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| | 2 | Author: | Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Scrapbooks of the Peralta Land Grant Case,
1895-1899 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1895-1899 | | | | Abstract: | Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1895-1899, concerning the Peralta Land Grant case.
Most are written by Walter B. Stevens, 1848-1939. Stevens was a journalist and a St.
Louis Globe-Democrat that covered the Peralta Land Grant case. Some clippings are present
concerning other land grants. Also included are 88 pages of typescripts of news articles;
some are the articles in the scrapbook. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Defendant's Photographic Exhibits 1 to 44 Inclusive,
1895 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1895 | | | | Abstract: | James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to
fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico
and Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. This collection includes
photoprints of selected defendant's documents, supposedly from various archvies in Guadalajara, Mexico,
purporting to prove the existence of the Peralta land grant claim. Includes an item by item
critical explanation relating to forged features of the documents. Documents are in Spanish; with English explanation. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Hughes, Louis C., 1844-1915. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Address Before the Farmers, Fruit and Stock Growers of Arizona,
October 18, 1895 ead | | | | Date(s): | October 18, 1895 | | | | Abstract: | Louis C. Hughes, 1844-1915 was an Arizona pioneer, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician.
This collection includes a typescript of an address by Hughes, before the meeting of the Farmers,
Fruit and Stock Growers of Arizona, Oct. 18, 1895, on the occasion of its organization. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- Arizona -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 9 | Author: | Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Joseph Conrad collection
1895-1976 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1895-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Collection includes five letters written by Conrad to various people; three holograph, two typed, all signed. One letter by Conrad's wife,
Jesse, and four by his executor, Richard Curle, briefly discuss publication of Conrad's works. Newspaper clippings from 1915 are articles
Conrad wrote about his experiences in Poland during World War I. Reprints of photographs depict Conrad, places he lived, his family, and friends,
including one of Stephen Crane. Three original etchings of Conrad are by Walter Tittle. Ephemera includes exhibition notices from a 1976 lecture
about him, and posters from the 1964 movie production of Lord Jim. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Film posters -- Specimens. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 11 | Author: | Uknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Albuquerque, New Mexico Photograph Album,
circa 1895-1905 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1895-1905 | | | | Abstract: | Photograph album containing 51 photographs of Albuquerque, New Mexico street scenes, buildings, homes, and families, ca. 1895-1905. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Albuquerque (N.M.)—Pictorial works | Albuquerque (N.M.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—Pictorial works | Albuquerque (N.M.)—Fires, 1899—Pictorial works | Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)—Pictorial works | Architecture, Domestic—New Mexico—Albuquerque—Pictorial works | Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company—Pictorial works | Photograph albums | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 12 | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 13 | Author: | Smith, George E. P.,
1873-1975 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | George E.P. Smith
papers,
1895-1972 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1895-1972 | | | | Abstract: | This collection is organized into two subgroups and seven series,
which include, Biographical Information, 1895-1955. Diaries, 1908- 1909,
1949-1954. Correspondence, 1900-1963. Articles and Addresses, 1908- 1972.
Project Files, 1899-1944. Supplemental Papers, 1904-1941. Photographs,
1906-1953. arrangement varies by series. Contains mainly correspondence,
1915-1958, regarding his professional interest in the development and
utilization of underground and surface water in Arizona. Correspondents include
Carl Hayden, Barry Goldwater, John R. Murdock, and other state and local
leaders. Also includes his articles and addresses, project files, and
photographs concerning irrigation engineering, agriculture, and water supply
projects. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Water -- Law and legislation -- Arizona | Groundwater -- Arizona | Tamarix -- Utilization -- Arizona | Cement -- Arizona | Irrigation -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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