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| | • | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | [Undo] |
| | 21 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Chax Press records,
1977--ongoing ead | | | | Date(s): | 1977--ongoing | | | | Abstract: | Chax Press is a
small, Tucson based publishing house founded in 1984. Since opening they have published
hundreds of books by creative, and innovative poets. They are known for their unique style
of books that include both soft-bound offset books as well as hand-printed limited editions,
combining both complex visual dynamics and more various book structures throughout all of
their letterpress books. This collection contains business materials, book development
materials, published manuscripts, and illustrative plates and blocks used by the press, as
well as correspondence with authors. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Small press books -- Specimens | Small presses -- United States | Small presses -- Arizona | Small presses -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th
century | Authors, American -- Correspondence | Authors -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 22 | Author: | Cosulich, Bernice, 1896-1956 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of Bernice Cosulich
1923-1956 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1923-1956 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of Bernice Cosulich consists of correspondence, published and unpublished articles, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and notes related to Cosulich’s work writing for the Arizona Daily Star newspaper and various magazines, her book Tucson, and future projects including a projected biography of actress Helena Modjeska and a work on Arizona’s ghost towns, dating between 1923 and 1956. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Authors, American--Correspondence | Medicinal plants--Southwestern States | Extinct cities--Arizona | Ghost towns--Arizona | Copper mines and mining--Arizona | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona | Pioneers--Arizona | Women journalists--Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 23 | Author: | Treadwell, Sophie, 1885-1970 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sophie Treadwell papers1905-1969
(bulk 1905-1969) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1905-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Collection of typescript manuscripts, both published and
unpublished; chiefly plays, but also novels, articles, stories, and television scripts.
Several versions of each play are present. Also included is correspondence, copyrights,
lectures, clippings, photographs of Treadwell, and travel diaries. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Theater -- United States -- 20th century -- Sources | Actors -- Labor unions | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources | Manuscripts, American | Drama -- 20th century -- Stories, plots, etc. --
Sources | Women dramatists, American -- Sources | Television plays, American -- Sources | Actors -- United States -- Correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 25 | Author: | Treadwell, Sophie, 1885-1970 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sophie Treadwell paperscirca
1860-1970
(bulk
1910-1960) ead | | | | Date(s): | circa
1860-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Contains chiefly Personal Materials, Diaries, Correspondence,
Scrap-books, Plays, Novels, and Photographs relating to her career as an American
playwright, author, and journalist from the 1910s through the 1960s. Diaries include her
travels to Europe and Moscow in the 1930s, and daily activities for selected years
spanning 1942 to 1970. Noted correspondents include Louise and Walter Arensberg, Arthur
Craven, Maynard Dixon, Helena Modjeska, Robert A. Parker, family and friends,
colleagues, employers, and inter-view-ees, including Sarah Bernhardt and Francisco
Villa. Scrapbooks document her private life; college years at University of California,
1901-1906; early acting, writing, and employment in California, New York, Europe, and
Mexico, 1909-1932; and critical coverage of the productions of her dramatic works from
1918-1949. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Actors -- Labor unions | American drama -- Women authors | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources | Drama -- 20th century -- Stories, plots, etc. --
Sources | Feminism and literature -- United States | Manuscripts, American | Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century --
Sources | Women dramatists, American -- Sources | Women journalists -- United States -- Sources | Actors -- United States -- Correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 26 | Author: | Sanford, Don Alonzo, 1840-1915 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Don Alonzo Sanford papers,
1812-1983
(bulk 1870-1915) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1812-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915). This collection contains
materials relating to Don Alonzo Sanford, a prominent resident of Territorial Arizona
who was a Patagonia cattle/ sheep rancher and Tucson politician, as well as a successful
Washington, D.C. businessman. This collection is comprised of correspondence, documents,
deeds, diaries/ledgers and photographs. The bulk of the material relates to Sanford's
Arizona ranch as well as his varied business interests in both Tucson and Washington,
D.C. The collection also contains legal records relating to the San Jose de Sonoita land
grant. Also included are various maps, blueprints, postcards and negatives. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Sheep industry -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History | Cattle brands -- Arizona | Cattle brands -- Texas | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona | Indians of North America -- Texas | Kiowa Indians | Comanche Indians | Indians of North America -- Claims against | Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Land grants -- Arizona | Ranches -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 27 | Author: | Riggs, John Casey, 1874-1943. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Riggs Family Papers
1878-1998
(1900-1942) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1878-1998 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains materials documenting the Riggs pioneer family history from the time Brannick Riggs married Mary Elizabeth Robbins in Texas in 1856, their first wagon train move to Colorado in 1871, and several years later relocating again to southeastern Arizona, arriving and settling in Sulphur Springs Valley in 1879. Their eighth child, John Casey Riggs (1874-1943), was the family’s historian and creator of the bulk of the papers. The collection includes Our El Dorado, a biographical book written by John C. Riggs and his daughter, Jeanette Riggs Roll. Also included in the collection are biographical manuscripts; diaries and journals; business and personal correspondence; business records and ledgers; printed materials, including pamphlets, catalogs, newspapers and clippings; homestead land and mine patents; political papers of John Casey Riggs; maps; and photographs and negatives. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians--Arizona. | Banks and banking--Arizona. | Cattle brands--Arizona. | Cattle trade--Arizona--History. | Comanche Indians--Texas--History--19th century. | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Cochise County. | Grazing--Arizona. | Lawyers--Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--Cochise County. | Politicians--Arizona--Biography. | Ranches--Arizona--Cochise County--History--Records and Correspondence. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 28 | Author: | George C. Barker | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of George C. Barker
1903-1958
(bulk 1943-1957) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, research materials, published and unpublished manuscripts and articles, slides, photographs, and one audio tape, primarily from
1943 to 1957, of anthropologist George C. Barker. The collection documents Barker's anthropological research into folk drama and ritual, the social functions of language,
the Pachuco language of Hispanic youths, and Yaqui Indian culture and customs. A 1964 gift to the Southwest Folklore Archives from George C. Barker, Sr. Deaccessioned
from the collection in 1993 were approximately 0.2 feet of duplicates and items of a personal nature. In 1996 two 11 x 14 black-and-white photographs by Alfred A. Cohn
were transferred to the L. Marguerite Collier Collection, Southwest Folklore Center Manuscripts Collection MS 611. This collection was previously titled SWF 004. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Folk drama, Spanish American. | Christmas plays. | Prodigal son (Parable) -- Drama. | Spanish language -- Dialects -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Spanish language -- Social aspects -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Spanish language -- Slang. | Bilingualism -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Languages. | Gangs -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Tucson (Ariz.) --Social life and customs. | Yaqui Indians -- Mexico -- Hermosillo -- Rites and Ceremonies -- Photographs. | Audio tapes. | Correspondence. | Manuscripts for publication. | Photographs. | Slides (Photographs). | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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