| | 1 | Author: | Yocum,Harrison | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Harrison Yocum Papers
1864-2010
(bulk 1953-2008) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1864-2010 | | | | Abstract: | This collection is centered on Yocum’s academic and professional interests in horticulture, botany and geology as well as his personal interests in musical composition, his family’s history and Christian religion and his role in the creation and development of Tucson Botanical Gardens. Items included in the collection are his notes on botany, research into palm trees, publications, autobiographical and family history information, press clippings; records regarding the Rockhounds, the Arizona branch of the International Palm Society and Tucson Botanical Gardens. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Botany--Arizona. | Geology--Arizona--Cochise County. | Geology--Arizona--Pima County. | Geology--New Mexico--Grant County. | Horticulture--Arizona. | Mineralogy--Arizona. | Music by American composers--in manuscript. | Palms--Arizona. | Rock collectors--United States. | | | | Matches:
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| ...Tucson Botanical Gardens,...
...Tucson Botanical Gardens Correspondence,...
...Tucson Botanical Gardens,...
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| 2 | Author: | Richmond Jones Jr. (1833-1861) | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Richmond Jones
papers,
1859-1861 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1859-1861 | | | | Abstract: | Diary and Notebooks, 1859-1861. This
collection includes materials which document the travels and surveys of
Richmond Jones (1833-1861) while working for the Sopori Land and Mining Company
in the Santa Cruz Valley of Arizona. The diary describes his journey from Rhode
Island to Tucson, Arizona and offer insights on individuals and mining
activities in southern Arizona until his sudden death at the hands of Apaches,
in the field, in 1861. Includes account books, letters, survey books and
documents, as well as a report on the Sopori and San Xavier mines by mining
engineer Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923) who was in charge of the Santa Rita Mine
from 1860-1861. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Ranches -- Arizona --
Pima County | Sopori Land Grant
(Ariz.) | Land Grants --
Arizona | Surveying --
Arizona | San Xavier Mine
(Ariz.) | Sopori
Mine-(Ariz.) | Geology -- Arizona --
Pima County. | | | | Matches:
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| ...from Rhode Island to Tucson, Arizona and offer insights on...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
...attempting to return to Tucson Arizona. Organization This...
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