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| | 2 | Author: | Romero, José, active 1822-1826. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Letter of Jose Romero,
1824 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1824 | | | | Abstract: | Jose Romero was a Lieutenant Colonel, Sonora, Mexico; leader of 1823-1826 expeditions to
establish an inland route between Sonora, Mex. and California. Collection contains a letter
(photocopy) to Mariana de Urrea, Commandante General de Sonora, from Romero in San Gabriel, Calif.,
recounting his experiences in attempting unsuccessfully to return to Sonora in the winter of 1823-1824
through the Palm Springs area, and describing the mail route between Tucson and San Gabriel which was
conducted by Jose Cocomaricopa, the bearer of this letter, via the Colorado River route. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Postal service -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Gaede, Marnie | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Camera, Spade and Pen records,
1974-1981 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1974-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Records, 1974-1980, relating to
Camera, Spade, and Pen. Contains chiefly
correspondence between the editor, Marnie Gaede, and the contributing authors
of the book,
Camera, Spade, and Pen, published by The
University of Arizona Press in 1980. Also included are drafts of chapters by
each author. The supplemental files in the second series relate to the
production of the book, and include author releases, the final map of major
archaeological sites in the Southwest, an introductory letter to the authors,
and biographical perspective information about the book's
contributors. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New --
Antiquities | Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | United States Army, Quartermaster Corps. invoices
1849 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1849 | | | | Abstract: | Contains two holograph duplicate invoices for building materials and tools sent for the construction of "the Fort on the River Gila."
The invoices were signed and dated by Bvt. Lt. Col. S. McRee, Quartermaster, U.S. Army, St. Louis, Mo. on May 12 and June 7, 1849.
The invoice dated June 7 consists of one leaf; that of May 12, consists of three pages. The lists include weights and quantities for diverse
items such as quarry picks, wheel segments, paint brushes, cooking stoves, door locks, glue and glue pots, grind stones, linseed oil, plows,
window glass, plugs of feathers, and white lead. Items were sent to an unnamed "Acting Quartermaster," and items not received
were so noted. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Fortification -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New -- Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 6 | Author: | Lummis, Charles Fletcher,1859-1928 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of Charles Fletcher Lummis
1860-1956
(bulk 1890-1920) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1860-1956 | | | | Abstract: | Includes journals, correspondence, writings, notebooks, and photographs, chiefly 1890-1920, of Charles Fletcher Lummis, 1859-1928, writer and librarian, relating to his family and career with the Southwest Society and Los Angeles Public Library. Correspondents include his wives Eve and Dorothea; members of the Lummis family; and friends Adolph Bandelier, Amado Chavez, Edgar Hewett, Denis Riordan, E.R. Ripley, and others. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Southwest Society (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History | Southwest Museum - History | Los Angeles Public Library - History | Sequoya League. Los Angeles Council - History | Apache Indians - Wars, 1883-1886 | Arizona - Pictorial Works | New Mexico - Pictorial Works | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Derrotero de los Padres Fray Francisco Atanacio Domínguez, and Fr. Silvestre Vélez, de Escalante, en sus exploraciónes, desde las missiones de Zuñy del Nuevo Mexico, hasta las ymmediaciones de Monte Rey de California
1776-1777 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1776-1777 | | | | Abstract: | Vélez de Escalante, better known as Escalante, was a Spanish Franciscan missionary sent to New Mexico in 1774;
he was the recorder of this 1776 expedition. Domínguez, a Mexican Franciscan priest, was his ecclesiastical superior
and leader of the expedition. Collection includes eighteenth-century copy of the diary kept by Vélez de Escalante
on his expedition with Dominguez through the four corners area of the American Southwest, July 29, 1776 to Jan. 2, 1777. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Explorers -- New Spain. | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. | Pueblo Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 9 | Author: | Franciscans. Province of St. John the
Baptist | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Records of the
Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans,
1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes correspondence,
financial records, official documents, reports, maps, articles, publications,
photographs, postcards, and notes. The bulk of the collection is correspondence
and records relating to the establishment and operation of missions and
schools, primarily at St. Michaels. These document activity between Franciscan
friars, the Navajo population, Catholic organizations, the U. S. Government,
and the Land Commissioner of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company. Included
are materials on Navajo land allotments, education, language, social
conditions, government and church relations, tourism, and origins of the Navajo
Tribal Council. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Missions -- Southwest, New -- History --
Sources | Navajo Indians -- Education | Navajo Indians -- Government policy | Navajo Indians -- Missions | Navajo Indians -- Land tenure | Navajo language | Navajo Indians -- Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 11 | Author: | Ezell, Paul H. (Paul Howard),
1913-1988 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Paul Howard Ezell
papers,
1939-1987 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1939-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Arranged in six series: Biographical Information. Diaries and
Record Books, 1939-1964. General Correspondence, 1958-1975. Writings and
Reviews, 1950- 1987. Project Files, 1951-1982. Pima Land Claim Case Files,
1683-1974. arrangement varies by series. The bulk of the collection consists of
the Pima Land Claim Case Files, 1683-1974. This includes correspondence with
the law firm of Cox and Cox, and Henry F. Dobyns; also transcripts of the court
hearings. Background information, in support of claims by the Pima-Maricopa,
includes photocopies of primary source material from the Spanish, Mexican, and
American periods. The rest of the collection includes various materials
relating to Ezell's work and professional interests: diaries, record books,
correspondence with colleagues, published and unpublished reports and articles,
reviews, drawings, charts, maps of southern Arizona, microfilms, audiotapes,
black-and-white photographs, negatives, and color slides. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Pima Indians -- Claims | Maricopa Indians -- Claims | Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. --
Arizona | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History --
Chronology | Ethnohistory -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 13 | Author: | Ward, Albert E.
Fontana, Bernard L. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Albert Ward papers, 1953-2009 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1953-2009 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of research materials relating to
Albert E. Ward's archeological work in New Mexico. A majority of the collection
references "Site 48," a ruin that Ward excavated in New Mexico. Site 48's authenticity
was later called into question, leading to several legal battles in which Ward
participated, claiming that the site was authentic and his evidence was proof of a
Spanish-Indian residential fort. Materials include correspondence, maps, reports, notes,
and research files. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Archaeology | Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Southwest, New | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities | Historic sites -- New Mexico | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 14 | 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 |
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