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| | 1 | Author: | Nichols, Charles A., 1902-1964. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Four Generations of the Douglas Family in America,
circa 1964 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1964 | | | | Abstract: | Lewis W. Douglas was a businessman, Democratic politician, philanthropist, and diplomat. He served in the
Arizona State Legislature, United States House of Representatives, United States Budget Director, President
of McGill University, head of the United States War Shipping Administration, and Ambassador to Great Britian.
His father, James Stuart Douglas (1868-1949) was a mine owner and banker. His grandfather, James Douglas (1837-1918)
was a mining engineer, metallurgist, industrialist, and the person for whom the town of Douglas, Arizona was named.
This collection includes a typescript (photocopy) made from author's original. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | Pioneers -- Arizona -- Biography. | | | | Matches:
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| ...Stuart Douglas (1868-1949) was a mine owner and banker. His...
...Stuart Douglas (1868-1949) was a mine owner and banker. His...
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| 2 | Author: | Herner, Charles. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Charles Herner Research Papers
1834-2011
(bulk 1870-1965) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1834-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The Charles Herner Research Papers (1834-2011) contains research files documenting the histories of the Arizona
Rough Riders as well as of Alexander O. Brodie. These papers serve as the basis for two of Herner’s books, The Arizona Rough Riders (1970)
and Alexander O. Brodie: Frontiersman, Rough Rider, Governor (2012). | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Arizona -- History to 1912. | Arizona -- History, Military. | Governors -- Arizona -- Biography. | Regimental histories. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories -- United States. | United States -- Army -- Volunteer Cavalry, 1st. | United States -- Army -- Volunteer Cavalry, 1st -- Officers -- Biography. | | | | Matches:
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| ...Toluachi mine, Josiah Bond...
...Van Beuren Papers, History of Crown Point Mine...
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| 4 | Author: | Roca, Paul M. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Paul M. Roca Papers and Photographs,
1887-1979
(bulk 1955-1977) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1887-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The Paul M. Roca Papers and Photographs contains materials which document Jesuit churches throughout the Northern Mexico states of Sonora and Chihuahua. The collection consists of two series, Photographs and Papers. The first series, Photographs (1887-1965, bulk 1955-1965) consists of 156 photographs featured in Paths of the Padres through Sonora: An Illustrated History & Guide to Its Spanish Churches published by the Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society in 1967 with accompanying maps. The second series, Papers (1977), contains 4 manuscript versions of Spanish Jesuit Churches in Mexico’s Tarahumara published by the University of Arizona Press in 1979. A selection of Roca’s images have been posted on History Pin: Paul Roca Photographs of Missions in Sonora, Mexico. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Architecture, Colonial -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) | Church architecture -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) | Jesuit architecture -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) | Missionaries -- Mexico – Biography | Missions -- Mexico-- Sonora (State) | Missions, Spanish -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Tarahumara architecture | | | | Matches:
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| ...Mexico. Lautaro was a silver-mine operator and Stella was an...
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| 5 | Author: | Riggs, John Casey, 1874-1943. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Riggs Family Papers
1878-1998
(1900-1942) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1878-1998 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains materials documenting the Riggs pioneer family history from the time Brannick Riggs married Mary Elizabeth Robbins in Texas in 1856, their first wagon train move to Colorado in 1871, and several years later relocating again to southeastern Arizona, arriving and settling in Sulphur Springs Valley in 1879. Their eighth child, John Casey Riggs (1874-1943), was the family’s historian and creator of the bulk of the papers. The collection includes Our El Dorado, a biographical book written by John C. Riggs and his daughter, Jeanette Riggs Roll. Also included in the collection are biographical manuscripts; diaries and journals; business and personal correspondence; business records and ledgers; printed materials, including pamphlets, catalogs, newspapers and clippings; homestead land and mine patents; political papers of John Casey Riggs; maps; and photographs and negatives. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians--Arizona. | Banks and banking--Arizona. | Cattle brands--Arizona. | Cattle trade--Arizona--History. | Comanche Indians--Texas--History--19th century. | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Cochise County. | Grazing--Arizona. | Lawyers--Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--Cochise County. | Politicians--Arizona--Biography. | Ranches--Arizona--Cochise County--History--Records and Correspondence. | | | | Matches:
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| ...clippings, homestead land and mine patents, and an original...
...clippings; homestead land and mine patents; political papers...
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