| | 81 | Author: | Rhodes, Rosa Ronquillo | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Rosa Ronquillo Rhodes Collection
1911-2009 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1911-2009 | | | | Abstract: | Rosa Ronquillo Rhodes (1894-1982) was the postmistress on a ranch in Redington, Arizona (Pima County) from 1922-1936. Of Mexican descent, she was the first child in her family to become literate, and held a position that was central to the ranching community in which she lived. This collection of photographs, postcards, postal documents, and an oral history by her daughter portrays her life as a postmistress, as well as offers a glimpse into ranch life in rural Arizona during that period. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | Rhodes, Rosa Ronquillo, 1894-1982. | Williams, Berta Rhodes. | Postmasters--1920-1930. | Postal Service--Arizona--Employees. | Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County. | Redington (Ariz.)--History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 83 | Author: | Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Company
(Ariz.) | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Twin Buttes Mining
and Smelting Company records,
1903-1969 (bulk
1903-1927) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1969 (bulk
1903-1927) | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes correspondence, minutes
of meetings, tax forms, ledgers, day books, bills, financial records, labor
reports, time cards, payroll records, and maps from the daily operations of the
mines, railroad and store. Also present are news clippings about Twin Buttes,
Arizona and photographs of the 1926, 1928, and 1938 school classes. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Mineral industries -- Arizona -- Finance --
Sources | Railroad companies -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Copper miners -- History -- Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- Records and
correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 84 | Author: | DeConcini, Dennis | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Dennis DeConcini Papers
1944-2008 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1944-2008 | | | | Abstract: | 1944-2008 (Bulk 1977-1994). The Dennis DeConcini Papers document his career in public
service beginning with his election as Pima County Attorney through his tenure as a United
States Senator. The collection is organized into 4 subgroups with 18 series with the bulk of
the collection found in the Legislative Committee Files. The collection contains
correspondence, subject files, legislative committee files, voting records, photographs,
audiovisual materials and objects. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | County attorneys--Arizona--Pima County--Archives. | Legislators--United States--Archives. | Political campaigns--United States. | United States Politics and government--20th century. | Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1972 : Helsinki, Finland). Final Act. | Panama Canal (Panama)--Politics and Government. | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II. | Veterans, services for--United States--advocacy. | Drug Control--United States. | Central Arizona Project (U.S.). | Irrigation--Government policy--Arizona. | Saline water conversion--Law and legislation--Arizona. | Hydroelectric power plants--Law and legislation--Arizona. | Solar energy--Law and legislation--Arizona. | Graham, Mount (Ariz.). | Savings and loan associations--Investigations. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 89 | Author: | Douglas, Frances | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Frances Douglas
Papers,
1892-1963 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1892-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Contains correspondence, diaries, articles,
stories, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and translations of mostly
unpublished works by Spanish-language writers. Some of the authors are Concha
Espina de Serna, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Jose Maria Carretero,
Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Rafael Delgado, Pedro Juan
Labarthe, Jose Lopez- Portillo y Rojas, Emilia Pardo-Bazan, Jose Echegaray and
Eduardo Zamacois. Personal material consists of correspondence and family
photographs, from marriage to Charles Fletcher Lummis, and later to Courtenay
DeKalb, with whom she operated the Roadside Mine in Arizona. Photographs and
correspondence related to the mine are present. Also included are typescripts
of Douglas' published and unpublished articles, stories, and translations.
Original drawings are by E.A. Burbank and Carl Oscar Borg. Correspondence with
friends and publishers includes writers Eugene Rhodes, Henry Knibbs, Concha
Espina, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José María
Carretero, Pedro Labarthe, Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, and the publisher Phoebe
Hearst. Diaries and photographs document travels to Mexico and Europe. Stories
were recorded by Douglas while she lived among the Isleta Indians. Mexican and
U.S. newspapers, 1911-1915, report on the Mexican Revolution. Related material
in MS 39 and MS 297. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | American Association of University Women. | Spanish Literature -- 20th century -- History and
criticism. | Isleta Indians -- Legends. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Legends. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources. | Roadside Mine (Ariz.) | Women authors. | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. | 1900-1924. | 1925-1949. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 93 | Author: | Staunton, William
Field | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | William
Field Staunton papers,
1937-1952 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1937-1952 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, diaries, financial records,
photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, and other papers, relating to mining
and Staunton's personal activities in Arizona and California. Personal papers
consist of diaries, notebooks, photographs and his memoirs. Mining records
which include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs,
blueprints, maps, and articles by Staunton form the bulk of the
collection. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Cochise County --
History -- Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County --
History -- Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County --
History -- Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County --
History -- Sources | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Railroads -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Railroad passes -- Specimens | Ostrich farming -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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