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1	Author:	Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives photograph collection, 1839-1995 ead
	Date(s):	1839-1995
	Abstract:	This collection contains photographs and negatives, copyprints, photocopies, slides, and contact prints which depict wide-ranging types of subject matter regarding Jewish individuals and institutions. The bulk of the photographs were made in the southwest United States, principally Arizona, California, Texas, and New Mexico. Photographs have been arranged by region and then by name/subject.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Jews -- Arizona -- Photographs \| Jews -- California -- Photographs \| Jews -- New Mexico -- Photographs \| Jews -- Texas -- Photographs \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Photographs \| Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Photographs \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Photographs \| Jewish businesspeople -- Arizona -- Photographs \| Jewish businesspeople -- New Mexico -- Photographs \| Jewish businesspeople -- Texas -- Photographs
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2	Author:	Hein family	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Papers of the Hein family 1860-1900 (bulk 1890-1900) ead
	Date(s):	1860-1900
	Abstract:	Letters from the Hein family to the Hagedorn family pertaining to frontier life in Skull Valley, Arizona Territory. Also includes documents from the Prescott Coal Development Company; Hagedorn's passport and ship papers; four photographs of the Hagedorn family in New York; and other miscellaneous documents.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona
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3	Author:	Whiting, Francis Marion, 1911-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	The Mark of a Man, 1964 ead
	Date(s):	1964
	Abstract:	Francis Marion Whiting, born in 1911, was a scientist and a teacher. This story is based on a tape recording of Frank Whiting, Sr.'s recollections in 1964.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mormons -- Arizona. \| Mormons -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State)
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4	Author:	Corrigan, Monica.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Diary of Sister Monica, 1870 ead
	Date(s):	1870
	Abstract:	Sister Monica was a member of party of Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet and traveled to Tucson to establish St. Joseph's Convent. Later she established St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. This collection is made up of a diary of railway and stage journey from St. Louis, Mo. to Tucson, Ariz., April 21, 1870-May 26, 1870, with Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet. Later it was published in part as The Trek of the Seven Sisters, Tucson, 1948.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona.
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5	Author:	Fort Vancouver (Wash.)	Requires cookie*
	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.
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6	Author:	Schieffelin, Edward, 1847-1897.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	History of the Discovery of Tombstone, Arizona, as Told by Edward Lawrence Schieffelin, 1888-1890 ead
	Date(s):	1888-1890
	Abstract:	Edward Schieffelin, 1847-1897, was a prospector and discovered the silver mines of the San Pedro Valley, which led to the establishment of Tombstone, Arizona. This collection contains typescript, accompanied by an autobiographical sketch, and letter of transmittal from Mrs. Josephine F. Garrick. A version edited by Ben Traywick, was published by Red Marie's, 1988.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Pioneers -- Arizona.
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7	Author:	Jaeger, Louis John Frederick, 1824-1892.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Diary of Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1875-1892 ead
	Date(s):	1875-1892
	Abstract:	Two holograph notebooks cover Mar. 1, 1875 - Apr. 7, 1880, and Feb. 11 to Mar. 25, 1892; personal entries relate weather conditions, work accomplished, money owed or paid, and daily events. Accompanied by 500 page transcript and photocopy.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Ferries -- Arizona -- Yuma. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona.
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8	Author:	Jaeger, Louis John Frederick, 1824-1892.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Account books of Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1860-1891 ead
	Date(s):	1860-1891
	Abstract:	Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1824-1892 was a ferryman and adventurer; operated ferry across Colorado River at Yuma, Ariz., 1850-1877. This collection contains four holograph financial account books for 1860-1861, 1876, and 1891 consist of amounts paid and received by Jaeger.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Ferries -- Arizona -- Yuma. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona.
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9	Author:	Freeman, M. P. (Merrill P.), 1844-1919.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Correspondence of Merrill Pingree Freeman 1907-1915 ead
	Date(s):	1907-1915
	Abstract:	Correspondence to and from Merrill Freeman dating from 1907-1915.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians--History--19th century \| Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona
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10	Author:	Nichols, Charles A., 1902-1964.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Four Generations of the Douglas Family in America, circa 1964 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1964
	Abstract:	Lewis W. Douglas was a businessman, Democratic politician, philanthropist, and diplomat. He served in the Arizona State Legislature, United States House of Representatives, United States Budget Director, President of McGill University, head of the United States War Shipping Administration, and Ambassador to Great Britian. His father, James Stuart Douglas (1868-1949) was a mine owner and banker. His grandfather, James Douglas (1837-1918) was a mining engineer, metallurgist, industrialist, and the person for whom the town of Douglas, Arizona was named. This collection includes a typescript (photocopy) made from author's original.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Pioneers -- Arizona -- Biography.
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11	Author:	Flake, William Jordan, 1878-1938.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Jordan Flake Diary 1903-1904 ead
	Date(s):	1903-1904
	Abstract:	William Jordan Flake, 1878-1938, was a Mormon pioneer from Snowflake, Arizona. The collection consists of a daily journal from a mission in Tennessee for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, July 3, 1903 to Aug. 9, 1904. Accompanied by a typescript transcription.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Tennessee. \| Mormons -- Missions -- Tennessee.
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12	Author:	Cranston, George, b. 1848?	Requires cookie*
	Title:	George Cranston correspondence, 1860-1883 ead
	Date(s):	1860-1883
	Abstract:	This collection contains one series, correspondence. It is comprised of 57 letters, 34 of which were written by George Cranston, primarily to his sister, Gertrude. 14 of these letters relate Cranston's experiences as a soldier in the Arizona Territory, from 1866 to 1870. Cranston was stationed at Fort Yuma, Camp Lowell, Fort Grant, Camp Tubac and Camp Crittenden, and his letters reveal the privations of a soldier's life, the uncertainties of living on the frontier, and the fear of Indian attacks. Leaving the army and Arizona in 1870, the letters continue with Cranston's travels in New Mexico, Kansas and Texas. The remaining letters, the bulk of which are addressed to Gertrude, are correspondence from other Cranston siblings, and letters from James Cranston, their father. Many of these are accounts of family activities and events, others reveal some of the emotional undercurrents in family life.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians -- Wars \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona
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13	Author:	Bristow, James Clawson	Requires cookie*
	Title:	James Clawson Bristow papers, 1908-1910 ead
	Date(s):	1908-1910
	Abstract:	Papers written by farmer-preacher James Clawson Bristow between 1908 and 1910, as well as photocopies and transcripts of those writings. His writings cover family histories, travels to Arizona, and interactions with Baptist preachers.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona \| Pioneers -- Arizona \| Baptists
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14	Author:	Hankin, Harriet Warning.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	The Story of Patchy, 1896-1916 (bulk 1896-1900) ead
	Date(s):	1896-1916
	Abstract:	Typescript of unpublished manuscript, with photographs, concerning the story of Apache May, a young Apache girl found in May, 1896, by Cochise County cattleman and former sheriff, John Slaughter, in an abandoned Apache camp. She lived with the Slaughters at their San Bernadino Ranch until her accidental death in 1900. Photographs are of Apache May at various ages, some with Viola Slaughter.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians -- Photographs. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Cochise County.
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15	Author:	Riggs, John L.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Manuscripts of John L. Riggs, 1924-1925 ead
	Date(s):	1924-1925
	Abstract:	John L. Riggs was a local historian in Mohave County, Arizona. Collection includes holograph articles concerning Mohave County, Ariz. history, including Walapai Indians, William H. Hardy, turquoise mines, the Silver Hill Massacre, and the killing of the Luke party.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Mohave County. \| Hualapai Indians -- History.
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16	Author:	Hancock, James C., 1860-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Comments by James Hancock on Walter Noble Burns' Book Tombstone circa 1930 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1930
	Abstract:	James Hancock lived in Tombstone at the time of the O.K. Corral gunfight. Notes indicate his comments were written in Paradise, Arizona on March 30 and 31, probably in the 1930's. Typescript (carbon) prepared by Guy J. Giffen, California author, of marginal notes made by J. C. Hancock in his copy of Tombstone: an Illiad of the Southwest.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Tombstone. \| Violence -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- History -- 19th century.
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17	Author:	United States. Army. Department of the Missouri.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	United States Army, Military Division of the Missouri correspondence 1878-1880 ead
	Date(s):	1878-1880
	Abstract:	Photocopies of 118 documents, chiefly official correspondence and printed orders related to Captain Nicholas Nolan, 10th Cavalry, from 1878 to 1880. Letters from the winter of 1879 concern the escort and protection of reservation Indians on a hunting expedition, including Kiowas, Comanches and Pawnees. In the summer and fall of 1880, while stationed at Fort Quitman, Texas, Nolan cooperated with Mexican forces along the Rio Grande River, in the pursuit of Indians with the Apache chief, Victorio. Correspondents include Henry O. Flipper and P.B. Hunt.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century. \| Apache Indians -- Wars. \| Comanche Indians -- Wars. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas. \| Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Government relations -- 1869-1934. \| Kiowa Indians -- Wars. \| Pawnee Indians -- Wars.
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18	Author:	Clum, John Philip, 1851-1932	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Philip Clum collection, 1874-1917 ead
	Date(s):	1874-1917
	Abstract:	The John P. Clum collection is divided into two subgroups: records of Clum's tenure at the San Carlos Apache Indian Agency, 1874-1878, and documents relating to his career, 1880-1917 chronological arrangement. This collection includes, photocopies of San Carlos Indian Agency reports, abstracts of disbursements, vouchers, accounts current, and auditor's reports pertaining to Clum's work at the Agency from 1874-1878. Also information and correspondence regarding his employment from 1880-1917 in the War Dept. and the Post Office Dept., as well as his lecture tours for the Southern Pacific Railroad.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians -- Government relations \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona \| Indian agents -- Arizona
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19	Author:	West, Frank, 1850-1923	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Frank West journal, 1884-1885 ead
	Date(s):	1884-1885
	Abstract:	Contains a handwritten journal recording military marches from Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to Fort Craig, New Mexico; from Fort Craig to Fort Wingate; and from Fort Wingate to Deming, New Mexico, during the Apache campaign. Includes logs of miles traveled, maps, and some biographical information.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians -- Wars, 1883-1886 -- Personal narratives \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New
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20	Author:	Fierman, Floyd S.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Floyd S. Fierman papers, circa 1850-1997 1870-1970 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1850-1997
	Abstract:	The material in this collection is organized into groupings according to the geographic location of the Jewish individuals, families, or institutions researched. These subjects and individuals are arranged alphabetically. There may be some overlap within the collection.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Jews -- New Mexico -- History \| Jews -- Texas -- History \| Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas \| Synagogues -- New Mexico \| Synagogues -- Texas \| Rabbis -- New Mexico \| Rabbis -- Texas \| Commerce -- New Mexico -- History \| Commerce -- Texas -- History \| Jewish merchants -- New Mexico \| Jewish merchants -- Texas \| Sephardim -- New Mexico
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