| 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: 9 hit(s)
| ...Oversized Materials, Photographs, and Memorabilia,... ...Riggs Family Photographs and Negatives,... ...Item G, Photograph, Valparaiso School of Law, Graduating...
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7 | Author: | Peters, Clarence Nicholas, 1903-1984 | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Cal Peters Collection
1965-1990 ead | | | Date(s): | 1965-1990 | | | Abstract: | This collection includes sketches, photographs, slides and background information on the paintings and dioramas by Cal Peters, which were commissioned by the Western Postal History Museum in the 1960s. | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | Subjects: | Peters, Clarence Nicholas, 1903-1984. | Camels--United States--History. | Mohave Indians--Arizona. | Massacres--Wickenburg Region (Ariz.)--History. | Apache Indians--Arizona. | Mule train mail. | Train robberies--Arizona. | Air mail service--Arizona. | Postal History Foundation. | Western Postal History Museum (Tucson, Ariz.) | | | Matches: 1 hit(s)
| ...includes sketches, photographs, slides and background...
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8 | Author: | Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Emil Walter Haury Papers
1920s-2010 ead | | | Date(s): | 1920s-2010 | | | Abstract: | Consists of the professional papers of Emil Walter Haury (1904 – 1992), prominent archaeologist, instructor, and advocate for protection of antiquities and the environment. Haury was best known for his influential work on the prehistory of the American Southwest, especially Hohokam culture. | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America--Antiquities--Law and legislation--United States. | Archaeologists--Southwest, New--Correspondence. | Archaeologists--United States--Biography. | Archaeology--Law and legislation--United States. | Architecture, Prehistoric--Arizona--Snaketown Site. | Dendrochronology--Arizona. | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Fort Apache Indian Reservation. | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Lukachukai. | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Navajo County. | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Pinal County. | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Salt River Valley. | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Snaketown Site. | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. | Historic preservation--Law and legislation--United States. | Historic sites--Law and legislation--United States. | Hohokam culture. | Indians of North America--Arizona--Antiquities. | Mogollon culture. | Mogollon Indians--Antiquities. | Pima Indians--Antiquities. | Tree-rings. | Antiquities legislation. | | | Matches: 35 hit(s)
| ...Bulnes, Jaime, 1975-1987 [includes photographs]... ...Pecos Conference: 1927, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1977, photographs... ...Snaketown Reunion: photographs of participants and dinner...
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