| 2 | Author: | Comstock, Theo. B. (Theodore Bryant), 1849-1915. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Books
1898-1902 ead | | | Date(s): | 1898-1902 | | | Abstract: | Theodore B. Comstock, 1849-1915, was a professional geologist, mining engineer and consultant. He was an assistant state geologist
of Texas, Head of The University of Arizona School of Mines, and first president of The University of Arizona, 1894-1895. Holograph
letters to R. J. Ferguson and F. T. Blandy, local superintendents, mostly about operations of the Elkhart Mine, Chloride, Mohave County,
Arizona, to the British Syndicate owners of the mine. Includes letters of chief clerk M. P. Dodge. Also includes letters about Prescott
Development Syndicate, the Security Mining and Development Syndicate, the Mineral Hill Copper Syndicate (mainly pp. 401-451) and other
mine enterprises mostly in Arizona. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Mohave County -- History. | Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
5 | Author: | Jordan, Frank E. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Appellants' Abstract,
1898 ead | | | Date(s): | 1898 | | | Abstract: | Frank E. Jordan, E.A. Jordan, W.A. Jordan and W.S. Hand were appellants in the case
vs. George H. Scheurman, appellee. Abstract (carbon typescript) of court record relating
to a dispute between the plaintiff's Equator mining claim and the defendant's Wonderful mining
claim, in the Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Ariz. Case No. 610 in the Supreme Court
of the Territory of Arizona, January term, 1898. Appealed from the District Court, Fourth
Judicial District, Territory of Arizona, County of Yavapai. R.B. Sloan, Judge. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History -- Sources. | Mining claims -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History -- Sources. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
8 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Lillian Wilhelm Smith Papers, SHM MS-25
1898-1964 ead | | | Date(s): | 1898-1964 | | | Abstract: | Artist Lillian Wilhelm Smith (1882-1971) spent most of her life in Arizona, painting the people
and places of the region. She first visited Arizona in 1913 with author Zane Grey (1872-1939), a cousin by marriage, to
illustrate his western themed books. After a period of return visits, during which she became inspired by the people and
landscapes of Arizona, she decided to move permanently to the state in 1916. This collection contains biographical
information, family documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, personal journals, photographs, chinaware designs,
drawings and artwork covering Smith’s life in Arizona. The collection also includes information regarding Smith’s
She-Kay-Ah chinaware designs, Hopi Whirlwind and Navajo Motif, as well as materials of her collaborations with author
Zane Grey and poet Lou Ella Archer-Elliott. | | | Repository: | Sharlot Hall Museum Library & Archives | | | Subjects: | Municipal playground | Hopi Indians | Hopi Indians--Arizona | She-Kay-Ah Chinaware | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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