| | 1 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | Author: | Flohr, Martin C., 1904- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Martin C. Flohr Collection
1895-1964
1961-1964 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1895-1964 | | | | Abstract: | The Martin C. Flohr Collection consists primarily of correspondence, maps, newsclippings, manuscripts, transcripts, and printed matter documenting the life of mountain man Bill Williams. Although the material dates from 1894 to 1964, the bulk of the collection is composed of Flohr's research materials on Williams produced from 1961 to 1964. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
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