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| 42 | Author: | Compañia Unida Chihuahuense. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Ledger of the Compañia Unida Chihuahuense
1832-1836 ead | | | Date(s): | 1832-1836 | | | Abstract: | Ledger book with handwritten entries that detail the financial transactions of the Divina Providencia Mine, San José, from 1832 to 1836.
It also includes financial accounts of the mine owners, Juan Albarez, Estevban Curcier, Juan B. Peeters, and José Thomas de Zuza. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) -- History -- 19th century. | Mining corporations -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) | | | Matches: 7 hit(s)
| ...Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) Divina Providencia Mine (Mexico)... ...of the Divina Providencia Mine, San José, from 1832 to 1836.... ...financial accounts of the mine owners, Juan Albarez,...
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45 | Author: | Hereford, Francis Henry,
1861-1928 | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Francis Henry
Hereford papers,
1877-1929 (bulk
1890-1919) ead | | | Date(s): | 1877-1929 (bulk
1890-1919) | | | Abstract: | This collection contains correspondence, legal
papers, and financial records relating to his law practice, chiefly
correspondence between Hereford and the various mining corporations, land and
cattle companies he represented. Some correspondence relates to the San Pedro
Land Grant. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Lawyers -- Arizona | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Claims | Strikes and lockouts -- Copper mining --
Arizona | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Graham-Tewksbury Feud | San Pedro Land Grant | Schools -- Arizona -- Tucson | Streets -- Arizona -- Tucson | | | Matches: 5 hit(s)
| ...Empire Mine. 1889-1897... ...Montana Mine, Louise Zeckendorf. 1889-1917... ...and government -- To 1950 Empire Mine (Santa Cruz County,...
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46 | Author: | Comstock, Theo. B. (Theodore Bryant), 1849-1915. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Books
1898-1902 ead | | | Date(s): | 1898-1902 | | | Abstract: | Theodore B. Comstock, 1849-1915, was a professional geologist, mining engineer and consultant. He was an assistant state geologist
of Texas, Head of The University of Arizona School of Mines, and first president of The University of Arizona, 1894-1895. Holograph
letters to R. J. Ferguson and F. T. Blandy, local superintendents, mostly about operations of the Elkhart Mine, Chloride, Mohave County,
Arizona, to the British Syndicate owners of the mine. Includes letters of chief clerk M. P. Dodge. Also includes letters about Prescott
Development Syndicate, the Security Mining and Development Syndicate, the Mineral Hill Copper Syndicate (mainly pp. 401-451) and other
mine enterprises mostly in Arizona. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Mohave County -- History. | Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | | | Matches: 6 hit(s)
| ...pp. 401-451) and other mine enterprises mostly in Arizona.... ...operations of the Elkhart Mine, Chloride, Mohave County,... ...Syndicate owners of the mine. Includes letters of chief...
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47 | Author: | Mammoth Miners Memorial Oral History Project and Renee Ross. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Mammoth Miners Memorial oral history collection
2003-2004 ead | | | Date(s): | 2003-2004 | | | Abstract: | The Mammoth Miners Memorial Oral History Collection memorializes the experiences of underground copper miners in the Mammoth, Arizona area
and particularly workers in the San Manuel Mine. Contains audio cassettes of recorded interviews with former miners of the San Manuel mine
near Mammoth, Arizona. Also included are the transcripts of these tapes. Renee Ross, project manager of the Mammoth Miners Memorial Oral
History Project interviews former miners on topics such as folklore, women in mining, pay, safety, administration, strikes and others. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Copper miners -- Arizona -- San Manuel -- Interviews. | Copper miners -- History -- Sources. | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- 20th century. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- 20th century. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- San Manuel -- History. | Oral history -- Arizona -- San Manuel. | | | Matches: 9 hit(s)
| ...lives in the San Manuel mine. Arrangement This collection is... ...workers in the San Manuel Mine. Contains audio cassettes of... ...miners of the San Manuel mine near Mammoth, Arizona. Also...
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49 | Author: | Bernard Fontana | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Bernard Fontana papers, 1832-2000
(bulk
1965-1985) ead | | | Date(s): | 1832-2000 | | | Abstract: | This collection contains materials relating to Bernard (Bunny)
Fontana, a prominent anthropologist and active community member in Southern Arizona.
Materials include activity files, which include documentation of activities in
organizations, speeches, conferences, and research; writings, which include manuscripts
and book reviews. Also included is correspondence, personal files and oversize
materials. Series VI includes 1/4 inch audio tape oral history interviews with
Fontana. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Tohono O'Odham Indians | Missions -- Arizona -- History | Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | | | Matches: 8 hit(s)
| ...Navajo Clippings,... ...Navajo – Community Development,... ...Eastern Navajo Agency,...
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50 | Author: | Porter, Burr Wilson, 1878-1943. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Burr Wilson Porter papers
1895-1950
(bulk 1925-1940) ead | | | Date(s): | 1895-1950 | | | Abstract: | Burr Wilson Porter, 1878-1943, was a pioneer businessman, sheep rancher, and trading post operator; Apache County, Arizona.
This collection includes financial ledgers and legal records relating to operation of a general merchandise store and trading
station at Navajo, Ariz. as well as activities in real estate and the sheep industry. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Real property -- Arizona -- Apache County. | Retail trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Sheep industry -- Arizona. | Trading posts. | | | Matches: 3 hit(s)
| ...Arizona. Trading posts. Navajo (Ariz. ) -- History.... ...and trading station at Navajo, Ariz. as well as activities... ...and trading station at Navajo, Ariz. as well as activities...
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51 | Author: | Old Abe Co. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Account Book of the Old Abe Co.
1890-1891 ead | | | Date(s): | 1890-1891 | | | Abstract: | The Old Abe mine, in White Oaks, New Mexico, produced a million dollars worth of gold from one of the deepest dry mines in the world. Its true vein
was discovered in 1890 by William Watson, who shared ownership with seven other people, named in the back of the book. One volume, lists dividends,
expenses and receipts from 1890-1891. It is accompanied by photocopies of five articles from the Lincoln County (N.M.) News, from 1956-1958, relating
the history of the mine and the area. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Gold mines and mining -- New Mexico -- White Oaks. | Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Lincoln County -- History. | | | Matches: 5 hit(s)
| ...N.M. ) -- History. Old Abe Mine -- History. White Oaks (... ...263 Old Abe Co. The Old Abe mine, in White Oaks, New Mexico,... ...relating the history of the mine and the area. .1 linear...
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52 | Author: | Smiley, Terah L. (Terah Leroy),
1914- | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Terah L. Smiley Papers 1914-1991
(bulk 1956-1970) ead | | | Date(s): | 1914-1991 | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, reports and articles concerning Smiley’s
faculty career at the University of Arizona, as director of the Tree-Ring
Laboratory, and as director of the Geochronology Department, as well as his work on
committees of various regional, national and international organizations related to
his field. Much of the content is administrative and related to departmental
planning and development and work with professional organizations over the years but
some involves working with others on research interests. Also present are materials
about arid lands and Arizona places such as Tumamoc Hill, Sunset Crater, and the
Petrified Forest. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | University of Arizona—Administration—History—Sources. | University of Arizona—Faculty. | Arid regions climate—Southwest, New. | Geological time—Research. | Dendrochronology—Research. | Scientists—Arizona. | Scientists—United States. | Tumamoc Hill (Ariz.). | Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)—Antiquities. | Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (Ariz.)--Antiquities. | | | Matches: 6 hit(s)
| ...Navajo Hopi Boundary Hearing,... ...Navajo Land Claim hearing, Washington,... ...Navajo Nation vs. Utah School Land section case, tree rings,...
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53 | Author: | Tenney, J. B. (James Brand), 1884-1959 | Add to Favorites | | Title: | History of Mining in Arizona,
1927-1929 ead | | | Date(s): | 1927-1929 | | | Abstract: | James Brand (J.B) Tenney, 1884-1959, was an assistant geologist for the Arizona Bureau of Mines.
This collection is a Typescript of Arizona mining history, chiefly covers the period from 1849 to 1930.
Edited and prepared from Mr. Tenney's original manuscript by the Special Collections Division,
University of Arizona Library, 1959-1960. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Mineral industries -- Arizona -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Ajo Region -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Bisbee Region -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Clifton Region -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Globe Region -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- Directories. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Jerome -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Morenci Region -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Superior Region -- History. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Tombstone Mining District -- History. | | | Matches: 4 hit(s)
| ...Tombstone Mining District -- History. Ray Mine (Ariz. )... ...Silver King Mine (Ariz. )... ...mines, including Silver King Mine and Ray Mine; and for some...
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54 | Author: | Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958 | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Homer Leroy Shantz
papers,
1903-1958 ead | | | Date(s): | 1903-1958 | | | Abstract: | Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches,
survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to
Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips
to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the
Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education
Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa
encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including
Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific
problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race
relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile,
Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape,
villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented
include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large
bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel | | | Matches: 3 hit(s)
| ...Navajo Report. March 1951... ...Navajo Report. October 1951... ...Correspondence: Navajo Research Project. 1951-1952...
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55 | Author: | Forrest, Earle Robert | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Earle R. Forrest Papers
1895-1960 ead | | | Date(s): | 1895-1960 | | | Abstract: | This collection is organized into two subgroups: Papers and Photographs. The Papers in the first subgroup include biographical information, correspondence, and drafts of 26 of his manuscripts, including Bloody Trails of the Old Southwest and Adventures in Navajoland. The photographs are the second subgroup in this collection, this uncludes, black-and-white photographs which cover the years 1902-1929. The bulk of them are mounted and deal with Forrest's travels in the West, especially his visits among the Indians of Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The mounted photographs are chronicled by numbers on the reverse side which correspond to the numbers in two indexes prepared by Forrest for easy identification. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Hopi Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial works. | Missions -- Southwest, New. | Navajo Indians. | Pueblo Indians. | Snake dance - Pictorial works. | Tarahumara Indians. | Ute Indians. | | | Matches: 9 hit(s)
| ...Adventures in Navajo Land - Manuscript, pp. 1-106. No Date... ...Adventures in Navajo Land - Manuscript, pp. 107-236. No Date... ...2 of same photo - 537 Navajo squaw weaving a chief's...
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56 | Author: | Murphy Mining Company | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Papers of the Murphy Mining Company,
1935-1937 ead | | | Date(s): | 1935-1937 | | | Abstract: | The Murphy Mining Company was a mining company operating the Crown King Mine
and other claims in Yavapai County, Arizona. Collection includes correspondence,
minutes of stockholders meetings, financial and legal papers relating to the Crown
King Mine and other claims in Yavapai County, Ariz. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County. | | | Matches: 5 hit(s)
| ...operating the Crown King Mine and other claims in Yavapai... ...relating to the Crown King Mine and other claims in Yavapai... ...Arizona -- Yavapai County. Crown King Mine (Ariz. )...
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57 | Author: | Bonaventure, Father. O.F.M., 1885-1967 | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Father Bonaventure Oblasser, O.F.M. Collection,
1901-1977
bulk (1908-1950) ead | | | Date(s): | 1901-1977 | | | Abstract: | Consists of photocopies of chiefly correspondence, 1908-1950, of Franciscan missionary and historian Father Bonaventure Oblasser, O.F.M. during his appointments, mainly to the Papago Indians (now known as Tohono O'odham), in Arizona. Included also are photographs that consist of images created by various Franciscan friars of the Saint Barbara Providence of the Order of Franciscan Friars depicting scenes from various Indian reservations in Arizona and Southern California. This collection also includes papers of Franciscan missionary, Nicholas Perschl (1887-1969), relating to his missionary work to the Papago Indians. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Arizona) - History | Missions - Arizona | Tohono O'Odham Indians - History | Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation (Arizona) - History | Tohono O'Odham Indians - Government Relations | Tohono O'Odham Indians - Education | Franciscans - Arizona - Missions | Catholic Church - Arizona - Missions | Indians of North America—Pictorial works | | | Matches: 1 hit(s)
| ...Navajo,...
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58 | Author: | Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896 | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Journal of John Gregory Bourke,
1881 ead | | | Date(s): | 1881 | | | Abstract: | John Gregory Bourke, 1846-1896, was a U.S. Army soldier, author, and ethnologist.
The collection contains a holograph journal, with sketches; kept by Bourke while a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, 3rd cavalry.
Bourke describes visits to the Bannock Indians, Zuni villages, Navajo, Sioux, and various western military forts from May to June 1881.
Includes descriptive index prepared by James Officer. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Bannock Indians -- Social life and customs. | Dakota Indians -- Social life and customs. | Indians of North America -- Arizona. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico. | Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs. | Zuni Indians -- Social life and customs. | | | Matches: 3 hit(s)
| ...North America -- New Mexico. Navajo Indians -- Social life... ...Indians, Zuni villages, Navajo, Sioux, and various western... ...Indians, Zuni villages, Navajo, Sioux, and various western...
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59 | Author: | World's Fair Mining Company | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Worlds Fair Mining Company Accounting Books
1989-1901,1912 ead | | | Date(s): | 1989-1901, | | | Abstract: | Account Books, 1898-1901, 1912. This collection consists of two account books dated 1898-1901 and 1912 respectively, kept by the World’s Fair Mining Company near Harshaw, Arizona. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources - Arizona - Santa Cruz County | Harshaw Mining District (Ariz.) - History | Silver Mines and Mining - Arizona - Santa Cruz County | Worlds Fair Mine (Ariz.) | | | Matches: 7 hit(s)
| ...were kept by the Worlds Fair Mine in Harshaw, Arizona. These... ...with the Worlds Fair Mine including assay certificates,... ...receipts, Worlds Fair Mine letterhead and partial time...
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60 | Author: | Sheaffer, Jack, 1929- | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Jack Sheaffer Photographic Collection
1945-1999 ead | | | Date(s): | 1945-1999 | | | Abstract: | This collection is comprised of negatives, printed photos, print materials, and artifacts pertaining to photographer Jack Sheaffer. A majority of the materials are photograph negatives photographed by Jack Sheaffer and his associates for the Arizona Daily Star newspaper. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Photography -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Documentary photography--United States--History--20th century. | Journalism--20th century. | Photojournalism--20th century--History--Pictorial works. | Photography -- Arizona -- Tucson. Documentary photography--United States--History--20th century. | | | Matches: 106 hit(s)
| ...Omega Mine, Photographer: J.S. , 20 4x5,... ...Item: 68: Mine waste water. Photographer: unknown,... ...Silverbell Mine workers union, Photographer: J.S. , 4 4x5,...
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