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| 1 | Author: | Fort Vancouver (Wash.) | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Fort Vancouver (Washington) records
1854-1866 ead | | | Date(s): | 1854-1866 | | | Abstract: | Located at the border of Washington and Oregon, it was a Hudson Bay Company trading post from 1829-1846. One portfolio containing printed
and holographic items related primarily to the 4th Infantry, based at Fort Vancouver. The earliest material consists of nine monthly post
returns from 1854, signed by the commanding officer, Lt. Col. Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville. These post returns list officers by name;
enlisted men by count; civil employees, their duties, and rate of pay; official communications received; also the names of anyone sick, or in
confinement for desertion. A food survey report from 1856 is concerned with rotten pork, hard bread, and moldy coffee. Later correspondence,
special orders, and general orders date from 1860 to 1866. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Fortification -- Washington (State) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Sources. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
2 | Author: | Levy, Mikul G., 1859-1942. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Letter, 1938 Dec. 22, Prescott (Ariz.), to Mrs. John W. Mayes, Phoenix (Ariz.)
1938 ead | | | Date(s): | 1938 | | | Abstract: | Typescript (original) letter describing his mining and mercantile activities in Nogales and Ajo (Ariz.), 1883-1931, including his
business dealings with Albert Steinfeld, Randall Ore Reduction Company, Cornelia and Rescue Company, C & A Mining Company, and
Ajo Consolidated Copper Company. Also includes a letter of transmittal to Bernard Fontana, in which Mrs. George Peterson describes
an anecdote about Mr. Sam Clark, the founder of Clarkston, Arizona, and a trip he made from Clarkston to Los Angeles, California. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold miners -- Arizona -- Biography. | Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History. | Pioneers -- Arizona -- Biography. | Tohono O'odham Indians. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
3 | Author: | Barney, James Mitchell,
1874-1965 | Add to Favorites | | Title: | James M. Barney
Articles,
1939-1960 ead | | | Date(s): | 1939-1960 | | | Abstract: | Writings and articles (photocopies) concerning the history of
Arizona, ca. 1939-1965, with an emphasis on the Phoenix environs. Topics
covered include tragedy and massacres, pioneer tales, historical events in
Phoenix and Yuma, ghost and mining stories, as well as colorful accounts of the
exploits of local figures. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | American newspapers -- Arizona --Phoenix | Folklore -- Arizona | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Ghost stories, American -- Southwest, New | Indians of North America -- Arizona --
History | Massacres -- Arizona -- History | Pioneers -- Arizona | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
4 | Author: | Jacobs Family | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Jacobs family
papers,
1861-1909 (bulk
1878-1890) ead | | | Date(s): | 1861-1909 (bulk
1878-1890) | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of correspondence, letter books,
invoices, financial statements, ledgers, journals, receipts, cancelled checks,
debit and credit memos, certificate of deposit stubs, draft registers,
collection registers, and remittance registers produced by the daily mercantile
and banking business of Lionel and Barron Jacobs. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Bankers -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Jews -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Banks and banking -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Retail trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Freight and freightage -- West (U.S.) | Military bases -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Pioneers -- Arizona | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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