| Abstract: | The Kuhne–Looney Family collection contains photos, negatives, historic documents, books, correspondence,
scrap books, and albums for many Prescott area families. Frank Adolph Kuhne originally came to Prescott from Germany. They lived in
Navajo and Howells, Arizona. He and his wife Marie had five children; Marie, Moritz “Moe”, Frank, Helen, and Robert. This collection
also has information on the John Wilson Simmons family, the Alexander Brown family, the Henry Colquette family, the Giuseppe Enrico
Gardarino family and the Looney family. It also includes photos of family friends, train wrecks in Skull Valley, and documents on
Territorial Arizona. Documents describing the Yavapai County Youth Center (YCYC) are included. Havasupai documents from land acquisition
and Kuhne’s work in the village are also included. | |