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1Author:  United States. Surveyor General of Arizona Territory.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Exhibits AAA and BBB Royal Patent: also Wills, Codicils, and Certified Copy of Possession given to Don Miguel de Peralta de la Cordoba, Baron of the Colorados of Baronial Estate in Arizona; and two supplemental reports, 1883-1887 ead 
 Date(s):  1883-1887 
 Abstract:  Typescript (carbon) and photographs of documents supposedly granting the Royal Patent over certain lands known as Peralta Grant to Don Miguel de Peralta de la Cordoba. Includes laid in report regarding the boundary lines by R.C. Powers, 1883; and Application for preliminary survey and amended deraignment of title in the matter of Peralta Grant, 1887. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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2Author:  Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Scrapbooks of the Peralta Land Grant Case, 1895-1899 ead 
 Date(s):  1895-1899 
 Abstract:  Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1895-1899, concerning the Peralta Land Grant case. Most are written by Walter B. Stevens, 1848-1939. Stevens was a journalist and a St. Louis Globe-Democrat that covered the Peralta Land Grant case. Some clippings are present concerning other land grants. Also included are 88 pages of typescripts of news articles; some are the articles in the scrapbook. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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3Author:  Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant, 1894 ead 
 Date(s):  1894 
 Abstract:  James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico and Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. Photocopy of typescript relates his version of events surrounding the Peralta land grant claim. This text was reproduced in The Peralta Grant; James Addison Reavis and the barony of Arizona, University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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4Author:  Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Defendant's Photographic Exhibits 1 to 44 Inclusive, 1895 ead 
 Date(s):  1895 
 Abstract:  James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico and Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. This collection includes photoprints of selected defendant's documents, supposedly from various archvies in Guadalajara, Mexico, purporting to prove the existence of the Peralta land grant claim. Includes an item by item critical explanation relating to forged features of the documents. Documents are in Spanish; with English explanation. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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5Author:  Powell, Donald M.Requires cookie*
 Title:  The Peralta Grant; James Addison Reavis and the Barony of Arizona, ca. 1873-1960 ead 
 Date(s):  ca. 1873-1960 
 Abstract:  Typescript original drafts and revisions with holograph corrections; accompanied by correspondence, notes, photographs, contemporary newspaper accounts, and extensive related research material used in the book, including many notes by Rosemary Taylor. Photographs, documents, and maps are photocopies of original materials used in Reavis' fraudulent land grant claim. Newspapers accounts, 1873-1896, are typescripts and photocopies from original reports related to the claim. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. 
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6Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant 1880-1887 ead 
 Date(s):  1880-1887 
 Abstract:  Letters, copies of legal documents, maps, and survey notes and other materials chiefly relating to the claims of Alfred A. Green. Includes a map and survey notes by George J. Roskruge; a typescript record book of correspondence and testimony, 1880-1885; survey and map of mines in the area, a copy of by-laws of the San Rafael Cattle Company; and a list of mines on the ranch including mining towns of Harshaw, Mowry, Washington Camp, and La Naria. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant. 
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7Author:  Requires cookie*
 Title:  University of Arizona Life and Times collection, 1891-1985 ead 
 Date(s):  1891-1985 
 Abstract:  The Life and Times collection focuses on student records and activities from the first hundred years of the university's opening. It contains clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and various ephemera organized by school year. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  University of Arizona | College students -- Arizona | Land grants -- Arizona 
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8Author:  Greene Cattle CompanyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Green Cattle Company collection 1836-1970 (bulk 1900 – 1940) ead 
 Date(s):  1836-1970 
 Abstract:  Greene Cattle Company contains administrative records of various divisions of the Greene Cattle Company Inc. Included in the collection are: legal transactions, financial records,correspondence, photographs, and maps. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Mineral industries--Arizona. | Cattle--Arizona. | Deeds--Arizona | Land grants--Arizona 
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9Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Documents Relating to San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant, 1833-1901 (bulk 1879-1899) ead 
 Date(s):  1833-1901 
 Abstract:  Typescript and printed materials, chiefly deeds of sale 1879-1899, relating to the San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales land grant. Land originally granted to Captain Ygnacio Elias Gonzales and Juan Nepomucino Felix. Included are documents filed with Court of Private Land Claims by William R. Hearst and Phoebe A. Hearst concerning rights to this land in 1891. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Land grants -- Mexico. | San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant. 
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10Author:  San Rafael Cattle CompanyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Records of the San Rafael Cattle Company, 1837-1939 (bulk 1883-1904) ead 
 Date(s):  1837-1939 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, legal papers, financial records, reports, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to the operation of the company. Includes letters relating to the appointment of Lewis Wolfley as Territorial Governor of Arizona; financial estate papers of the Fulford family of Maryland; and legal materials relating to challenges to the San Rafael de la Zanja land grant, 1885-1895; lists of stockholders; and livestock branding and pedigree records. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Cattle -- Arizona | Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Hereford cattle -- Arizona | Land grants -- Arizona | Ranches -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence | San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant 
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11Author:  Franklin, Selim Maurice, 1859-1931Requires cookie*
 Title:  Selim Maurice Franklin papers, 1873-1931 ead 
 Date(s):  1873-1931 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Lawyers -- Arizona | Land grants -- Arizona | Banks and banking -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence | Public utilities -- Arizona | Real property -- Arizona | Canals -- Arizona | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence | Cattle trade -- Arizona | Jews -- Arizona -- History -- Sources 
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12Author:  United States -- Army -- Regimental Combat Team -- 442nd -- PhotographsRequires cookie*
 Title:  United States War Relocation Authority Collection, 1942-1946 ead 
 Date(s):  1942-1946 
 Abstract:  Publications, reports, manuals, correspondence, photographs, and other materials relating mainly to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- United States | Concentration camps -- United States | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 | Japanese Americans -- Photographs | Japanese in the United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans | Land grants -- Arizona 
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13Author:  Hall, Edward T. (Edward Twitchell), 1914-2009Requires cookie*
 Title:  Edward Twitchell Hall papers, 1930-1996 ead 
 Date(s):  1930-1996 
 Abstract:  The collection contains Hall's correspondence, field notes, research, writings, and typescripts beginning with his college studies at the University of Arizona and continuing up to 1996 in regards to anthropology and cross-cultural research. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Intercultural communication -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | Space perception -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | Communication -- Cross-cultural studies | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Southwest, New | Anthropological linguistics | Ethnology -- Micronesia -- Chuuk -- Sources -- Land grants -- Arizona 
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14Author:  Richmond Jones Jr. (1833-1861)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Richmond Jones papers, 1859-1861 ead 
 Date(s):  1859-1861 
 Abstract:  Diary and Notebooks, 1859-1861. This collection includes materials which document the travels and surveys of Richmond Jones (1833-1861) while working for the Sopori Land and Mining Company in the Santa Cruz Valley of Arizona. The diary describes his journey from Rhode Island to Tucson, Arizona and offer insights on individuals and mining activities in southern Arizona until his sudden death at the hands of Apaches, in the field, in 1861. Includes account books, letters, survey books and documents, as well as a report on the Sopori and San Xavier mines by mining engineer Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923) who was in charge of the Santa Rita Mine from 1860-1861. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Ranches -- Arizona -- Pima County | Sopori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Land Grants -- Arizona | Surveying -- Arizona | San Xavier Mine (Ariz.) | Sopori Mine-(Ariz.) | Geology -- Arizona -- Pima County. 
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15Author:  Sanford, Don Alonzo, 1840-1915Requires 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 
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16Author:  United States. Court of Private Land ClaimsRequires cookie*
 Title:  Records relating to Cases Decided by the United States Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District, 1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904) ead 
 Date(s):  1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904) 
 Abstract:  Microfilm of correspondence, reports, decrees, surveys, petitions, sketch maps, photographs, field notes, land documents, transcripts of trials and related court records supporting Arizona land grant claims tried before the Court of Private Land Claims from 1891 to 1904. Original papers are in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Land grants -- Arizona. | Baca Land Grant (Ariz.) | Canoa Land Grant (Ariz.) | Sopori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Los Nogales de Elias Land Grant (Ariz.) | Buena Vista Land Grant (Ariz.) | Peralta Land Grant (Ariz.) | Algodones Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Juan de los Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Pedro Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Rafael del Valley Land Grant (Ariz.) | San Xavier del Bac Land Grant (Ariz.) | Rancho Martinez Land Grant (Ariz.) | Tres Alamos Land Grant (Ariz.) | Tumacacori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Tumacacori Land Grant (Ariz.) | Huebabi Land Grant (Ariz.) 
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