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1	Author:	Los Properidad Colony Association (Los Angeles, Calif.)	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Los Properidad Colony Association records 1907 ead
	Date(s):	1907
	Abstract:	Typescript (carbon) minutes of meetings, lists of officers and committees, and telegrams regarding possible purchase of real estate in Mexico.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Corporations -- California -- History. \| Real property -- Mexico.
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2	Author:	Foster, Nancy Melvina, 1869-1961.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Nancy Melvina Foster reminiscences 1871-1921 ead
	Date(s):	1871-1921
	Abstract:	One holographic manuscript, probably written in 1937. In it, Nancy Melvina Foster recounts her experiences, from 1871-1921, of homesteading in Arizona, farming in California, and life in the mining camps of Arizona and New Mexico. Genealogy sheet enclosed.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Farm life -- California -- History -- Sources. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New. \| Women pioneers -- Southwest, New -- Biography.
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	Title:	Western Mines and Mining notes 1911-1948 ead
	Date(s):	1911-1948
	Abstract:	Portfolio of typescript pages, with brief descriptions of 91 mines. Locations are mostly in California and Arizona, but other western areas are also included. Historical and technical information is given, appraising each mine from an economic point of view. The reports encompass geological aspects, development, method of working, value, and future prospects.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mine examination -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. \| Mines and mineral resources -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
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4	Author:	Sacramento County (Calif.). Recorder's Office.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Transcript of marks and brands of Yolo County (California) 1850-1874 ead
	Date(s):	1850-1874
	Abstract:	Log of cattle and horse brands. The 241 entries, on 57 leaves, were originally entered at the Recorder's Office of Yolo County (Calif.), from October 3, 1850 through August 17, 1874. Information recorded includes rancher's name, description and drawing of earmark and brand, date recorded, and name and title of person recording
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Cattle brands -- California -- Yolo County. \| Earmarks -- California -- Yolo County. \| Horse owners -- California -- Yolo County. \| Ranches -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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5	Author:	Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Merle Armitage papers, 1930-1974 ead
	Date(s):	1930-1974
	Abstract:	The collection contains an assortment of correspondence, books, some published by his Manzanita Press, typescripts of books and short stories, advertisements, illustrations, clippings, photographs and photographic plates, articles, speeches, catalogs, and miscellaneous original art work.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Publishers and publishing -- California -- History -- 20th century \| Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial works \| Commercial artists -- United States \| Small press books -- Specimens \| Book design -- United States -- History
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6	Author:	Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, 1738-1781.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Diario, de las ultimas peregrinaciones del Padre Fr. Francisco Garcés, hasta la provincia del Moqui, y noticias de varias nuevas naciones exparcidas hasta el Rio Colorado en Califonia 1777 ead
	Date(s):	1777
	Abstract:	Eighteenth century manuscript copy of Padre Francisco Garcés's 11-month travel diary.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Explorers -- New Spain. \| Hopi Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Missions -- Arizona -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Missions -- California -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Missions -- Pimería Alta (Mexico and Ariz.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. \| Pueblos -- New Mexico -- Maps. \| Yuman Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
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	Title:	Papeles relativos a los Jesuitas en Baja California y otras regiones septentrionales de la Nueva España 1686-1793 ead
	Date(s):	1686-1793
	Abstract:	One volume of typed transcriptions of 14 reports, 1686-1793. They discuss the geographical relation of the missions to towns and other missions, the priests who previously served at them, the building of the churches, the number of people in the area, and the number of people baptized.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Indians of Mexico -- Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) \| Missionaries -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) \| Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History.
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8	Author:	Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1985 ead
	Date(s):	1903-1985
	Abstract:	This collection contains chiefly correspondence, along with reports, minutes of meetings, and financial records related to the establishment, development, and operation of the Desert Laboratory and Coastal Laboratory under directors Daniel T. MacDougal and Forrest Shreve.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Desert plants -- Arizona \| Desert plants -- Sonoran Desert \| Desert ecology -- Arizona \| Desert ecology -- Sonoran Desert \| Plant ecology -- Arizona \| Plant ecologists -- Correspondence \| Botanists -- Correspondence \| Botanical laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- Sources \| Botanical laboratories -- California -- Carmel -- History -- Sources
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9	Author:	Lizasoaín, Tómas Ignacio, 1717-1789.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Noticia 1761-1763 ead
	Date(s):	1761-1763
	Abstract:	Photocopy of typescript translation. The one volume contains a census of people, as well as an inventory of goods for some of the missions. The provinces of Baja California, Sonora, Tarahumara, Nayarit, and the former Chinipas are represented; missions of southern Arizona are included within the Sonoran province. The census is by families, widows and widowers, doctriners, the number of people confessing, and the number of people taking communion.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Missions -- Arizona -- History -- 18th century. \| Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History -- 18th century. \| Missions -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) -- History -- 18th century. \| Missions -- Mexico -- Inventories. \| Missions -- Mexico -- Nayarit -- History -- 18th century. \| Missions -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 18th century.
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10	Author:	Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.	Add to Favorites
	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.
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