautista de Anza, the Chief Justice for His Majesty in the Province of Sonora, the career of his son, also named Don Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-1788), who was the Governor of New Mexico, and the military career of Don Josè de Zùñiga (1755 – 1794).
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Silver mines and mining -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Treasure troves -- Mexico. \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Hopi Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
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20	Author:	United States. Army. District of New Mexico.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	United States Army, District of New Mexico records 1851-1883 (bulk 1863-1866) ead
	Date(s):	1851-1883
	Abstract:	Portfolio of 18 handwritten documents, which pertain chiefly to the administration of Fort Sumner from 1863 to 1866. Other New Mexican army posts are represented by only one or two documents. These are Fort Stanton, Fort Union, Fort Marcy and Fort Cummings.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Fortification -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Sources. \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Navajo Indians -- Government relations. \| Navajo Indians -- Removal.
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