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1Author:  Hatch, D. Spencer (Duane Spencer) Hatch, Emily Gilchriest, 1897-Add to Favorites
 Title:  Duane Spencer Hatch papers, 1912-1982 (bulk 1940-1982) ead 
 Date(s):  1912-1982 
 Abstract:  Duane Spencer Hatch (1888-1963) was an agriculturalist, researcher, and pioneer in rural reconstruction and community development. This collection contains materials pertaining to the life and work of Duane Spencer Hatch. Hatch conducted research in Costa Rica, India, Sri Lanka (formally known as Ceylon), Mexico, and in Parker, Arizona. The collection contains research materials such as field notes, diaries, correspondence, and reports, along with photographic materials concerning these rural locations. Personal materials in the collection from Hatch, and his wife Emily Hatch, include bibliographic and biographic materials, correspondence, publicly files, and photographs. Audio and visual materials in the collection include movies created by Hatch in movie reel and DVD format and talks given by Hatch in record and CD format. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Rural development -- Research | Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona and California -- Rural conditions 
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2Author:  Mills, Hazel E.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Hazel E. Mills papers, 1816-1938 ead 
 Date(s):  1816-1938 
 Abstract:  Research notes, newspaper clippings and maps, 1816-1938. The bulk of the material is handwritten research notes related to the navigation of the Colorado River. Some of the notes are contained in a card index. The notes include article summaries compiled for Mills' proposed dissertation, Navigation of the Colorado River and its effect on the development of the Arizona frontier. The maps are tracings done by Mills. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Boats and boating | Colorado River -- Discovery and exploration | Colorado River -- Navigation | Ferries | Cargo ships | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona | Historic mines | Mining districts -- Arizona | Mining districts -- Colorado | Railroad travel | River steamers | Stagecoach lines | Steam-navigation | Trade routes | Waterways 
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3Author:  Cotton Land CompanyAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Cotton Land Company records, 1909-1970 ead 
 Date(s):  1909-1970 
 Abstract:  Contains official records of the Cotton Land Company, and the Cotton Water and Irrigation Company, 1909-1970, relating to land development and water rights to company lands located in Mohave County, Arizona, on the east side of the Colorado River. Includes articles of incorporation, minutes, stockbooks, correspon-dence, maps, legal and financial documents, and photographs documenting the activities of the companies, especially in the periods between 1910-1930 and 1945-1965. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Water rights -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | Business enterprises -- Arizona -- Archives | Business enterprises -- California -- Archives | Real estate development -- Arizona -- Mohave County | Floods -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 
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4Author:  Blachly, LouAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Papers of Lou Blachly, 1827-1965 ead 
 Date(s):  1827-1965 
 Abstract:  Includes correspondence, reports, manuscripts, diaries, photographs, poetry, souvenir ephemera, and newspapers of the Bradley and Blachly families. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico | Women pioneers -- Colorado | Missions, Medical -- Thailand -- History -- 19th century | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Africa, North | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany | Wild flowers -- Arizona | Bird watching -- United States -- Guidebooks | Birds -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Africa, North | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Germany | World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany 
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5Author:  August, Jack. L., Jr.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Dr. Jack L. August, Jr. papers, 1959-2017 ead 
 Date(s):  1959-2017 
 Abstract:  Dr. Jack L. August, Jr. (1954-2017) was an expert in Arizona water-related politics, senators, and other historical subjects. His collection includes his personal materials, professional files, research files, writings, audiovisual materials, and memorabilia he collected throughout his life. August taught at several different institutions and held various positions at colleges, universities, and other history-focused institutions. He served as an expert witness on key pieces of water rights legislation in the state of Arizona. He researched several prominent Arizonan politicians including Barry Goldwater, Dennis DeConcini, and Evan Mecham. He also did several research projects surrounding Wade Church, Jim Chilton, the New Mexico Bar Association, and John R. Norton III, amongst others. A large portion of his research files are dedicated to water politics of Arizona including, but not limited to ANSAC, the CAP, the Colorado River Controversy, Native American/indigenous water rights, the Santa Cruz River, the Salt River, the Gila River, and others. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Water conservation -- Arizona | Water -- Law and legislation -- Arizona | Water rights -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | Water rights -- Arizona | Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- Arizona | Teachers -- Arizona | Law | DeConcini, Dennis | Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 | Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972 | Castro, Raul H., 1916-2015 | Mecham, Evan | McCain, John, 1936-2018 | New Mexico Bar Association | Herberger Theater Center (Phoenix, Ariz.) | Colorado River -- Navigation 
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6Author:  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Zion Stake. Little Colorado.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Minutes of Quarterly Conference, 1878-1886 ead 
 Date(s):  1878-1886 
 Abstract:  Mormon missionaries settled in Arizona Territory on the Little Colorado River in 1876. The Stake of Zion was organized by them in January 1878. This collection contains minutes of quarterly conference meetings held at Sunset, Brigham City, St. Joseph, and other settlements in Arizona Territory. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Church buildings -- Arizona -- History. | Mormon Church -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mormons -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mormons -- Colonization -- Little Colorado Region (N.M. and Ariz.) -- History -- Sources. 
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7Author:  Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958Add to Favorites
 Title:  Homer Leroy Shantz papers, 1903-1958 ead 
 Date(s):  1903-1958 
 Abstract:  Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches, survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile, Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape, villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel 
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