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| | 61 | Author: | Douglas, Frances | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Frances Douglas
Papers,
1892-1963 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1892-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Contains correspondence, diaries, articles,
stories, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and translations of mostly
unpublished works by Spanish-language writers. Some of the authors are Concha
Espina de Serna, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Jose Maria Carretero,
Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Rafael Delgado, Pedro Juan
Labarthe, Jose Lopez- Portillo y Rojas, Emilia Pardo-Bazan, Jose Echegaray and
Eduardo Zamacois. Personal material consists of correspondence and family
photographs, from marriage to Charles Fletcher Lummis, and later to Courtenay
DeKalb, with whom she operated the Roadside Mine in Arizona. Photographs and
correspondence related to the mine are present. Also included are typescripts
of Douglas' published and unpublished articles, stories, and translations.
Original drawings are by E.A. Burbank and Carl Oscar Borg. Correspondence with
friends and publishers includes writers Eugene Rhodes, Henry Knibbs, Concha
Espina, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José María
Carretero, Pedro Labarthe, Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, and the publisher Phoebe
Hearst. Diaries and photographs document travels to Mexico and Europe. Stories
were recorded by Douglas while she lived among the Isleta Indians. Mexican and
U.S. newspapers, 1911-1915, report on the Mexican Revolution. Related material
in MS 39 and MS 297. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | American Association of University Women. | Spanish Literature -- 20th century -- History and
criticism. | Isleta Indians -- Legends. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Legends. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources. | Roadside Mine (Ariz.) | Women authors. | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. | 1900-1924. | 1925-1949. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 63 | Author: | Mascareñas, Manuel. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Manuel Mascareñas papers
1874-1912 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1874-1912 | | | | Abstract: | Manuel Mascareñas, Sr. was a cattle rancher and politician in Sonora, Mexico. Collection includes a ledger, cash book, invoice book,
lettercopy book, legal documents, photographs, newspapers, and miscellaneous personal materials. Chiefly business records of a general
merchandise store in Hermosillo, 1884-1891, and legal documents from Arizpe, Sonora, 1847-1851. Family papers include correspondence,
awards and medals, and financial papers. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Merchants -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 64 | Author: | Reyes, Antonio de los, 1729-1787 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Reales cédulas, cartas y informes
1784-1786 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1784-1786 | | | | Abstract: | Photocopies of typed transcriptions. Some are royal orders, 1784- 1786, directed to Bishop Antonio de los Reyes, concerning the custodial settlement of
the missions and missionaries. The individual documents are noted as being copies and signed by the officials Miguel Ant. Cuevas at Alamos and
Christoval Carvalan at Arizpe. Also includes some letters from Reyes to Viceroy Martías de Galvez about the urgent need to establish the Custodia of San
Carlos. The final section has reports for Visitor General José de Gálvez. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Missionaries -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 18th century. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 68 | Author: | | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mining Reports on Claims in the Naica Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico
1935-1937 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1935-1937 | | | | Abstract: | The Naica Extension Mine, formerly called the Felicidad, actually consists of 45 mining claims situated on the Naica Mountain in the state of
Chihuahua, Mexico. Reports to investors detailing activities at mines located in Chihuahua, Mexico; chiefly Naica Extension Mine. Mining engineer
James V. Dignowity, along with William L. Heyl, wrote these work progress reports, 1935-1936. Small black-and-white photographs depict the area,
mining operations, and workers. A map shows the mining claims of the Naica Mining District. Assay/smelting reports are from both the American
Smelting and Refining Company, and the Compañia Metalúrgica Peñoles, S.A., 1936-1937. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 69 | Author: | Holt, Elgin Bryce. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Elgin Bryce Holt report
1927 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1927 | | | | Abstract: | Three-page typescript report from Holt to his partner, a Mr. Brock, about the Santa Eulalia group of mines near Sombrerete District,
state of Zacatecas, Mexico, dated August 11, 1927. Included are four blueprints: an assay map, a geological plan, a surface plan, and a map;
and also a hand-drawn map of important mining camps in the area. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- Zacatecas (State) -- History -- 20th century. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 71 | Author: | Mexico. Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e Industria | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Records of the Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e Industria, ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | Records of the Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e Industria, consist of nine documents, mostly handwritten, pertaining to grants of land made to Juan Rochel and José Rico in Altar, Sonora, Mexico. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land titles -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Altar -- History -- Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 75 | Author: | Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch,
1952-1970 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1952-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970, was an author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism,
critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works.
This collection includes typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of published manuscripts for The Desert Year, 1952,
Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation, 1955, The Great Chain of Life, 1957, Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays, 1958,
The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, 1961, Herbal, 1965, and the introduction for The Best Nature Writing of Joseph
Wood Krutch, 1970. Typescripts of unpublished travel diaries, 1965-1967, concern trips to France, Greece, and Baja California.
Also present are printers copies for Great Chain of Life, Forgotten Peninsula, and Grand Canyon;
and notes and miscellaneous material related to Herbal. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Animal behavior. | Botany, Medical. | Desert animals -- Arizona. | Desert biology. | Desert plants -- Arizona. | Evolution (Biology) | Manuscripts, American. | Natural history -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) | Natural history -- Southwest, New. | Plants -- Folklore. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 77 | Author: | Old Abe Co. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Account Book of the Old Abe Co.
1890-1891 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1890-1891 | | | | Abstract: | The Old Abe mine, in White Oaks, New Mexico, produced a million dollars worth of gold from one of the deepest dry mines in the world. Its true vein
was discovered in 1890 by William Watson, who shared ownership with seven other people, named in the back of the book. One volume, lists dividends,
expenses and receipts from 1890-1891. It is accompanied by photocopies of five articles from the Lincoln County (N.M.) News, from 1956-1958, relating
the history of the mine and the area. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Gold mines and mining -- New Mexico -- White Oaks. | Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Lincoln County -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 78 | Author: | Clements, Julius Morgan, b.
1869 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Julius Morgan
Clements papers,
1888-1921 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1888-1921 | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes correspondence, reports, financial records,
maps, and photographs relating to mining activities in the American West and
Sonora, Mex., and to his tenure as an American Trade Commissioner, U.S. Dept.
of Commerce, in Japan and China. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.) -- History --
Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) --
History -- Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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