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| | 1 | Author: | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | McGee, W. J. 1853-1912
Dinwiddie, William | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | W.J. McGee Photograph Collection
1894-1895 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1895 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs, 1894-1895, originals and copy prints, mostly taken by William Dinwiddie (1894-1895), with some taken by J. W. Mitchell (1895) of two expeditions, led by W. J. McGee, to study the Tohono O’odham Indians of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, and the Seri Indians of Mexico. The images document homes, people, and household and work activities including pottery and basket making. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Tohono O’odham Indians – Photographs – 19th century | Seri Indians – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham women – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham Indians – Social life and customs – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham Indians – Games - Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Alianza Hispano-Americana | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alianza Hispano-Americana records,
1894-1965
1920-1950 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Papers relating to the Alianza Hispano-Americana, which offered
low-cost life insurance, social activities, and other services to primarily
Mexican/Mexican-Americans living in the United States and Mexico. Founded in Tucson in
1894, Alianza was one of the first organizations to offer life insurance and burial
policies to Mexican-American citizens. This collections includes photographs, financial
files, correspondence between lodge secretaries, convention files, published materials,
scrapbooks, and ledges pertaining to the daily operations of Alizana. Many of the
ledgers include membership enrollment information, including members, their addresses,
and lodge information. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Alianza
Hispano-Americana | Sociedades mutualistas | Mexican Americans -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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